Georges Delerue

Georges Delerue was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards, including an Academy Award for A Little Romance , three Csar Awards , two ASCAP Awards , and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon . He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for Anne of the Thousand Days , The Day of the Dolphin , Julia , and Agnes of God , four additional Csar Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Genie Award for Black Robe .

Georges Delerue was bornMarch 1925 in Roubaix, France to Georges Delerue and Marie Lhoest. He was raised in a musical household his grandfather led an amateur chorale group and his mother sang and played piano at family gatherings. By the age of fourteen he was playing clarinet at the local music conservatory. In 1940 he was forced to abandon his studies at the Turgot Institute in order to work at a factory to help support his family. He continued playing clarinet with local bands, eventually transitioning to piano under the instruction of Madame PicavetBacquart. He studied Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, and Grieg, and was particularly inspired by Richard Strauss. Following a long convalescence after being diagnosed with scoliosis, Georges decided to become a composer.

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