biography
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Mireille
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in full Mireille Hartuch
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pronunciation:
[meeray]
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1906–96)
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| biography:
| French writer, composer, and performer. After failing the concours du Conservatoire because her hands were too small, she began working in theatres, at the Odéon (in the role of Puck) where she met Firmin Gémier, then organized a revue, playing the piano with her feet. At first, in collaboration with Jean Nohain, she wrote more than 600 melodies, breaking with the ‘rengaine’ style, sung by Chevalier, Trenet, Sablon, Brassens, and Montand. From an idea by Sacha Guitry she created on radio ‘Le Petit Conservatoire’ around 1964, where many future stars would listen to her advice. She married the philosopher Emmanuel Berl in 1936. Her memoires were published as Avec le Soleil pour Témoin. |
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