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André Hodeir

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Born in:France
Year of Birth:1921
Year of death:2011

Biography

(source: wikipedia)

AndrĂ© Hodeir (22 January 1921 – 1 November 2011) was a French violinist, composer, arranger and musicologist.
Hodeir was born in Paris and trained as a classical violinist and composer. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was taught by Olivier Messiaen and won first prizes in fugue, harmony, and music history. While pursuing these studies he discovered jazz and various music forms besides jazz and classical. He recorded on violin under the pseudonym "Claude Laurence". As a... more

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  • André Willy Hodeir
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