Articles
This section of the web site contains articles and reference material from the Frankel archives and third-party sources. Following the launch of benjaminfrankel.org, this page will be updated regularly with links to scholarly articles on the composer published on this web site, as well as to provide interesting personal documents pertaining to the composer and his prolific output.
The Music of Benjamin Frankel (16th January, 2006)
Two critical examinations of Frankel’s music by critics Robert Gill and Colin Mason, originally published in The Listener between March 1949 and July 1952. The PDF articles are available to download by clicking the links below:
Download Robert Gill’s critique (823KB) | Download Colin Mason’s critique (838KB)
The making of “Music from the Movies”
A look at the recording of CPO’s “Music from the Movies” album which features suites of Frankel’s music for The Importance of Being Earnest and Night of the Iguana.
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The CPO Recordings
An article written in 1998 about a mammoth recording project of Frankel’s concert and film works undertaken by the Queensland Symphony Orchestra, under the baton Werner Andreas Albert, and financed by the CPO record label in partnership with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
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