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Louis Saguer

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Louis Saguer, born Wolfgang Simoni, (26 March 1907 in Berlin – March 1991 in Paris) was a composer of German origin naturalized French in 1947.

Life

After studying piano, composition and conducting at the Stern Conservatory in Berlin, he became Edmund Meisel's collaborator for the music of several films (Sergei Eisenstein's Battleship Potemkin, October: Ten Days That Shook the World, Arnold Fanck's The Holy Mountain).

Head of singing, assistant director and choreographer at the Berlin State Opera, conductor and assistant director at the Piscator Theatre, he continued his orchestration training work in 1929 in Paris where he settled permanently a few years later. After a difficult start, he became conductor of the "Chorale populaire de Paris" close to the Communist Party. He composed songs and occasional works.

Music for film

Awards

Bibliography

  • Louis Saguer and Raymond Lyon, Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Étude et analyse,[1] Editions Mellottée, 1948

References

  1. ^ Les Contes d'Hoffmann - Étude et analyse
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