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- Works
- 2
Top works
- Moscou 1994
- Stèles de Camargue
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Film & TV
Marseille, Bouches-du-Rhône, France
Franck Pourcel (11 August 1913 – 12 November 2000) was a French composer, arranger and conductor of popular music and classical music. Born in Marseille, France, Pourcel started learning the violin at the age of six. Later, Pourcel studied violin at the Conservatoire in Marseille, and also drums because he loved jazz, and spent a year in Paris at the Conservatoire. By 1931, he was working as a…
Known for
- Champs-Elysées — Self1982
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1913-08-11
- Active to
- 2000-11-12
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- 72,471
- Total plays
- 780,051
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French violinist Franck Pourcel is best-known for his jazzy string arrangements of pop hits, as well as his lush easy listening arrangements and film scores. Initially, Pourcel studied classical violin at the Paris Conservatoire, but he found the allure of jazz irresistible. In particular, he was an idol of Stephane Grappelli. Following his studies, he joined a number of jazz combos, which led him to his role as the leader of the French Fiddlers, who he joined in the late '40s. <a href="https:
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Marseille
- Place of death
- Neuilly-sur-Seine
- Occupation
- music arranger
- Educated at
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- easy listening
- Instrument
- violin
- Record label
- EMI
- Official website
- www.franckpourcel.com
- Image
- FranckPourcel-StudioHarcourt-1957.png
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- date of birth
- 1913-08-14
- date of death
- 2000-11-12
- medical condition
- Parkinson's disease
- cause of death
- Parkinson's disease
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Franck Pourcel
- Commons category
- Franck Pourcel
- social media followers
- 33000
- birth name
- Franck Marius Louis Pourcel
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