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Gerard Calvi

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Composer 1922–2015

Gérard Calvi (born Grégoire Krettly; 26 July 1922 – 20 February 2015) was a French composer. Interested in music from an early age, Calvi's first composing work was for the French production The Patron in 1949. From here he provided music for various French films, most notably Gangster Boss, as well as the show La Plume de Ma Tante, which was nominated for Best Musical at the 13th Tony Awards. He composed music for three Asterix films: Asterix the Gaul, Asterix and Cleopatra and The Twelve Tasks of Asterix. He also composed the memorable Asterix theme for the first film, which was dispensed with by the time the music for The Twelve Tasks of Asterix was composed in 1976. His last work was for…

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La plume de ma tante

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  • Irma was not the only French musical on Broadway at the time. La Plume de ma Tante (“The plume of my aunt”) , a revue devised by Robert Dh é ry (1921-2004) with music by film composer Gerard Calvi (1922- ) and lyrics by Francis Blanche and Ross Parker which had already run for three years at London’s Garrick Theatre, opened on Broadway at…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Convinced of the film’s potential as a stage musical, Merrick secured the rights in December 1958, commissioning Deutsch to draft a plot outline based on her screenplay and French composer Gerard Calvi, recently of the hit revue La Plume de Ma Tante (1958), to pen the score. A year later, when Calvi’s inability to write sensitive English…ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Such a show was Carnival, an adaptation of the MGM film Lili, itself an adaptation of a Paul Gallico short story about a waif whose only friends are some circus puppets. The screenplay for Lili was by a Hollywood pro named Helen Deutsch, who suggested it as a musical to Merrick in 1958. Merrick thought the score might be written by Gerard…ebooks/Kissel, Howard/David Merrick - The Abominable Showman_ The Unauthorized Biography (Applause Books) - Howard Kissel.txt
  • Two years earlier, in December of 1958, David Merrick had announced that he was beginning work on a musical version of the film Lili , which had starred Leslie Caron.40 The screenwriter Helen Deutsch was engaged to prepare a ‘‘plot,’’ and Gerard Calvi, who had written La Plume de Ma Tante , a successful musical revue currently running on…ebooks/test/test - test.txt

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