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Marguerite Monnot (28 May 1903 – 12 October 1961) was a French songwriter and composer best known for having written many of the songs performed by Édith Piaf ("Milord", "Hymne à l'amour") and for the music in the stage musical Irma La Douce.
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Marguerite Monnot. Perhaps best known in the English-speaking world as the composer behind the stage musical Irma La Douce, Marguerite Monnot was equally famed in her homeland as one of the primary songwriting collaborators….
- Hymne à l'amour is a song by Edith Piaf released in 1950, whose lyrics were written by Edith Piaf and music by Marguerite Monnot. - It has become a classic of French song and is among the greatest hits of Édith Piaf. - Édith Piaf wrote Hymne à l'amour thinking of the man she loved, the boxer Marcel Cerdan, whom she met in 1948 in New York ...
Dec 31, 2000 · Marguerite Monnot A precocious pianist and violinist, she was already composing at the age of five. Intended for classical music by her parents, she turned very early on to variety music, songs, film music and musicals.
" The Poor People of Paris " is a US pop song that became a number-one instrumental hit in 1956. It is based on the French language song "La goualante du pauvre Jean" ("The Ballad of Poor John"), with music by Marguerite Monnot and words by René Rouzaud. [1] . Edith Piaf had one of her biggest hits with the original French version.
"Mon légionnaire" is a French song introduced in 1936 by vocalist Marie Dubas, with lyrics by Raymond Asso and music by Marguerite Monnot. Marie Dubas toured the United States with this song in 1939. Édith Piaf started performing "Mon légionnaire" as a music hall singer in 1937.
