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Benjamin Frankel (31 January 1906 – 12 February 1973) was a British composer. His best known pieces include a cycle of five string quartets, eight symphonies, and concertos for violin and viola.
Benjamin Frankel. Composer, conductor, arranger and music director. Trained Cologne, Berlin and London (at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama). From the age of seventeen, earned a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, among others, Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Orpheans and Henry Hall's BBC Dance Orchestra.
- Composer, Music Department, Soundtrack
- January 31, 1906
- Benjamin Frankel
- February 12, 1973
Teacher of composition at the Guildhall School of Music (where he was created a Fellow) from 1946-56. Emigrated Switzerland 1957 and, having studied serial composition method with Hans Keller, produced his first symphony in 1958, followed by a further seven during the ensuing fourteen years.
Aug 27, 2021 · Battle of the Bulge - Panzerlied (Tankmen's Song) (1965 version) Composer: Benjamin Frankel Preformed By: The New Philharmonia Orchestra ...more.
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Apr 5, 2016 · Benjamin Frankel - New Philharmonia. recorded for radio broadcast.
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Jul 5, 2019 · Benjamin Frankel was born in London in 1906 into a Polish-Jewish family. At the age of fourteen he was apprenticed to a watchmaker. Luckily for him, his talent was soon discovered. For a while he played with the idea of becoming a Jewish composer alla Bloch.
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Benjamin Frankel (31 January 1906 – 12 February 1973) was a British composer. Frankel was born in London on 31 January 1906, the son of Polish-Jewish parents.
