biography
pronunciation:
[kozma]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1905–69)
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| biography:
| Composer, born in Budapest, Hungary. He studied at the Académie Liszt and became chief assistant in the Budapest Opera. He settled in Paris (1933), where he composed ballet music and opera music, such as La révolte des Canuts (1964), and music for the cinema. Les Enfants du Paradis (1945) assured his success, followed by La Bête Humaine. He also wrote songs both popular and serious based on texts by Desnos, Sartre, Queneau, and the famous ‘Les Feuilles Mortes’ by Prévert. |
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