Adolphe Borchard
Adolphe Borchard (1882–1967) was a French pianist and composer who worked on a number of film scores during the 1930s and 1940s including large-budget films such as Ultimatum (1938). IMDb credits at least 19 films. He has several music students.
Adolphe Borchard
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- Name
- Adolphe Borchard
- Born
- 30 June 1882
- Birthplace
- Le Havre, France
- Died
- 13 December 1967
- Place of death
- Paris, France
- Occupation
- Composer, Pianist
- Nationality
- France.
- Honours
- Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
- Languages
- French.
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Adolphe Borchard (1882–1967) was a French pianist and composer who worked on a number of film scores during the 1930s and 1940s including large-budget films such as Ultimatum (1938). IMDb credits at least 19 films. He has several music students.
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Adolphe Borchard (1882–1967) was an actor, composer and pianist, of French nationality. The actor was born in Le Havre and died in Paris.
Languages used include French. Honours include Knight of the Legion of Honour and Officer of the Legion of Honour.
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The Vietnamese composer Nguyễn Văn Quỳ is one of them and studied through distance education between 1953 and 1954. Borchard can be seen playing the piano in the first scene of Sacha Guitry's Confessions of a Cheat (1936) (French title: Le Roman d'un Tricheur), where he is introduced by the narrator. He also appeared in the same director's Quadrille two years later.
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• Name — Adolphe Borchard • Born — 30 June 1882 • Birthplace — Le Havre, France • Died — 13 December 1967 • Place of death — Paris, France • Family — unmarried • Occupation — Composer, Pianist • Years Active — 1931 - 1943 (film scores)
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• A Dog That Pays Off (1932) • A Telephone Call (1932) • The Red Robe (1933) • The Invisible Woman (1933) • Prince Jean (1934) • Confessions of a Cheat (1936) • Désiré (1937) • Quadrille (1938) • Ultimatum (1938) • White Nights in Saint Petersburg (1938) • Nine Bachelors (1939) • Tornavara (1943) • Jeannou (1943)
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The following works and productions are recorded by name or by count. The register further records that adolphe Borchard was born on 30 June 1882. Borchard died on 13 December 1967. It is also recorded that adolphe Borchard is recorded with the occupation pianist. It is also recorded that adolphe Borchard is recorded with the occupation composer. Recorded with the occupation actor. Recorded as a citizen of France. It is also recorded that adolphe Borchard is recorded with the gender male.
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- 1.Jung & Schatzberg p.223
- 2.Nguyễn, Trâm. Nguyen Van Quy - A Biography. Nguyễn Trâm. 23. 7 July 2011.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Jung, Uli & Schatzberg, Walter. Beyond Caligari: The Films of Robert Wiene. Berghahn Books, 1999.
- Nichols, Roger. The Harlequin Years: Music in Paris, 1917 - 1929. University of California Press, 2002.
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