Lucien Moraweck (May 24, 1901,

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– October 20, 1973,

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) was a French

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pianist. Moraweck studied music formally at the

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in his youth, but began devoting his attention primarily to jazz starting around 1924. He played alongside

Edmond Cohanier Edmond Cohanier (born February 28, 1905, Talloires - death date unknown) was a Swiss jazz reedist. Cohanier worked in Paris for most of his early career, playing in the 1920s with Georges Marion, Paul Gason, Jack Purvis, and Gregor. Cohanier and ...

in Georges Marion's Swiss band in 1925 and with Paul Gason's ensemble in Belgium. Through the end of the 1920s he played with a number of dance orchestras and with the ensembles of

Lud Gluskin Ludwig Elias "Lud" GluskinState of New York Certificate and Record of Birth, January 4, 1899. (December 16, 1898 – October 13, 1989) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader.Donnelly, K.J. and Philip Hayward (2012''Music in Science Fiction ...

and

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. He later became conductor of the Jazz du Poste Parisien, and played with Michel Warlop and Wal-Berg in the mid-1930s. In 1934, he emigrated to the United States, where he worked again with Gluskin; the pair were nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Score for their soundtrack to '' The Man in the Iron Mask''. Lucien continued to compose and arrange music for cinema and television until his retirement in the mid 1960s.

External links

Lucien Moraweck on IMDb

References

*Michel Laplace, "Lucien Moraweck". '' The New Grove Dictionary of Jazz''. 2nd edition, ed. Barry Kernfeld. 1901 births 1973 deaths French emigrants to the United States French jazz pianists French male pianists Musicians from Belfort American jazz pianists American male pianists 20th-century American male musicians American male jazz musicians 20th-century American pianists {{France-musician-stub