Jean Wiener

Jean Wiener or Wiéner 19 March 1896 14th arrondissement of Paris 8 June 1982 Paris was a French pianist and composer Wiener was trained at the Conservatoire de Paris where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud and worked with Erik Satie He then embarked on a career as concert impresario composer and pianist He was the house pianist at the Gaya bar and later at Le Boeuf sur le Toit In 1924 a chance encounter with Clement Doucet who succeeded him at Le Boeuf brought him into the world of popular music Already a jazz enthusiast Wiener found fame with Doucet in the music hall s of Europe as a piano duo under the name Wiener et Doucet in which they performed classical music hot dance and jazz The two friends recorded many duos between 1925 and 1937 After the end of the war in 1945 Wiener devoted himself fully to composition notably film music working on more than 300 as well as the opening theme music for ORTFs film history program History speechless History without words He was of some significance in the promotion of new music both by his friends in the Les Six Milhaud Poulenc etc and by composers such as Schoenberg Berg and Webern His compositions involve the use of jazz informed by French wit and elegance His daughter Elizabeth Wiener is an actress singer and singersongwriter Jean Wiener published his memoirs in 1978 as Allegro Appassionato Source Article Jean Wiener from Wikipedia in English licensed under CCBYSA 30