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Dedicatee a Charlie Chaplin - 00:00 / 08:09 / 14:34 / 19:54 David Greilsammer (piano) / French National Orchestra / Steven Sloane In 1941, Tansman fled Europe, as his Jewish background put him in danger with Hitler’s rise to power. He moved to Los Angeles, thanks to the efforts of his friend Charlie Chaplin in founding a committee visa, where he soon joined the circle of famous emigrated artists that included Stravinsky, Arnold Schoenberg, and others. Tansman was not only an internationally recognized composer, but was also a virtuoso pianist. Many musicologists have said that Tansman’s music is written in the French neoclassical style of his adopted home, and the Polish styles of his birthplace, drawing on his Jewish heritage. Already on the edge of musical thought when he left Poland (critics questioned his chromatic and sometimes polytonal writing), he adopted the extended harmonies of Ravel in his work and later was compared to Alexander Scriabin in his departure from conventional tonality. Tansman composed the score for at least three Hollywood movies: Flesh and Fantasy, starring Barbara Stanwyck, a biopic of the Australian medical researcher Sister Elizabeth Kenny, starring Rosalind Russell and Paris Underground starring Constance Bennett. For the 1946 Academy Awards ceremony, he was nominated for an Oscar for Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture, for Paris Underground. There was a huge field of 21 nominations, and the winner was Miklós Rózsa for Spellbound. If you enjoy my work, please support me for the time used in something me and all of you can enjoy! Really appreciate every cent! (also to get new materials, and remember always contact me if you need something in particular!) There is no copyright infringement intended. If you wish your recording to be removed, it can be done, please just leave me an email, which can be found at the channel’s about section.
