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[A Box Set of Frankels Major Works, Famous for the Score of the Film *The Battle of the Bulge*]Benjamin Frankel was born in London to a Polish-Jewish family and displayed exceptional talent from an early age. He was discovered by pianist Victor Benham and received a formal, professional education. As a young man, he studied at the Guildhall School of Music while discovering the music of Delius and Bartk, and spent his early career working his way up as a jazz musician and arranger.Around 1934, he began to make a name for himself in the world of film music, composing scores for over 100 films and becoming one of Britains leading composers in the field. The orchestration techniques he honed in this field would later be put to use in his compositions for pure classical music. His Violin Concerto, dedicated to the victims of the Nazi Holocaust, was premiered by his close frie