Editing Michel Legrand (section)

==Life and career==
Legrand was born in [[Paris]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-47013214|title=Windmills of Your Mind writer Legrand dies|date=26 January 2019|website=Bbc.com}}</ref> to his father, [[Raymond Legrand]], who was himself a conductor and composer,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-people-legrand-idUSKCN1PK0C1|title=Oscar-crowned French composer Michel Legrand dies at 86|date=26 January 2019|website=Reuters.com}}</ref> and his mother, Marcelle Der-Mikaëlian, who was the sister of conductor [[Jacques Hélian]].<ref name="rte">{{Cite journal|url=https://www.rte.ie/entertainment/2019/0126/1025729-tributes-to-michel-legrand-mark-the-composers-passing/|title=Tributes to Michel Legrand mark the composer's passing|date=26 January 2019|website=Rte.ie}}</ref> Raymond and Marcelle were married in 1929.<ref name="rte" /> His maternal grandfather was [[Armenians|Armenian]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/oscar-winning-umbrellas-of-cherbourg-composer-legrand-dies-1.4270292|title=Oscar-winning 'Umbrellas of Cherbourg' composer Legrand dies|website=Ctvnews.ca|date=26 January 2019}}</ref>

Legrand composed more than two hundred film and television scores.<ref name="dw">{{cite web|url=https://www.dw.com/en/oscar-winning-composer-michel-legrand-dies-aged-86/a-47244724|title=Oscar-winning composer Michel Legrand dies aged 86 &#124; DW &#124; 26.01.2019|website=Deutsche Welle}}</ref> He won three [[Academy Awards|Oscars]]<ref name=guard>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/26/michel-legrand-oscar-winning-composer-dies-aged-86|title=Michel Legrand, Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 86|agency=Agence France-Presse|date=26 January 2019|website=The Guardian}}</ref> and five [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]s.<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2019/film/news/michel-legrand-dies-dead-oscar-winning-composer-1203119247/|title=Michel Legrand, Oscar-Winning Composer, Dies at 86|first1=Jon|last1=Burlingame|website=Variety|date=26 January 2019}}</ref> He studied music at the [[Conservatoire de Paris]] from age 11, working with, among others, [[Nadia Boulanger]]<ref name="auto" /> and graduated with top honors as both a composer and a pianist.<ref name="dw" /> He burst upon the international music scene at 22 when his album ''[[I Love Paris (album)]]'' became a surprise hit. He established his name in the United States by working with such jazz stars as [[Miles Davis]] and [[Stan Getz]].<ref name=hindu /> His sister [[Christiane Legrand]] was a member of [[The Swingle Singers]] and his niece [[Victoria Legrand]] is a member of the [[dream pop]] band [[Beach House]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/6618/feature/music/band_of_the_week_beach_house |title=Band of the Week: Beach House |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080607224636/http://www.pastemagazine.com/action/article/6618/feature/music/band_of_the_week_beach_house |archive-date=7 June 2008}}</ref>

Legrand composed music for [[Jacques Demy]]'s films ''[[The Umbrellas of Cherbourg]]'' (1964) (from which ''Recit de Cassard'' came and in turn, in English became the standard ''Watch What Happens'') and ''[[The Young Girls of Rochefort]]'' (1967), from which the [[Contrafactum|relyricized]] "You Must Believe in Spring" is considered a [[jazz standard]]. Legrand appeared and performed in [[Agnès Varda]]'s ''[[Cléo from 5 to 7]]'' (1961). He also composed music for [[Joseph Losey]]'s ''[[Eva (1962 film)|Eva]]'' (1962), ''[[The Thomas Crown Affair (1968 film)|The Thomas Crown Affair]]'' (1968) (which features "[[The Windmills of Your Mind]]"), ''[[Ice Station Zebra]]'' (1968), ''[[The Picasso Summer]]'' (1969), ''[[The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun (1970 film)|The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun]]'' (1970), [[The Go-Between (1971 film)|''The Go-Between'']] (1971), ''[[Summer of '42]]'' (1971), [[Clint Eastwood]]'s ''[[Breezy]]'' (1973), ''[[The Three Musketeers (1973 live-action film)|The Three Musketeers]]'' (1973), [[Orson Welles]]'s last-completed film ''[[F for Fake]]'' (1974), [[TriStar Pictures]] 1998 family film [[Madeline (1998 film)|''Madeline'']], and would later compose the score for Welles's posthumously released movie ''[[The Other Side of the Wind]]'' (2018). He also composed the score for ''[[Yentl (film)|Yentl]]'' (1983), as well as the film score for [[Louis Malle]]'s film ''[[Atlantic City (1980 film)|Atlantic City]]'' (1980). His instrumental version of the theme from ''[[Brian's Song]]'' charted 56th in 1972 on the [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']]'s pop chart.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/26/obituaries/michel-legrand-dead.html|title=Michel Legrand, Pianist and Film Composer, Dies at 86|first=John|last=Anderson|date=26 January 2019|work=The New York Times}}</ref>
[[File:Michel Legrand Haymarket 2008.jpg|thumb|upright=0.85|Legrand in 2008]]
Legrand died of [[sepsis]],<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|title=Mort de Michel Legrand: Le compositeur était hospitalisé, son état s'est « subitement dégradé|url=http://lavdn.lavoixdunord.fr/528633/article/2019-01-28/le-compositeur-etait-hospitalise-son-etat-s-est-subitement-degrade|website=[[La Voix du Nord (daily)|La Voix du Nord]].fr |date=28 January 2019|access-date=8 February 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web
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 | date    = 30 January 2019 | access-date  = 8 February 2019}}</ref> during the night of 25–26 January 2019, at the [[American Hospital of Paris]] in [[Neuilly-sur-Seine]], where he had been hospitalized for two weeks for a [[Upper respiratory tract infection|pulmonary infection]]. His funeral was held in Paris at the [[Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Paris|Alexander Nevsky Cathedral]] on 1 February 2019.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ici.radio-canada.ca/nouvelle/1149428/funerailles-michel-legrand-mort-obseques|title=Les funérailles de Michel Legrand seront célébrées vendredi à Paris|first=Zone Arts-|last=ICI.Radio-Canada.ca|website=Radio-Canada.ca|date=28 January 2019 }}</ref> He was interred at the [[Père Lachaise Cemetery]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thejakartapost.com/life/2019/02/02/stars-flock-to-funeral-of-legendary-film-composer-legrand.html|title=Stars flock to funeral of legendary film composer Legrand|newspaper=[[The Jakarta Post]]}}</ref> He remained active until his death and had concerts scheduled to take place in the spring.<ref>{{Cite news | url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/jan/26/michel-legrand-oscar-winning-composer-dies-aged-86 | title=Michel Legrand, Oscar-winning composer, dies aged 86| newspaper=The Guardian| date=26 January 2019| agency=Agence France-Presse}}</ref>