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Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer. Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Ákos. A maternal relative was the photographer László Moholy-Nagy, and another was the conductor Georg Solti. He started to play the piano at age five, and later took piano lessons. At the age of 11, he wrote his first opera, Christmas in the Trenches. After completing his education at the Secondary Grammar School Franz-Josef, he attended the Academy of Music in Budapest, where he studied with Leo Weiner. He also studied with Béla Bartók at the Liszt Academy, receiving diplomas in composition and conducting. He won a grant to study in Berlin in 1928, where he met Lilli Apel, another musician, whom he later married. Kosma also met and studied with Hanns Eisler in Berlin. He became acquainted with Bertolt Brecht and Helene Weigel. Kosma and his wife emigrated to Paris in 1933. Eventually, he met Jacques Prévert, who introduced him to Jean Renoir. During the 1930s Kosma teamed up with Prévert to set a number of Prévert's poems to music, and have them recorded by popular singers. Several of these were hits. Kosma also composed scores to Renoir's films including La Grande Illusion (1937), La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast, 1938), and La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game, 1939). During World War II and the Occupation of France, Kosma was placed under house arrest in the Alpes-Maritimes region and was banned from composition. However, Prévert managed to arrange for Kosma to contribute music for films with other composers fronting for him. Under this arrangement, he wrote the "pantomime" of the music for Les Enfants du Paradis (1945), made under the occupation but released after the liberation. Among his other credits are the scores to Voyage Surprise (1946) and Le Testament du docteur Cordelier (The Doctor's Horrible Experiment, 1959), the last of which was made for television. He was also known for writing the standard classical-jazz piece "Les feuilles mortes" ("Autumn Leaves"), with French lyrics by Prévert and later English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, which was derived from music in Marcel Carné's film Les Portes de la Nuit (1946). The song was featured in the eponymous 1956 film starring Joan Crawford. Source: Article "Joseph Kosma" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
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- wc Gender: Male
- calendar_month Birth Date: 1905-10-22
- event Death Date 1969-08-07
- school Known for: Sound
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- info Birth Place Budapest, Hungary
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Grand Illusion
1937-06-04
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The Cape of Hope
1951-11-14
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Thank Heaven for Small Favors
1963-08-28
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La Fenêtre
1970-08-02
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The Green Glove
1952-02-28
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Dawn on the Third Day
1962-01-26
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Love Around the House
1947-08-27
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Croesus
1960-09-21
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People of No Importance
1956-02-15
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Crimson Curtain
1952-11-14
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Rhine Virgin
1953-11-13
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Jenny
1936-09-18
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Lost Souvenirs
1950-11-11
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Innocents in Paris
1953-07-22
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The Doctor's Dilemma
1959-01-01
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The Eleven O'Clock Woman
1948-03-03
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Man to Men
1948-10-01
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Snobs!
1962-09-05
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Street Singer
1938-10-28
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Passing through Lorraine
1950-12-31
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Noah's Ark
1947-08-20
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Judgement of God
1952-08-20
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Adieu Léonard
1943-09-01
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Wicked City
1949-11-16
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La Bête Humaine
1938-12-23
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Bethsabée
1947-11-21
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Without Leaving an Address
1951-01-17
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Truant School
1949-04-08
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Tamango
1958-01-24
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The Little Soldier
1947-08-27
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The Inspector Likes a Fight
1957-06-12
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Matisse ou Le talent de bonheur
1960-01-01
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Noah's Ark
1947-08-20
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The Secret of the Blue Men
1961-08-11
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Children of Paradise
1945-03-15
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Love and the Frenchwoman
1960-09-16
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Gates of the Night
1946-12-03
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Blood of the Beasts
1949-01-01
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Crossroads of Passion
1948-08-04
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Main Street
1956-10-26
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The Crime of Monsieur Lange
1936-01-24
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Picnic on the Grass
1959-11-11
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Experiment in Evil
1960-07-04
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Katia
1959-12-22
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That Is the Dawn
1956-05-09
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The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
1974-05-02
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In the French Style
1963-09-18
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Ma Jeannette et mes copains
1953-08-01
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The Eighth Day
1960-02-24
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Goubbiah and the Gipsy Girl
1956-03-14
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Torticola versus Frankensberg
1952-04-19
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The Rules of the Game
1939-07-09
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I'll Get Back to Kandara
1956-12-20
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At the Grand Balcony
1949-11-30
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A Day in the Country
1946-05-21
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The Lovers of Verona
1949-03-07
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Fugitive from Montreal
1950-11-17
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Elena and Her Men
1956-09-12
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Kitosch, the Man Who Came from the North
1967-03-23
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Wolves Hunt at Night
1952-02-06
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The Curious Adventures of Mr. Wonderbird
1953-05-29
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No Exit
1954-12-22
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Juliette, or Key of Dreams
1951-05-18
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La Marseillaise
1938-02-10
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Perfectionist
1951-11-28
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Shadow and Light
1951-06-27
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La Commune de Paris
1957-04-06
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Soupçons
1956-11-23
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The Elusive Corporal
1962-05-23
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Magic Village
1955-03-22
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A Certain Mr. Jo
1958-04-16
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Bitter Fruit
1967-01-11
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Black Jack
1950-11-20
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Disorder
1950-12-02
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The Case of Dr. Laurent
1957-04-03
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The Doll
1962-11-07
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Here Is the Beauty
1950-04-21
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The Fugitives
1955-05-10