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Alain Romans
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Czestochowa, Slaskie, Poland
Alain Romans (1905, Poland – 1988) was a French jazz composer. He studied in Leipzig, Berlin, and Paris. His teachers included Vincent d'Indy. He later worked with Josephine Baker and Django Reinhardt. Romans wrote music for 12 films. The most famous of them are the films of comedian Jacques Tati, including Les Vacances de Monsieur Hulot (1953), with the theme song "Quel temps fait-il a Paris?",…
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- Gringalet — Pianist1946
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- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1905
- Active to
- 1988
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Alain Romans was a French jazz composer most noted for scoring several of the films of comedian Jacques Tati, including Les Vacances de M. Hulot (1953) and Mon Oncle (1959). <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Alain+Romans">Read more on Last.fm</a>
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alain
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Częstochowa
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- conductor
- Employer
- Philips Records
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- Vincent d'Indy
- Instrument
- harpsichord
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- date of birth
- 1905-01-13
- date of death
- 1988-12-19
- place of burial
- Saint-Vincent Cemetery
- name in native language
- Alain Romans
- Commons category
- Alain Romans
- birth name
- Roman Abram Szlezynger
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