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Franz Waxman

1906 - 1967

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Franz Waxman (né Wachsmann; December 24, 1906 – February 24, 1967) was a German-born composer and conductor of Jewish descent, known primarily for his work in the film music genre. His film scores include Bride of Frankenstein, Rebecca, Sunset Boulevard, A Place in the Sun, Stalag 17, Rear Window, Peyton Place, The Nun's Story, and Taras Bulba. He received twelve Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars in consecutive years (for Sunset Boulevard and A Place in the Sun). He also received a Golden Globe Award for the former film. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Waxman is the 629th most popular composer (up from 639th in 2019), the 519th most popular biography from Poland (up from 536th in 2019) and the 18th most popular Polish Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Waxman ranks 629 out of 1,451. Before him are Johann Ludwig Krebs, Wilhelm Stenhammar, Giuseppe Sammartini, Antonio Sacchini, Isabella Leonarda, and Johann Caspar Kerll. After him are Stephen Foster, Jean-Féry Rebel, Ludwig Senfl, Felip Pedrell, Alex North, and Johan Helmich Roman.

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Among people born in 1906, Franz Waxman ranks 124. Before him are Nicholas Georgescu-Roegen, Wolf Albach-Retty, Denis de Rougemont, Philippe Halsman, Mohammad-Hossein Shahriar, and Musa Cälil. After him are Hamazasp Babadzhanian, Georg Donatus, Hereditary Grand Duke of Hesse, Jean Dieudonné, Tekla Juniewicz, Mary Astor, and Alexander Gode. Among people deceased in 1967, Franz Waxman ranks 100. Before him are Alphonse Juin, Ernst Wollweber, Pierre Jeanneret, Juliusz Rómmel, Wolf Albach-Retty, and Zbigniew Cybulski. After him are Walter Weiß, Robert J. Van de Graaff, Dorothy Parker, Arthur Tedder, 1st Baron Tedder, Ferenc Münnich, and Ivan Isakov.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Franz Waxman ranks 519 out of 1,694. Before him are Wilhelm Gliese (1915), Stefania Wilczyńska (1886), Aaron Kosminski (1865), Stanisław Kania (1927), Maciej Stryjkowski (1547), and Aleksander Orłowski (1777). After him are Israel Joshua Singer (1893), Samuel Thomas von Sömmerring (1755), Stanisław Poniatowski (1676), Fritz Gerlich (1883), Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821), and Richard Thomalla (1903).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Franz Waxman ranks 18. Before him are Viktor Ullmann (1898), Józef Elsner (1769), Tekla Bądarzewska-Baranowska (1834), Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Alexandre Tansman (1897), and Johann Schobert (1720). After him are Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), Karol Lipiński (1790), Andrzej Panufnik (1914), Zbigniew Preisner (1955), Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727), and Josef Tal (1910).

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