Joseph Kosma
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| Birth name | József Kozma |
| Born | 22 October 1905 |
| Origin | Budapest, Hungary |
| Died | 7 August 1969 (aged 63) La Roche-Guyon, Val-d'Oise, France |
| Occupation(s) | Composer |
| Years active | 1930-1970 |
Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian composer who emigrated to France.
Biography
Kosma was born József Kozma in
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
Les Portes de la Nuit
(1946). The song was featured in the 1956 film Autumn Leaves starring Joan Crawford.
Joseph Kosma's tomb, Montmartre Cemetery, Paris
Selected filmography
- La Grande Illusion (1937)
- The Time of the Cherries (1938)
- Goodbye Leonard (1943)
- A Woman in the Night (1943)
- Children of Paradise (1945)
- Messieurs Ludovic (1946)
- Gates of the Night (1946)
- Pétrus (1946)
- Love Around the House (1947)
- Mystery Trip (1947)
- Crossroads of Passion (1948)
- The Eleven O'Clock Woman (1948)
- The Lovers Of Verona(1949)
- The Farm of Seven Sins (1949)
- Passion for Life (1949)
- At the Grand Balcony (1949)
- Black Jack (1950)
- Vendetta in Camargue (1950)
- Shadow and Light (1951)
- Champions Juniors (1951)
- Sins of Madeleine (1951)
- The Cape of Hope (1951)
- Crimson Curtain (1952)
- Matrimonial Agency (1952)
- Wolves Hunt at Night (1952)
- Alarm in Morocco (1953)
- Innocents in Paris (1953)
- Operation Magali (1953)
- Huis clos(1954)
- Wild Fruit (1954)
- House on the Waterfront (1955)
- Goubbiah, mon amour (1956)
- Suspicion (1956)
- I'll Get Back to Kandara (1956)
- Three Days to Live (1957)
- The She-Wolves (1957)
- The Inspector Likes a Fight (1957)
- The Case of Doctor Laurent (1957)
- The Cat (1958)
- A Certain Monsieur Jo (1958)
- Picnic on the Grass (1959)
- Quay of Illusions (1959)
- Croesus (1960)
- The Cat Shows Her Claws (1960)
References
External links
- Joseph Kosma at IMDb
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