Maurice Thiriet (; 2 May 1906 – 28 September 1972) was a French composer of classical and film music.

Biography

Born in

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, and orchestration and arrangement under

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. Thiriet's career revolved mainly around film music, completing around seventy scores from 1942 to 1960. A fellow composer

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. Thiriet also wrote

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'' (1933) * '' Southern Mail'' (1937) * ''

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'' (1945) * '' Not So Stupid'' (1946) * ''

Le Bataillon du ciel ''Le Bataillon du ciel'' (''Sky Battalion'') is a 1947 French film in two parts by Alexander Esway about the Second World War. The film, written by Joseph Kessel, became the biggest box office success in France that year with more than 8 million ...

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'' (1948) * '' Three Boys, One Girl '' (1948) * ''

Mystery in Shanghai ''Mystery in Shanghai'' (French: ''Mystère à Shanghai'') is a 1950 French crime film directed by Roger Blanc and starring Paul Bernard, Hélène Perdrière and Maurice Teynac. It is based on the novel ''La Nuit du 12 au 13'' by Stanislas-Andr ...

'' (1950) * '' Passion'' (1951) * '' The House on the Dune'' (1952) * ''

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'' (1954) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Eyes of Love'' (1959)

References

Sources

^ Mark Brill "Maurice Thiriet" in ''The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians''

External links

* 1906 births 1972 deaths Conservatoire de Paris alumni French classical composers French male classical composers French opera composers Male opera composers People from Meulan-en-Yvelines 20th-century classical composers 20th-century French composers 20th-century French male musicians Olympic competitors in art competitions {{France-composer-stub