Marcel Lattès
Marcel Lattès (11 December 1886 – 12 December 1943) was a French composer of film scores. He worked in French cinema during the 1930s. In 1940 following the German defeat of France, the Jewish Lattès was interned before being moved to Auschwitz Concentration Camp and killed.
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Marcel Lattès
- Name
- Marcel Lattès
- Born
- 11 December 1886
- Birthplace
- Nice, France
- Died
- 12 December 1943
- Place of death
- Auschwitz Concentration Camp
- Occupation
- Composer
- Nationality
- France
- Movements
- classical music
- Languages
- French
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Marcel Lattès (11 December 1886 – 12 December 1943) was a French composer of film scores. He worked in French cinema during the 1930s. In 1940 following the German defeat of France, the Jewish Lattès was interned before being moved to Auschwitz Concentration Camp and killed.
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Marcel Lattès (1886–1943) was a French composer, musician and pianist. Born in Nice, the composer died in Auschwitz. Marcel Lattès was associated with classical music. Languages used include French.
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• Name — Marcel Lattès • Born — 11 December 1886 • Birthplace — Nice, France • Died — 12 December 1943 • Place of death — Auschwitz Concentration Camp • Occupation — Composer • Years Active — 1931-1940 (film)
Opera
Opera
• Le Diable à Paris
Selected filmography
Selected filmography
• When Do You Commit Suicide? (1931) • Monsieur Albert (1932) • The Dressmaker of Luneville (1932) • Make-Up (1932) • Nights in Port Said (1932) • When Do You Commit Suicide? (1932) • Suburban Melody (1933) • Number 33 (1933) • Primerose (1934) • Fedora (1934) • Lucrezia Borgia (1935) • Adémaï in the Middle Ages (1935) • Return to Paradise (1935) • Helene (1936) • The Secret of Polichinelle (1936) • Death on the Run (1936) • The Green Jacket (1937) • In Venice, One Night (1937) • Balthazar (1937) • Peace on the Rhine (1938) • Entente cordiale (1939) • Metropolitan (1939) • Fire in the Straw (1939) • They Were Twelve Women (1940)
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Marcel Lattès is recorded with the occupation musician. Recorded as pianist, composer and musician.
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1886
Marcel Lattès was born on 11 December 1886.
1943
Marcel Lattès died on 12 December 1943.
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Nice.
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- 1.Waldman p.154
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- Waldman, Harry. Maurice Tourneur: The Life and Films. McFarland, 2001.
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