Jean Wiener
- Known for
- Sound
- Born
- March 19, 1896
- Died
- June 8, 1982 (aged 86)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
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 ORTF's 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 singer-songwriter. Jean Wiener published his memoirs in 1978 as Allegro Appassionato. Source: Article "Jean Wiener" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Known For
Filmography
L'Âge de Monsieur est avancé
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Crime d'amour
Movie · Original Music Composer
Love Letters in Somalia
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Little Theatre of Jean Renoir
Movie · Original Music Composer
On the Lam
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Demise of Father Mouret
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les Ajoncs
Movie · Music
God Chose Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Gentle Woman
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les deux coquines
Movie · Sound
The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Movie · Original Music Composer
Mouchette
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Golem
Movie · Original Music Composer
Les filous
Movie · Original Music Composer
Au Hasard Balthazar
Movie · Original Music Composer
Our Agent Tiger
Movie · Original Music Composer
Merlusse
Movie · Original Music Composer
Quatrevingt-treize
Movie · Sound Director
Pantalaskas
Movie · Original Music Composer
A Woman Like Satan
Movie · Original Music Composer
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Movie · Original Music Composer
Neither Seen Nor Recognized
Movie · Original Music Composer
Seventh Heaven
Movie · Original Music Composer
Lovers of Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
La Garçonne
Movie · Original Music Composer
Notre Dame, cathédrale de Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Deadlier Than the Male
Movie · Music
Les Lumières du soir
Movie · Music
Rencontre à Varsovie
Movie · Music
Station 307
Movie · Original Music Composer
School for Love
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Count of Monte Cristo
Movie · Original Music Composer
Touchez Pas au Grisbi
Movie · Original Music Composer
Je suis un mouchard
Movie · Music
Dust of Life
Movie · Original Music Composer
Forgotten Stones
Movie · Original Music Composer
Under the Paris Sky
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Century Is Fifty
Movie · Original Music Composer
Zanzabelle in Paris
Movie · Music
The Perfume of the Lady in Black
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Escadron blanc
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Mark of the Day
Movie · Original Music Composer
Rendezvous in July
Movie · Original Music Composer
L'Homme Que Nous Aimons Le Plus
Movie · Music
Panique
Movie · Original Music Composer
Back Streets of Paris
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nous continuons la France
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lightning Rod Thief
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Heart of a Nation
Movie · Music
Le Voyageur de la Toussaint
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Passengers of Ursa Major
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Scarecrow
Movie · Original Music Composer
Cristobal's Gold
Movie · Original Music Composer
Behind the Facade
Movie · Music
The Last Turning
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Woman at the End of the World
Movie · Original Music Composer
Le Messager de la lumière
Movie · Original Music Composer
De man zonder hart
Movie · Music
L'Homme sans cœur
Movie · Original Music Composer
Nights of Fire
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Man of the Day
Movie · Music
Quand minuit sonnera
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Crime of Monsieur Lange
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Lower Depths
Movie · Music
The Tomboy
Movie · Music
Klokslag twaalf
Movie · Music
Le Voyage imprévu
Movie · Music
La Bandera
Movie · Original Music Composer
Phénomènes électriques
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Adventurer
Movie · Music
S. S. Tenacity
Movie · Music
Maria Chapdelaine
Movie · Original Music Composer
Knock, ou le triomphe de la médecine
Movie · Sound Director
Une vie perdue
Movie · Music
The Man with the Hispano
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Crazy Ray
Movie · Original Music Composer
The Woman from Nowhere
Movie · Music