Adolphe Borchard (1882–1967) was a French

pianist A pianist ( , ) is an individual musician who plays the piano. Since most forms of Western music can make use of the piano, pianists have a wide repertoire and a wide variety of styles to choose from, among them traditional classical music, j ...

and composer who worked on a number of

film scores A film score is original music written specifically to accompany a film. The score comprises a number of orchestral, instrumental, or choral pieces called cues, which are timed to begin and end at specific points during the film in order to ...

during the 1930s and 1940s including large-budget films such as ''

Ultimatum An ultimatum (; ) is a demand whose fulfillment is requested in a specified period of time and which is backed up by a threat to be followed through in case of noncompliance (open loop). An ultimatum is generally the final demand in a series o ...

'' (1938). He has several music students. The Vietnamese composer

Nguyễn Văn Quỳ Nguyen Van Quy (2 January 1925 – 27 January 2022) was a Vietnamese composer and musician. He started as composer under the artist name Đỗ Quyên, and was later given the nicknames "''Quỳ Sonate''" and "''Vietnamese Beethoven''". He is kno ...

is one of them and studied through

distance education Distance education, also known as distance learning, is the education of students who may not always be physically present at a school, or where the learner and the teacher are separated in both time and distance. Traditionally, this usually in ...

between 1953 and 1954.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Red Robe ''The'' () is a grammatical article in English, denoting persons or things that are already or about to be mentioned, under discussion, implied or otherwise presumed familiar to listeners, readers, or speakers. It is the definite article in En ...

'' (1933) * ''

The Invisible Woman The Invisible Woman (Susan "Sue" Storm-Richards) is a superheroine appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character is a founding member of the Fantastic Four and was the first female superhero created by Marvel durin ...

'' (1933) * '' Prince Jean'' (1934) * ''

Confessions of a Cheat ''Le Roman d'un tricheur'' (sometimes known in English as ''The Story of a Cheat'', but also as ''Confessions of a Cheat'', ''The Story of a Trickster'', or ''The Cheat'') is a 1936 film starring, written and directed by Sacha Guitry. It was adap ...

'' (1936) * ''

Désiré Désiré is a French male given name, which means "desired, wished". The female form is Désirée. Désiré may refer to: * Amable Courtecuisse (1823 - 1873), French baritone known simply as Désiré * Désiré Bastin (1900–1972), Belgian foo ...

'' (1937) * ''

Quadrille The quadrille is a dance that was fashionable in late 18th- and 19th-century Europe and its colonies. The quadrille consists of a chain of four to six '' contredanses''. Latterly the quadrille was frequently danced to a medley of opera melodi ...

'' (1938) * ''

'' (1938) * '' Kreutzer Sonata'' (1938) * ''

Nine Bachelors ''Nine Bachelors'' (French: ''Ils étaient neuf célibataires'') is a 1939 French comedy film directed by Sacha Guitry and starring Guitry, Max Dearly and Elvire Popesco. It was shot at the Joinville Studios in Paris and on location in the c ...

'' (1939) * '' Tornavara'' (1943) * ''

Jeannou ''Jeannou'' is a 1943 French comedy film directed by Léon Poirier and starring Michèle Alfa, Saturnin Fabre and Thomy Bourdelle. The film's sets were designed by the art director Raymond Druart. It was partly shot on location in Mouzens in ...

'' (1943)

References

Bibliography

* Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. ''Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene''. Berghahn Books, 1999. * Nichols, Roger. ''The Harlequin Years: Music in Paris, 1917 - 1929''. University of California Press, 2002.

External links

* 1882 births 1967 deaths Musicians from Le Havre French film score composers French male film score composers 20th-century French musicians 20th-century French male musicians {{France-musician-stub