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She was classically trained by her father and at the Paris Conservatory (her teachers included Nadia Boulanger, Vincent d’Indy, and Alfred Cortot ), Monnot made the unusual switch to composing popular music after poor health ended her career as a concert pianist when she was eighteen.
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Dec 18, 2020 · Performer: EDITH PIAF; the R. Saint-Paul Choir. Writer: Marguerite Monnot; Constantine. Fox Trot (Sung in English); Music:; English words:; Orchestra directed by. Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. Four stylii were used to transfer this record.
The lyrics were written by Piaf and the music by Marguerite Monnot. It was written to her lover and the love of her life, the French boxer, Marcel Cerdan. On October 28, 1949, Cerdan was killed in the crash of Air France Flight 009 on his way from Paris to New York to come to see her. She recorded the song on May 2, 1950. English versions
French songwriter. Born Marguerite Angèle Monnot, May 28, 1903, in Decize Nièvre, France; died Oct 12, 1961, in Paris; dau. of Marius Monnot (blind organist and composer); studied organ and composition with father; studied piano with Alfred Cortot and harmony with Nadia Boulanger.
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…. Read Full Biography.
MARGUERITE MONNOT 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.
