COMPOSER

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). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Franz Waxman has received more than 362,000 page views. His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia. Franz Waxman is the 639th most popular composer (down from 588th in 2019), the 536th most popular biography from Poland (down from 481st in 2019) and the 19th most popular Polish Composer.

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  • 360k

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  • 54.88

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 25

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.66

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.62

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Franz Waxman ranks 639 out of 1,451. Before him are Myroslav Skoryk, Domenico Dragonetti, Eduardo di Capua, Ernesto Lecuona, Alfred Newman, and Jean Françaix. After him are Karl Amadeus Hartmann, Joseph Leopold Eybler, Jean-François Dandrieu, Herms Niel, Carl Zeller, and Karl Michael Ziehrer.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1906, Franz Waxman ranks 129. Before him are Philippe Halsman, Pierre Fournier, Gabriel Ramanantsoa, Antal Doráti, Jørgen Juve, and Mary Astor. After him are Shigemaru Takenokoshi, Tekla Juniewicz, Alec Issigonis, Zinka Milanov, J. R. Jayewardene, and T. H. White. Among people deceased in 1967, Franz Waxman ranks 104. Before him are Pierre Jeanneret, Eddie Eagan, George Lincoln Rockwell, Mir Osman Ali Khan, Robert J. Van de Graaff, and Gregory Goodwin Pincus. After him are Paul Löbe, Ferenc Münnich, Alice B. Toklas, Geki, Josef Frank, and Ernst Wollweber.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Franz Waxman ranks 536 out of 1,694. Before him are Bolesław II the Horned (1217), Count Kasimir Felix Badeni (1846), Klaus Roth (1925), Moses Isserles (1520), Joseph Serchuk (1919), and Ferdinand Gregorovius (1821). After him are Otto von Gierke (1841), Duchess Amelia of Württemberg (1799), Oskar Kummetz (1891), Jadwiga of Kalisz (1266), Bolesław the Pious (1225), and Richard Courant (1888).

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Among COMPOSERS In Poland

Among composers born in Poland, Franz Waxman ranks 19. Before him are Józef Elsner (1769), Moritz Moszkowski (1854), Johann Adam Hiller (1728), Alexandre Tansman (1897), Zbigniew Preisner (1955), and Johann Gottlieb Goldberg (1727). After him are Johann Schobert (1720), Krzysztof Komeda (1931), Karol Lipiński (1790), Wolfgang Schmieder (1901), Josef Tal (1910), and Andrzej Panufnik (1914).

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