Composer. He was one of the most important British music figures of the 20th Century. Trained at Cologne, Berlin and London, from the age of just seventeen, he was earning a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, with the likes of "Henry Hall's BBC Dance Orchestra". He began to write scores for films in 1934, and went on to work on over a hundred scores for cinema, theater and television. Frankel also worked as musical director on shows by C.B.Cochrane and Noel Coward in London's West End. His works for the concert hall gained recognition toward the end of the World War II, with a string of fine chamber works and, in 1951, the Violin Concerto "In memory of the Six Million" who had perished in the Holocaust. His reputation as a serious composer was gained by a series of eight symphonies and an opera, "Marching Song", from the play by John Whiting, all of which were composed between 1958 and his death in 1973. Among his many film scores were "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1952, "The Curse of the Werewolf" in 1961 and "Battle of the Bulge" in 1965.
Composer. He was one of the most important British music figures of the 20th Century. Trained at Cologne, Berlin and London, from the age of just seventeen, he was earning a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, with the likes of "Henry Hall's BBC Dance Orchestra". He began to write scores for films in 1934, and went on to work on over a hundred scores for cinema, theater and television. Frankel also worked as musical director on shows by C.B.Cochrane and Noel Coward in London's West End. His works for the concert hall gained recognition toward the end of the World War II, with a string of fine chamber works and, in 1951, the Violin Concerto "In memory of the Six Million" who had perished in the Holocaust. His reputation as a serious composer was gained by a series of eight symphonies and an opera, "Marching Song", from the play by John Whiting, all of which were composed between 1958 and his death in 1973. Among his many film scores were "The Importance of Being Earnest" in 1952, "The Curse of the Werewolf" in 1961 and "Battle of the Bulge" in 1965.
Bio by: Kieran Smith
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