Benjamin Frankel's work for the concert hall gained recognition toward the end of the War, 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 later affirmed by a series of eight symphonies and an opera, “Marching Song”, from the play by John Whiting, all composed between 1958 and his death in 1973. His concert music during this period combined a late-romantic quality with the twelve-tone (serial) principles laid down by Arnold Schoenberg and his score for the 1960 film “Curse of the Werewolf” is believed to be the first in Britain have been based on upon them. Reputedly, he was the highest paid British composer of film music, during the 1950s.
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Symphonies
No 1, Op.33 (Chester/Novello) (1958)
No 2, Op.38 (Novello, 1962)
No 3, Op.40 (Novello, 1964)
No 4, Op.44 (Novello, 1966)
No 5, Op.46 (Novello, 1967)
No 6, Op.49 (Novello, 1969)
No 7, Op.50 (Novello, 1969-70)
No 8, Op.53 (Novello, 1971)
Orchestral Works
Pezzo Sinfonico,
Op.9 (unpublished – prob.mid-‘30s)
May Day Overture – a Panorama, Op.22 (Novello, 1948)
Mephistopheles’ Serenade and Dance – a caricature, Op.25 (Novello, 1953)
A Shakespeare Overture, Op.29 (unpublished, 1954)
Messa Stromentale, Op.36 (presumed incomplete, 1960)
Overture to a Ceremony, Op.51 (Novello, 1970)
Pezzi Melodici for small orchestra, Op.54 (Novello, 1972)
Without opus Nos. and unpubublished
Symphony for Dance Orchestra (prob.c.1934)
Pantuvarali Fantasy (based on Indian scale), 1946
Music for an Atomic Exhibit, 1951
Dramatic Episode (undated)
Serene Morning (undated)
String Orchestra
Three Sketches,
Op.2 (unpub. Early ‘30s)
Solemn Speech and Discussion, Op.11 (unpub.,1941)
Youth Music, Op.12 (Novello, 1942)
Concertante lirico, Op.27 (Novello, 1953)
Concertos
Violin Concerto,
Op.24, “to the Six Million” (Novello, 1951)
Serenata Concertante, Op.37 for piano trio and orchestra (Novello, 1960)
Viola Concerto, Op.45 (Novello, 1967)
Konzert für Jugendpublikum, Op.48, for orchestra and audience participation (Novello, 1968)
Vocal / Choral
The Aftermath,
Op.17, song cycle for tenor, solo trpt., timp, strings (Novello, 1947)
Eight Songs, Op. 32 (to various poems), medium voice & piano (Novello, 1959)
Marching Song, Op.52 – opera in 3 acts (finished 1973)
Toulon, to words of Honor Arundel, 1944, for mixed chorus (Workers’ Music Ass.)
Without opus Nos. and unpublished
The Isle is Full of Noises (after Shakespeare, 1957, for 21st anniversary of TV)
Lament to words of Wilfrid Gibson, for tenor and a capella women’s chorus (c.’40s)
A Night in Spring and The Boatman to translations from Chinese (Voc.& Pno)
No Words to Say (voice and piano)
Margaret, setting of Manley Hopkins poem (voice and piano)
Maiz della Tierra, setting of Dorita Sensier (voice & piano)
The General (unfinished opera on Gogol’s “The Inspector General”)
Organ
O Tannenbaum,
arr. as organ chorale prelude (unpub., dated 28/06/51)
Chamber / Instrumental
Piano Three Miniatures, Op.1 (unpub.,1926)
Two Pieces, Op.7a (unpub., early ‘30s)
Nocturne d’apres Beaudelaire
Metamorphosis
Pieces for Geraldine (Novello, 1946)
Sonatina Leggiera, Op.19 (Novello, 1947)
Preambles and Progressions, Op.30 (various occasional pieces, unpub.)
Cortege Funebre (undated, unpub.) Swank Piece for Geraldine (unpub.)
In Nightingale Wood (unpub.)
Carol for Anna (1944, unpub.)
Two pianos, four hands
Passacaglia, Op.4 (unpub)
Rhum Baba (no Op.No., unpub.)
Lullaby (no Op.No., unpub.)
Violin solo
Sonata No.1, Op.13 (Novello, 1942)
Sonata No.2, Op.39 (Novello, 1962)
Violin and Piano
Sonata, Op.6 (unpub., early ‘30s)
Novelette, Op.16 (Novello, 1946)
Partita Giovanesca, Op.47 (unfinished, 1967)
Viola solo
Sonata, Op.7 (unpub., early ‘30s)
Cello & Piano
Elegie Juive (Jewish Elegy), c. early ‘30s
Sonata Ebraica (Hebrew Sonata), Op.8, 3 Movts. (unpub., early ‘30s)
Three Poems, Op.23 (Novello, 1950-51)
Inventions in major/minor modes, Op.31 (Chester/Novello, 1957)
Carol for Anna (unpub., c.1944)
Trios / Quartets / Quintets
String Trio No.1, Op.3 (Novello, 1944?)
String Trio No.2, Op.34 (Chester/Novello, 1959)
Trio for clarinet, cello & piano, Op.10 (Novello, 1940)
Early Morning Music – Three Cartoons, Op.20, ob.cl. & bsn., (Novello, 1948)
Pezzi Pianissimi, Op.41, clarinet, cello & piano (Novello, 1964)
Three Sketches for string quartet,
Op.2 (same as Op.2 on orch.list, unpub.)
String Quartet No.1,
Op.14 (Novello, 1944)
String Quartet No.2, Op15 (Novello, 1944)
String Quartet No.3, Op.18 (Novello, 1947)
String Quartet No.4, Op.21 (Novello, 1948)
String Quartet No.5,
Op.43 (Novello, 1965)
Piano Quartet, Op.26.
(Novello. 1953)
Quintet for clarinet and strings, Op.28 (Chester/Novello, 1956)
Birthday Piece for Max (Rostal), for five violins (unpub., dated 17/07/55)
Larger Ensemble
Bagatelles for eleven instruments,
Op.35 (“Cinque Pezzi Notturni”) (Novello, 1959)
Catalogue of Incidents in Romeo and Juliet, Op.42, (Novello, 1964)
In ten movements
1: The Prince Intervenes
2: Intermezzo – Supper at the Capulets
3: First Meeting
4: Intermezzo – Romeo Disappears into the Night
5: The Garden and the Balcony
6: Intermezzo – Debate with Friar Laurence
7: The Nurse on her Errands
8: Intermezzo – The Secret Wedding
9: The Duel
10: The Tomb Scored for: Ob. 2 Cl. Bsn. Hn. Perc. Hp. Vn. Va. Vc. Db.
Ballet
The Compact, Op.5 (missing)
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