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Franz Waxman (1906-1967) was born Franz Wachsmann in Konigshutte, Upper Silesia, Germany. His father wanted him to be a banker but he used the money he earned as a teller to pay for piano, composition, and harmony lessons, then moved to Berlin to further his musical career. After playing with a jazz band, his movie break came in orchestrating and conducting Frederick Hollander's score for Josef von Sternberg's film, The Blue Angel. He came to Hollywood in the 1930s with Jerome Kern, scoring his first film there, The Bride of Frankenstein, in 1935. He received twelve Oscar nominations for his scores, winning in 1950 for Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard and 1951 for George Steven's A Place in the Sun.

Resources in This Category

• Classical Archives: Franz Waxman

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/3542.html
  Biography and complete works offered in MIDI, MP3, and Windows Media audio formats.

• Franz Waxman

  http://www.franzwaxman.com/
  Official site with biographical memoir, CD soundtracks and cover art, catalog, filmography, concert works, reviews, new releases, concerts, and links.

• Franz Waxman

  http://www.soundtrackcollector.com/catalog/composerdetail.php?composerid=13
  Background information, photograph, and major works with discography of film music from SoundtrackCollector.

• Franz Waxman

  http://www.americancomposers.org/raksin_waxman.htm
  Insightful biography and reminiscence from the American Composers Orchestra series David Raksin Remembers His Colleagues.

• Franz Waxman

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000077/
  Filmography at IMDb with biography, major awards and nominations, and composer, conductor, musical director, and actor credits for more than 200 movies and television programs.

• Franz Waxman: Film Composer

  http://www.mfiles.co.uk/Composers/Franz-Waxman.htm
  Biography, related composers, career summary, selected filmography, and links from mfiles.

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