Marcel Stern (4 October 1909 – 2 August 1989) was a French composer and violinist.

Life

Born in Paris, Stern studied at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...

and won the Premier Grand Prix de Rome in 1936 with the cantata ''Gisèle''. After his stay at the

Villa Medici The Villa Medici () is a Mannerist villa and an architectural complex with a garden contiguous with the larger Borghese gardens, on the Pincian Hill next to Trinità dei Monti in Rome, Italy. The Villa Medici, founded by Ferdinando I de' Med ...

in Rome, the Société Nationale performed his Divertissement for Orchestra in Paris in 1939. The Second World War interrupted his musical career, but during this time he composed the ''Symphony "La Libération"'', which was premiered on the radio in 1945 and by the

Concerts Colonne The Colonne Orchestra is a French symphony orchestra, founded in 1873 by the violinist and conductor Édouard Colonne. History While leader of the Opéra de Paris orchestra, Édouard Colonne was engaged by the publisher Georges Hartmann to lead ...

in 1948 at the

Théâtre du Châtelet The Théâtre du Châtelet () is a theatre and opera house, located in the place du Châtelet in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, France. One of two theatres (the other being the Théâtre de la Ville) built on the site of a ''châtelet'', a sm ...

under the direction of Paul Paray. Among his other works are the ''Deux pièces pour flûte seule: Bucolique, Iberica'' (1964) and the ''Concerto pour piano et orchestre'' (1968). He also composed several transcriptions of works by other composers for violin and orchestra, including George Enescu's First Romanian Rhapsody.

Compositions

Classical works (selection)

*1935: Cantata ''Le Château endormi'' (deuxième Second Grand Prix de Rome) *1936: Cantata ''Gisèle'' (Premier Grand Prix de Rome) *1939: ''Divertissement'' for small orchestra *1945: Symphony ''La Libération'' in E *1964: ''Bucolique'' and ''Iberica'', two pieces for flute solo *1968: Concerto for piano and orchestra (YouTube)

Cinema

Marcel Stern also distinguished himself in the field of

film music 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 ...

. Thus, from 1946 to 1963, he was responsible for the scores of fourteen French films (two, however, being French-Italian co-productions). * 1946: '' The Faceless Enemy'' by Robert-Paul Dagan and Maurice Cammage * 1947: '' Not guilty'' by

Henri Decoin Henri Decoin (18 March 1890 – 4 July 1969) was a French film director and screenwriter, who directed more than 50 films between 1933 and 1964. He was also a swimmer who won the national title in 1911 and held the national record in the 500 ...

* 1948: '' Night Express'' by

Marcel Blistène Marcel Blistène, born Marcel Blitstein (3 June 1911 in Paris – 2 August 1991), was a French film director. Marcel Blistène joined Paramount in 1930 as an assistant, after studying literature. He then began a career as a film journalist, ...

* 1949: ''

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'' by

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* 1950: '' Le Grand Cirque'' by

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* 1951: ''

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'' by Raymond Segard * 1952: '' Love Is Not a Sin'' by

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*1955: '' Men in White'' by

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Similarly, à propos Ralph Habib, the IMDb above also mentions '' Law of the Streets'' (1956), mistakenly attributing the music to

Joseph Kosma Joseph Kosma (22 October 19057 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer. Biography Kosma was born József Kozma in Budapest, where his parents taught stenography and typing. He had a brother, Ákos. A maternal relative was the photograph ...

and Marcel Stern, while it is due to

Émile Stern 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. Together with his writing partner Eddy Marnay they wrote ...

(which is confirmed by th
notice of this film
on '' Ciné-Ressources''). * 1956: '' In the Manner of Sherlock Holmes'' by Henri Lepage * 1957: ''

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'' by

Pierre Chevalier Pierre Chevalier may refer to: *Pierre Chevalier (caver) (1905–2001), French caver, mountaineer and explorer *Pierre Chevalier (director) (1915–2005), French film director *Pierre Chevalier (politician) (born 1952), Belgian politician *Pierre M ...

* 1958: '' Le Septième Ciel'' by Raymond Bernard (Franco-Italian film) * 1960: '' Colère froide'' by André Haguet and

Jean-Paul Sassy Jean Paul or ''variation'' may refer to: Places * Rue ''Jean-Paul-II'', several streets, see List of places named after Pope John Paul II * Place ''Jean Paul II'', several squares, see List of places named after Pope John Paul II People Given nam ...

* 1962: '' Rencontres'' by

Philippe Agostini Philippe Agostini was a French cinematographer, director and screenwriter born 11 August 1910 in Paris (France), died 20 October 2001. He was married to Odette Joyeux until the end of her life. Biography Founder of École Louis-Lumière (situ ...

(Franco-Italian film) * 1963: ''

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'' by Philippe Agostini

References

External links

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Marcel Stern
on Ciné ressources
Marcel Stern
on IMDb {{DEFAULTSORT:Stern, Marcel 1909 births 1989 deaths Musicians from Paris Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical composers French male classical composers 20th-century French composers Prix de Rome for composition French film score composers French male film score composers 20th-century French male musicians