Born at Königshütte, Franz Waxman, at his father’s insistence, first studied banking but was able thereafter to train as a musician, taking lessons in composition and piano in Berlin and Dresden. Active as a night-club pianist and as an arranger for a Berlin jazz band, he was commissioned to arrange the score for the film Der blaue Engel (‘The Blue Angel’). In 1934 he moved to Hollywood, working there for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and then for Warner Brothers.

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Waxman provided music for some 144 films, winning Oscars for Hitchcock’s Rebecca, Suspicion and Rear Window, Fritz Lang’s Liliom and Fury, James Wales’s The Bride of Frankenstein and Victor Fl...

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Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Coucheron, David
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Coucheron, David
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Joachim, Joseph -- Waxman, Franz -- Ysaye, Eugene
Artists: Coucheron, David -- Coucheron, Julie
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Kwun, Hyuk-Joo
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Kwun, Hyuk-Joo
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Joachim, Joseph -- Waxman, Franz -- Ysaye, Eugene
Artists: Kwun, Hyuk Joo -- Loeb, Benjamin
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Tong, Yan
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Preliminary Round: Tong, Yan
Composers: Bach, Johann Sebastian -- Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Joachim, Joseph -- Waxman, Franz -- Ysaye, Eugene
Artists: Chae, Moon Young -- Tong, Yan
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Semifinal Round: Miura, Fumiaki
Hannover International Violin Competition 2009 - Semifinal Round: Miura, Fumiaki
Composers: Brahms, Johannes -- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus -- Paganini, Nicolo -- Schollhorn, Johannes -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Duzmal, Agnieszka -- Hoppe, Thomas -- Miura, Fumiaki -- Polish Radio Amadeus Chamber Orchestra
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Feldmann, Tobias
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Feldmann, Tobias
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Feldmann, Tobias -- Kusnezow, Boris
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Li, Chi
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Li, Chi
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Li, Chi -- Ohno, Natsumi
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Silberger, Eric
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Silberger, Eric
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Chae, Moon Young -- Silberger, Eric
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Yamane, Kazuhito
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Preliminary Round 2: Yamane, Kazuhito
Composers: Beethoven, Ludwig van -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Silva, Rohan de -- Yamane, Kazuhito
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Kreft, Joanna
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Kreft, Joanna
Composers: Marino, Peter Francesco -- Strauss, Richard -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Kreft, Joanna -- Sikorski, Marcin
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Tchumburidze, Veriko
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Tchumburidze, Veriko
Composers: Elgar, Edward -- Marino, Peter Francesco -- Schubert, Franz -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Silva, Rohan de -- Tchumburidze, Veriko
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Waarts, Stephen
Hannover International Violin Competition 2012 - Semifinal Recital: Waarts, Stephen
Composers: Debussy, Claude -- Dvorak, Antonin -- Marino, Peter Francesco -- Schumann, Robert -- Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Il'yich -- Waxman, Franz
Artists: Chae, Moon Young -- Waarts, Stephen
Label/Producer: Stiftung Niedersachsen
WAXMAN, F.: Carmen Fantasie (after G. Bizet) (Masterclass with Christoph Poppen) (Sitnikava, Gladkov)
WAXMAN, F.: Carmen Fantasie (after G. Bizet) (Masterclass with Christoph Poppen) (Sitnikava, Gladkov)
Composer: Waxman, Franz
Artists: Gladkov, Vadim -- Poppen, Christoph -- Sitnikava, Elina
Label/Producer: Reina Sofía School of Music
WAXMAN, F.: Carmen Fantasie (after G. Bizet) (version for violin and piano) (Masterclass with Virginie Robilliard) (Shibutani, Sittig)
WAXMAN, F.: Carmen Fantasie (after G. Bizet) (version for violin and piano) (Masterclass with Virginie Robilliard) (Shibutani, Sittig)
Composer: Waxman, Franz
Artists: Robilliard, Virginie -- Shibutani, Reina -- Sittig, Sander
Label/Producer: IClassical Academy