Composer
Michel Legrand
French film score composer (1932–2019)
1932–2019
95 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1932
- Died
- 2019
- Birthplace
- Paris
- Citizenship / historical state
- France; United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written more than 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. His scores for two of the films of French New Wave director Jacques Demy, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg (1964) and The Young Girls of Rochefort (1967), earned Legrand his first Academy Award nominations. Legrand won his first Oscar for the song "The Windmills of Your Mind" from The Thomas Crown Affair (1968), and additional Oscars for Summer of '42 (1971) and Barbra Streisand's Yentl (1983).
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- conductor; composer; actor; singer; pianist; music arranger; jazz musician; screenwriter; film score composer; film director; musician; bandleader
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Teachers
- Nadia Boulanger
- Recorded memberships
- Michel Legrand et son orchestre
- Genres
- jazz; instrumental music; variety; film score; easy listening
- Awards
- Order of the Badge of Honour; Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score; Academy Award for Best Original Song Score; Commander of the Legion of Honour; BAFTA Award for Best Original Music; Golden Globe Award for Best Original Song; Officer of the Legion of Honour; Academy Award for Best Original Song; Officer of the National Order of Merit; Officer of Arts and Letters
- Official website
- http://www.michellegrandofficial.com
- Birth name
- Michel Jean Legrand
- VIAF ID
- 152160636
- ISNI
- 0000000121867242
- GND ID
- 130482552
- Library of Congress ID
- n82004250
- MusicBrainz ID
- 2c330f54-9245-488b-b678-dc8a236d06b3
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Piano, Voice, Vocal, Guitar, String Quartet
- Genres represented
- Jazz, pop, Musicals, Pop, Rock
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
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Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 152160636. Portrait: Georges Biard, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons.