Léon Clément Doucet (9 April 1895 – 15 October 1950) was a Belgian

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. He was born and died in

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, Belgium. He studied for a time at the local Conservatoire, where his teacher,

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, had been a pupil of

Franz Liszt Franz Liszt (22 October 1811 – 31 July 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic music, Romantic period. With a diverse List of compositions by Franz Liszt, body of work spanning more than six ...

. His formal training was classical, and he traveled to the U.S. Some of his arrangements are still played today, including "Chopinata", a jazz tribute to several works by

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. After returning to Europe, he became the house pianist at the Parisian cabaret Le Boeuf sur le Toit, where he succeeded

Jean Wiéner Jean Wiener (or Wiéner) (19 March 1896, 14th arrondissement of Paris – 8 June 1982, Paris) was a French pianist and composer. Life Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked wit ...

. He and Wiéner formed a piano duo

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, ''88 notes pour piano solo'', « Solo de duo », Neva Editions, 2015, p.97. which lasted from 1924 to 1939. They performed over 2000 concerts and made over 100 recordings of jazz, blues, and classical music, as well as a small number of recordings in which they accompanied French

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s. These include ten sides with

Maurice Chevalier Maurice Auguste Chevalier (; 12 September 1888 – 1 January 1972) was a French singer, actor, and entertainer. He is best known for his signature songs, including " Livin' In The Sunlight", " Valentine", " Louise", " Mimi", and " Thank Heaven f ...

, and others, solo, with

Édith Piaf Édith Giovanna Gassion (19 December 1915 – 10 October 1963), known as Édith Piaf (), was a French singer and lyricist best known for performing songs in the cabaret and modern chanson genres. She is widely regarded as France's greatest popu ...

and Yvonne George (Wiéner) and

Jean Sablon Jean Sablon (Nogent-sur-Marne 25 March 1906 – Cannes 24 February 1994) was a French singer, songwriter, composer and actor. He was one of the first French singers to immerse himself in jazz. The man behind several songs by big French and Amer ...

and

Germaine Sablon Germaine Sablon (19 July 1899 at Le Perreux-sur-Marne – 17 April 1985 at Saint-Raphael) was a French singer, film actress and a WWII French Resistance fighter. She starred in some 15 films between 1920 and 1956. Biography Germaine Sablon ...

(Doucet). After World War II, Wiéner worked as a broadcaster and composer of film music.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Doucet, Clement 1895 births 1950 deaths Musicians from Brussels 20th-century Belgian composers Belgian classical composers Belgian film score composers Classical piano duos 20th-century Belgian classical pianists