André Hodeir (22 January 1921 – 1 November 2011) was a French violinist, composer,

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and

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Biography

Hodeir was born in Paris and trained as a classical violinist and composer. He studied at the

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, where he was taught by

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and won first prizes in fugue, harmony, and music history. While pursuing these studies he discovered jazz and various music forms besides jazz and classical. He recorded on violin under the pseudonym "Claude Laurence". As a critic, his tough but insightful analytic writings were much acclaimed and influential (''Jazz: Its Evolution and Essence;'' English edition 1956). In 1954 he was a founder and director of Jazz Groupe de Paris, which included Bobby Jaspar, Pierre Michelot and Nat Peck. In 1957, at the invitation of Ozzie Cadena of

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, he recorded an album of his compositions with

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, Idrees Sulieman, Frank Rehak, Hal McKusick, Eddie Costa, George Duvivier, and Annie Ross. In addition to two books of ''Essais'' (1954 and 1956), he wrote film scores, including ''Le Palais Idéal'' by Ado Kyrou for the film ''Chutes de pierres, danger de mort'' by Michel Fano, and

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''. He founded an orchestra during the 1960s and composed a work based on the Anna Livia Plurabelle story from the novel ''

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'' by

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. He died in

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Discography

* ''Jazz et Jazz'' (Philips, 1963) * ''American Jazzmen Play Andre Hodeir's Essais'' (Savoy, 1957) * ''The Paris Scene'' (Savoy, 1957) * ''Anna Livia Plurabelle'' (Philips, 1966) * ''Bitter Ending'' with Les Swingle Singers (Epic, 1972) * ''The Historic Donaueschingen Jazz Concert 1957'' with Eddie Sauter (Pausa, 1980)

Bibliography

* André Hodeir, ''Le Jazz, cet inconnu'', preface by Charles Delaunay, collection "Harmoniques",

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, 1945 * ''Si seulement la vie : nouvelles'' (2001) * ''Les aventures de la chevalière'', (1983 historical novel for children) * ''La chevalière et le panache blanc'', (1983 historical novel for children) * ''Le Rire de Swann'', ed. Rouge Profond, coll. Birdland, Paris 2006 * ''Le Joueur de violon (Musikant)'' * ''La Musique depuis Debussy'', Presses Universitaires de France, Paris, 1961 * ''Hommes et problèmes du jazz'', Flammarion, Paris, 1954, re-released by Parenthèses, coll. Epistrophy, Paris 1981, 3 printings, then coll. Eupalinos, 2008 * ''Les Formes de la Musique'', Presses Universitaires de France, coll. "Que sais-je ?" n° 478, Paris * ''Jazzistiques'' ed. Parenthèses, coll. Epistrophy, Paris 2004 * ''Les Mondes du Jazz'', ed. Rouge Profond, Paris 2004 * ''The André Hodeir Jazz Reader'', Michigan University Press, 2006 * Pierre Fargeton, ''Le Jazz comme œuvre composée : le cas d'André Hodeir'' (2006, unpublished doctoral dissertation, Université Jean-Monnet (Saint-Étienne)) * Christian Tarting, article ''Hodeir, André'' (Dictionnaire du jazz, ed. Robert Laffont, coll. Bouquins)

References

External links

* * , Christian Tarting, in French. * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hodeir, Andre 1921 births 2011 deaths 20th-century French violinists 20th-century male musicians French male violinists 20th-century French non-fiction writers Conservatoire de Paris alumni French jazz composers French jazz violinists Jazz arrangers French male jazz composers Musicians from Paris Savoy Records artists Philips Records artists Fontana Records artists Debussy scholars French film score composers French male film score composers