Julien Falk (1902-1987) was a 20th-century French composer and composition teacher at the Conservatoire de Paris, and wrote many theorical music books.
He had many students including well known composers Serge Gainsbourg, Gabriel Yared, Michel Coeuriot, Michel Colombier, Pierre Yves Lenik, Eric Demarsan, Richard Galliano, Robbi Finkel, Philippe Blay [1] and Alain Goraguer.
Initiated in 1933 into the "Grand Orient de France", he also wrote many musical pieces for masonic ceremonies. [2]
Ivan Alexandrovich Wyschnegradsky, was a Russian composer primarily known for his microtonal compositions, including the quarter tone scale utilized in his pieces for two pianos in quarter tones. He also used scales of up to 72 divisions. For most of his life, from 1920 onwards, Wyschnegradsky lived in Paris.
Michel Corrette was a French composer, organist and author of musical method books.
Matthijs Vermeulen, was a Dutch composer and music journalist.
Jean Francisque-Étienne Martinon was a French conductor and composer.
Henri Jérôme Bertini was a French classical composer and pianist. He was born into a family of musicians and attracted the attention of François-Joseph Fétis when he toured Europe as a child prodigy. As an adult he was admired both as a soloist and as a chamber musician; it was said that he played with Johann Nepomuk Hummel's simplicity and elegance without sacrificing the brilliance of the instrument. As a composer he had an original style which was rich in musical ideas, attractive melodies, and effortless harmonies. In 1856, he retired from the musical scene and settled in the Dauphiné in south-east France.
Vittorio Monti was an Italian composer, violinist, mandolinist and conductor. His most famous work is his Csárdás, written around 1904.
Michel Tabachnik is a Swiss conductor and composer with an international career. Promoter of contemporary music, he has premiered a dozen works by Iannis Xenakis, among others.
Paule Charlotte Marie Jeanne Maurice was a French composer.
A Heart in Winter is a French film which was released in 1992. It stars Emmanuelle Béart, Daniel Auteuil and André Dussollier. It was chosen to compete at the 49th Venice International Film Festival, where it won four awards, tying for the Silver Lion. It was nominated for Best Foreign Film at the 1994 BAFTA awards.
Louis-Casimir Escoffier, known primarily as Casimir Ney or L. Casimir-Ney was a French composer and one of the foremost violists of the 19th century.
Anne Louise Brillon de Jouy was a French musician and composer. Born in Paris, she lived in Passy and played and composed for the harpsichord and the piano. She learned to play the harpsichord as a child.
Albert Dupuis was a Belgian composer.
Où s'en vont les avions? is a studio album recorded by French singer Julien Clerc. It was released on 12 September 2008. A pop record, it went straight to number-one in France and Belgium (Wallonia). Maxime Le Forestier, Benjamin Biolay, Carla Bruni are among the artists who wrote some tracks for this album. The first single, "La Jupe en laine", was only available digitally.
Robbi Finkel is an American-Canadian composer, record producer, pianist and arranger. Grammy nominated, Finkel is an honorary lifetime voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences.
Stéphane Delplace is a French composer.
Federigo Fiorillo was a mandolinist and composer, who wrote thirty-six caprices for violin, also called études.
Pierre-Julien Nargeot was a 19th-century French violinist, composer and conductor.
The Sonate pour violon et piano, FP 119, by Francis Poulenc was composed in 1942–1943 in memory of the Spanish poet Federico García Lorca. The score, dedicated to Poulenc's niece Brigitte Manceaux, was published by Max Eschig. The work was premiered by the violinist Ginette Neveu with the composer at the piano on 21 June 1943 in Paris, Salle Gaveau.
Joseph Boulnois was a French organist and composer.
Raymond Vaillant was a French composer.