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Marguerite Monnot

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Composer 1903–1961

Marguerite Monnot (28 May 1903 – 12 October 1961), was a French songwriter and composer best known for having written many of the songs performed by Édith Piaf ("Milord", "Hymne à l'amour") and the music for the stage musical Irma La Douce.

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Irma La Douce

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  • The first French composer since Offenbach to enjoy world-wide success with a book musical was Marguerite Monnot (1903-61) who is perhaps best known as Piaf ’s favourite songwriter. She trained with Nadia Boulanger (1887-1979), who also trained the Broadway composers Charles Strouse and Marc Blitztein , as well as orchestrator Robert Russe…ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Irma la Douce Music by Marguerite Monnot , Book and Lyrics by Alexandre Breffort , 1967 Paris cast, VEGA CD 465 826-2ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Irma la Douce Music by Marguerite Monnot , English Book and Lyrics by Monty Norman , David Heneker and Julian More , London Cast, SEPIA CD 1120ebooks/Atkey, Mel/Million Miles from Broadway_ Musical Theatre Beyond New York and London, A - Mel Atkey.txt
  • Irma la Douce Music by Marguerite Monnot; English lyrics and book by Julian More, David Heneker and Monty Norman. Lyric Theatre, 17 July 1958. PC: Elizabeth Seal, Keith Michell, Clive Revill. MN: Valse Milieu; Très Très Snob; The Bridge of Caulaincourt; Our Language of Love; She’s Got the Lot; Dis-Donc, Dis-Donc; Le Grisbi Is le Root of l…ebooks/Wright, Adrian/Tanner's Worth of Tune_ Rediscovering the post-war British Musical, A - Adrian Wright.txt
  • Music, Marguerite Monnot; Staged by Jeffery K. Neill; Musical Director, Wendell Kindberg; Associate Musical Director, Joyce Hitchcock; Scenery, Thomas Newby; Costumes, Hank Laurencelle;theatre-pdfs/Theatre World/Theatre World, 1979-80 Season, v. 36 (Willis).txt

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