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Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian composer who emigrated to France.
Joseph Kosma (en hongrois Kozma József), né le 22 octobre 1905 à Budapest et mort le 7 août 1969 à La Roche-Guyon (Val-d'Oise), à l'âge de 63 ans d'un malaise cardiaque, est un compositeur français juif hongrois d'origine et naturalisé français en 1948 1.
"Autumn Leaves" is the English-language version of the French song "Les Feuilles mortes" ("The Dead Leaves") composed by Joseph Kosma in 1945. The original lyrics were written by Jacques Prévert in French, and the English lyrics were by Johnny Mercer.
Joseph Kosma. Soundtrack: The Score. Joseph Kosma was born in Budapest. He took an interest in music at a very young age, writing an opera called "Noel dans les Tranchées" as a teenager. One of his greatest loves in Budapest was the music of Bela Bartok.
Their first collaboration was 1936’s Le Crime de Monsieur Lange, and in 1937 they produced La Grande Illusion, considered one of the top films of all times. When Kosma scored the 1945 Marcel Carne classic Les Enfants du Paradis, he met the film’s screenwriter, Jacques Prevert.
Joseph Kosma (born October 22, 1905 in Budapest, Hungary - died August 7, 1969 in La Roche-Guyon) was a Hungarian-French composer, of Jewish background. He emigrated to Paris in 1933, after studying five years in Berlin. There he met Jacques Prévert, with whom he wrote around 80 songs.
Jan 18, 2019 · Joseph Kosma: "La Grande Illusion", suite. 155 Likes. 12,305 Views. 2019 Jan 18. The Orchestre Philharmonique de Radio France performs the suite "La Grande Illusion" from the film "La Grande...
Joseph Kosma. Though perhaps most familiar for the standard "Autumn Leaves," composer Joseph Kosma also scored several of the greatest films in cinematic history, including a series of pictures for legendary director…. Read Full Biography.
Joseph Kosma. Soundtrack: The Score. Joseph Kosma was born in Budapest. He took an interest in music at a very young age, writing an opera called "Noel dans les Tranchées" as a teenager. One of his greatest loves in Budapest was the music of Bela Bartok.
A jazz-infused melody written by Joseph Kosma, "Les Feuilles Mortes" (or "Autumn Leaves") has become famous in both its French and English versions around th...
