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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 · There’s something seemingly effortless with the sheer volume of Legrand’s musical output, but the secret behind his productivity is in part that he’s a well-trained and diligent musician. Michel Legrand was born in a Paris suburb into a family of working musicians. Raymond Legrand, his father, was a conductor and composer.
Jan 27, 2019 · Michel Legrand loved a good love song. For this French composer and pianist, who died Saturday in Paris at age 86, romance was an inexhaustible subject in the lush and sentimental music he wrote ...
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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 spanned six decades, Legrand won three ...
Feb 3, 2019 · Michel Legrand, who died on Saturday aged 86, composed over 250 scores for film and TV, involved himself in theatre, ballet, opera, numerous collaborations with artists from Maurice Chevalier to Bill Evans to Barbra Streisand to (most famously) the young Turks of the nouvelle vague, and yet eclipsed all of that with one unique and particular gift – he could craft a standard. Not just one ...
Jan 27, 2019 · Here are 10 great film music moments from the career of this French genius: 1. “The Umbrellas of Cherbourg”(1964). The close collaboration of Legrand and filmmaker Jacques Demy produced this ...
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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 ...
