Edgar Bischoff
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| Also known as | Francis Mainville |
| Born | May 20, 1912 Ploiești, Romania |
| Died | December 27, 1995 (aged 83) Draveil, France |
| Occupation(s) | composer, lyricist |
| Years active | ~1940s–1970s |
Edgar Bischoff (May 20, 1912[1] – December 27, 1995[2]), also known by the alias Francis Mainville, was a Romanian-born French composer and lyricist.
Biography
Bischoff was born in
Gogol's "The Overcoat").[3]
He continued writing stage music, television and film score to the end of the 1970s. He died in the Paris suburb of Draveil in 1995, aged 83.
References
- ^ a b "Bischoff, Edgar," in: Dictionnaire des hommes de théâtre français contemporains, Paris: O. Perrin, 1967, p. 31.
- ^ "Edgar Bischoff, dit Francis Mainville, compositeur" :death notice, Le Monde, 6 Jan. 1996, p. 9 (bottom of first column).
- ^ In addition, he later wrote music for Marceau's "Les Trois Perruques". See Marcel Marceau, Weltkunst der Pantomime, Nach Gesprächen aufgez. v. Herbert Ihering, Zürich: Verl. d. Arche, 1972, p. 112.
External links
- Edgar Bischoff at IMDb
- Edgar Bischoff: photographs from 1959, on akg-images
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