Michel Legrand

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Michel Legrand

Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, and jazz pianist. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 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).

Birth and Death Data: Born February 24, 1932 (20th arrondissement of Paris), Died January 26, 2019 (Neuilly-sur-Seine)

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1967 - 1968

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, conductor, performer

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= Recordings were issued from this master. No recordings issued from other masters.

Recordings

Company	Matrix No.	First Recording Date	Title	Primary Performer	Role
Decca	119879	2/19/1968	Pretty Polly	Michel Legrand	performer
Decca	L 14737	11/1/1967	Main title Pretty Polly	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14738	11/1/1967	A matter of innocence	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14739	11/1/1967	Lovers on the shore	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14740	11/1/1967	The race is to the swift	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14741	11/1/1967	End title Pretty Polly	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14742	11/1/1967	Double or nothing	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14743	11/2/1967	Singapore swing	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14744	11/2/1967	Goodbye Mr. Critch	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14745	11/2/1967	The beautiful transformation	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14746	11/2/1967	The ladies of Bugis Street	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14747	11/2/1967	Bugis Street, where old friends meet	Matt Monro	composer, conductor
Decca	L 14860	2/14/1968	Pretty Polly	Michel Legrand	performer
Decca	L 14861	2/14/1968	The race is to the swift	Michel Legrand	performer

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Legrand, Michel," accessed November 13, 2024, https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/205750.

Legrand, Michel. (2024). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved November 13, 2024, from https://adpprod2.library.ucsb.edu/names/205750.

"Legrand, Michel." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2024. Web. 13 November 2024.