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| | Joseph Kosma - Free Music Downloads, Videos, Lyrics, CDs, MP3s, Bio, Merchandise and Links |
 | | Born in Budapest, Hungary, on October 22, 1905, he studied at the Budapest Conservatory, earning a scholarship to the Berlin Opera before joining Bertolt Brecht's.. |
 | | Kosma also scored the 1945 Marcel Carné classic Les Enfants du Paradis; that same year, the composer also teamed with the film's screenwriter, Jacques Prévert, on the ballet +Rendezvous. |
 | | By and large, Kosma's compositions gravitated more toward classical themes than pop, including the 1954 operetta +Les Chansons de Bilitis and a handful of comic operas, including 1962's Un Amour Electronique and 1964's La Revolte des Canuts. |
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