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Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, [ 1 ] and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. [ 2 ] His scores for two of the films of ...
Mar 18, 2019 · Michel Legrand. Writer Inge Kjemtrup traces the brilliant career of the late composer. Extracted from issue 77 of Pianist magazine (April/May 2014) Love: Romantic, ecstatic love, joyous love, painful love. Love with regrets, like a vintage wine with bright top notes of sorrow and the deeper tannins of hard-earned wisdom.
19322019Born/Died. 1990Inducted. Oscar for "Windmills of Your Mind" with Bergmans. Michel Legrand, native and resident of Paris, was one of the most successful foreign-born composers ever to grace the American best-seller lists. From his very first success in the United States with the memorable album I Love Paris in 1954, his productivity ...
This is FRESH AIR. I'm Terry Gross. We're going to remember Michel Legrand, a French pianist and prolific composer of film scores and songs. He died Saturday at age 86. Over his career, which ...
Michel Legrand. Composer: The Thomas Crown Affair. Michel Legrand is a three-time Academy Award-winning French composer, conductor and pianist who composed over 200 film and television scores as well as recorded over a hundred albums of jazz, popular and classical music. He was born on February 24, 1932, in Becon-les-Bruyeres, in the Paris suburbs, France. His father, Raymond Legrand, was a ...
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Jan 26, 2019 · Three-time Oscar-winning composer, songwriter and pianist Michel Legrand died Saturday at his home in France. He was 86. The conservatory-trained musician worked across genres but was best known ...
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Jan 26, 2019 · Michel Legrand, a multi-talented musician born on February 24th, 1932 in Bécon-les-Bruyères, defies categorization due to his incredible versatility as a singer, songwriter, composer, arranger, conductor, and producer.
