Maurice Journeau (17 November 1898 – 9 June 1999) was a French
composer
A composer is a person who writes music. The term is especially used to indicate composers of Western classical music, or those who are composers by occupation. Many composers are, or were, also skilled performers of music.
Etymology and def ...
born in
Biarritz
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. He composed from 1921 to 1984. He died in
Versailles
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.
Works
*Works for
piano
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**''Valse''
**''Deux mélodies''
**''Fugue''
**''Quatuor à cordes''
**''Sur l'Etang''
**''Pièces enfantines''
**''Ronde enfantine''
**''Humoresque''
**''Suite pour les jeunes''
**''Divertissement pour deux pianos''
**''Simple Cantilène''
**''Le Furet''
**''Toccata''
**''Impromptus''
External links
Maurice Journeau
1898 births
1999 deaths
People from Biarritz
École Normale de Musique de Paris alumni
20th-century French classical composers
French male classical composers
20th-century French male musicians
French men centenarians
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