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Ben Grauer

1908-1977 US, Staten Island
Classical and Spoken Word
A.k.a. Benjamin Franklin Grauer

Benjamin Franklin Grauer (June 2, 1908 – May 31, 1977) was a US radio and TV personality, following a career during the 1920s as a child actor in films and on Broadway. He began his career as a child in David Warfield's production of The Return of Peter Grimm. Among his early credits were roles in films directed by D.W. Griffith.In 1954, he married interior designer Melanie Kahane.

     
Genres
  • Classical
  • Spoken Word
Popular Tracks   
Radio Announcement for "The Tempest, Op. 18, TH 44" (Live) on Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18, TH 44 & Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 by NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir & Leopold Stokowski
Announcement & Applause (2) [Live] [Remastered 2022] on Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works [Remastered 2022] by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
Radio Announcement for "Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78" (Live) [2] on Tchaikovsky: The Tempest, Op. 18, TH 44 & Prokofiev: Alexander Nevsky, Op. 78 by NBC Symphony Orchestra, Westminster Choir & Leopold Stokowski
Announcement & Applause (4) [Live] [Remastered 2022] on Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works [Remastered 2022] by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
Announcement & Applause (1) [Live] [Remastered 2022] on Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works [Remastered 2022] by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
Announcement & Applause (6) [Live] [Remastered 2022] on Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works [Remastered 2022] by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
Announcement & Applause (5) [Live] [Remastered 2022] on Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works [Remastered 2022] by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini
Hjertets Melodier, Op. 5: No. 3, Jeg elsker Dig! (Live) on Legendary Singers in Rare Live Broadcast Performances by Various Artists
Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 (Live) on Legendary Singers in Rare Live Broadcast Performances by Various Artists
Announcement & Applause (3) [Live] [Remastered 2022] on Richard Wagner: Orchestral Works [Remastered 2022] by NBC Symphony Orchestra & Arturo Toscanini

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Discography
Title Artist Year Type
Beethoven — Piano Concertos Nos. 1; "Egmont" Overture; String Quartet No. 16 in F, Op. 135 (arr. Toscanini)Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Ania Dorfmann, Ben Grauer1999Album
Beethoven — "Coriolanus" OVerture, Op. 62; Piano Concerto No. 3 in C minor, Op. 37; Wagner: Götterdämmerung "Rhine Journey"Arturo Toscanini, NBC Symphony Orchestra, Myra Hess, Ben Grauer1998Album
Great Moments, Voices, Music Of The 20th CenturyBen GrauerAlbum
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