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(85) Michel Legrand  86歳で死去

French Oscar-winning composer and jazz pianist Michel Legrand has died in Paris aged 86, his spokesman has said.

During a career spanning more than 50 years, Legrand wrote over 200 film and TV scores, as well as songs.

In 1968, he won his first Oscar for the song The Windmills of Your Mind from The Thomas Crown Affair film.

Two more Oscars followed in 1971 and 1983 for the best original scores in Summer of '42 and Yentl films respectively.

In the 1960s, he collaborated with French new wave director Jacques Demy on The Umbrellas of Cherbourg - the work which opened the door for Legrand to Hollywood.

The hit song The Windmills Of Your Mind was later covered by a number of artists including Dusty Springfield.

Legrand - who was known for his often jazz-tinged music - collaborated with such stars as Miles Davies, Ray Charles, Frank Sinatra and Edith Piaf among others.

He had planned to give concerts in Paris in April, the AFP news agency reports.

Legrand was born in Paris in 1932. He came from a musical family: his father was a conductor, as was his maternal uncle.

ミッシェル・ルグランが2019年1月26日、86歳で亡くなりました。2011年11月1日には、実姉のクリスチャンヌ・ルグランが亡くなっています。二人ともいなくなりました。

報道では、「シェルブールの雨傘」や「ロシュフォールの恋人たち」といった映画の話が書かれているのだが、私が一番好きで歌っているのは、”How Do You Keep The Music Playing?”、”What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life?”の2曲です。

今晩はお通夜になりました。ルグランに捧げて”How Do You Keep The Music Playing?”を歌います。

 

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(2019/1/26)


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