Michel Legrand : a life in music and film /

"Abstract: This is the autobiography of Michel Legrand (1932-2019), the famous French composer and songwriter best known for his Oscar-winning movie soundtracks, including The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, The Thomas Crown Affair, and Barbra Streisand's directorial debut Yentl, and for his hit s...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Legrand, Michel, 1932-2019 (Author), Lerouge, Stéphane (Author)
Other Authors:	Taylor, Sam, 1970- (Translator)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2025.
Edition:	[1.].
Subjects:	Legrand, Michel, > 1932-2019. Composers > France > Biography. Film composers > France > Biography. Compositeurs > France > Biographies. Compositeurs de musique de film > France > Biographies. Composers & Musicians. BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY. History & Criticism. MUSIC. Individual Composer & Musician. Composers Film composers France Electronic books. Autobiographies Biography. Translations Autobiographies.
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Table of Contents:

Preface, by Damien Chazelle
'It's not true, it's not false. It's just life.' Foreword / by Stéphane Lerouge
My Friend the Piano
The War at Eight
14, rue de Madrid
Mademoiselle
Spring of '44
Childhood Summers
Raymond
Summer Tours
6, rue Jenner
Paris-New York
Dizzy, Miles and Co.
New Waves, Old Waves
The First Half of Demy
The Second Half of Demy
Passport to Hollywood
How Dark is Your Soul?
I Sing
The Union of Dwarf Aviators
Three Images of Steve McQueen
My Substitute Fathers
Writing Situations
Macha, Act I
The Go-Between
Through Walls and Across Borders
Sarah, Stan, Stéphane & Co.
Macha, Act II
The Ones That Got Away
A Scent Like the End of the World
Elle s'appelle Barbra
Fraternizing with the Enemy
From Chaplin to Beauvois
Citizen Orson
Macha, Act III
Waiting for Tomorrow
The Sunlight of His Music, An afterword / by Macha Méril.