Émile Stern (28 April 1913 – 14 January 1997), best known under his artistic pseudonym Emil Stern, was a French composer, pianist and conductor of Romanian descent. He was born in

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

. Together with his writing partner

Eddy Marnay Edmond Bacri (18 December 1920 – 3 January 2003), known professionally as Eddy Marnay, was a French songwriter. In his career, he wrote more than 4000 songs, including works for Édith Piaf, Frida Boccara and Céline Dion. He was joint win ...

they wrote one of the winning songs for the 1969 Eurovision Song Contest: "

Un jour, un enfant "" (; "A Day, a Child") is a song recorded by French singer Frida Boccara, with music composed by Emil Stern and lyrics by Eddy Marnay. It in the Eurovision Song Contest 1969 held in Madrid, and became one of the four winning songs. Boccara ...

", sung by

Frida Boccara Danielle Frida Hélène Boccara (29 October 1940 – 1 August 1996) was a French singer of Italian descent, who performed and recorded in a number of languages, including French, Spanish, English, Italian, German, Dutch and Russian. Early ...

. He wrote the scores for

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's film ''Mazel Tov ou le Mariage''.

Selected songs

Marie Laforêt Marie Laforêt (born Maïtena Marie Brigitte Douménach; 5 October 1939 – 2 November 2019) was a French singer and actress, particularly well known for her work during the 1960s and 1970s. In 1978, she moved to Geneva, and acquired Swiss citi ...

* " Ivan, Boris et moi", lyrics by

(1967)

External links

Emil Stern at Discography
1913 births 1997 deaths Musicians from Paris French male songwriters French songwriters Male songwriters French music arrangers French male conductors (music) French people of Romanian descent 20th-century French conductors (music) Eurovision Song Contest-winning songwriters 20th-century French male musicians {{France-composer-stub