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Post by rick on Jan 26, 2019 4:34:25 GMT -5
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Post by rick on Jan 26, 2019 4:49:39 GMT -5
A few Legrand songs --
"Windmills of Your Mind"
"The Summer Knows"
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?"
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Post by erik on Jan 26, 2019 13:53:37 GMT -5
I just saw this too. Another good one has left the scene, but his body of work will live on (IMHO).
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Post by the Scribe on Jan 26, 2019 16:26:46 GMT -5
He wrote some great, classy stuff over the years. Summer of 42 was one of my favorites.
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Post by mused on Jan 27, 2019 0:08:29 GMT -5
oh GOD....so sad...what an IMMENSE talent...REST in your Perfect Peace Michael
I always, as a buddhist with many lost family members early in life.... PINED to do this one;
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Post by rick on Jan 27, 2019 5:56:36 GMT -5
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Post by erik on Jan 27, 2019 13:07:24 GMT -5
I should also mention that, as a conductor, LeGrand made an impressive recording of two Requiem settings, those of fellow French composers Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle, with the Philharmonia Orchestra and Ambrosian Singers in the early 1990s, showing that his tastes and abilities were wide and varying.
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