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Marius Constant
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Bucharest, Romania
Marius Constant (7 February 1925 – 15 May 2004) was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. Although known in the classical world primarily for his ballet scores, his most widely known music was the iconic guitar theme for The Twilight Zone American television series. Constant was born in Bucharest, Romania, and studied piano and composition at the Bucharest Conservatory, receiving the…
Known for
- Victoires de la musique — Self1985
- Le Grand Échiquier — Self1972
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1925-02-07
- Active to
- 2004-05-15
Discography
- Des Canyons aux Étoiles... / Sept Haïkaï
- Strings
- Syrmos / Polytope / Medea1969
- Le martyre de Saint-Sebastien / Deux rhapsodies pour clarinette, pour saxophone1972
- Stances / Points d'aube / J.D.E. / D'un opéra de voyage1986
- Nana Symphonie / 103 Regards dans L'eau1988
- Nuit étoilée / Concerto pour piano et orchestre1990
- Prélude, Fugue, Postlude / Monopartita / Prélude pour la Tempête / Les Ombres / Le Chant de Nigamon / Phædre1992
- Couleurs de la Cité céleste / Et exspecto resurrectionem mortuorum / L'Ascension1993
- Visions de l'Amen / Hymne1993
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- 6,436
- Total plays
- 20,011
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Marius Constant (February 7, 1925, Bucharest-May 15, 2004 in Paris) was a Romanian-born French composer and conductor. His most famous scores were two little pieces, which together became the famous Twilight Zone theme song. Constant traveled from Romania to Paris in 1945. In Paris he studied composition with Nadia Boulanger, Olivier Messiaen and Arthur Honegger, and conducting with Jean Fournet. His first major composition were his 24 preludes for orchestra from 1958. <a href="https://www.las
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Marius
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Bucharest
- Place of death
- Paris
- Occupation
- composer
- Educated at
- National University of Music Bucharest
- Employer
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Languages spoken
- Romanian
- Native language
- Romanian
- Student of
- Arthur Honegger
- Genre
- ballet
- Movement
- classical music
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- Commons category
- Marius Constant
- student
- Nicolas Bacri
- date of birth
- 1925-02-07
- date of death
- 2004-05-15
- member of
- Académie des beaux-arts
- name in native language
- Marius Constant
- place of burial
- Cimetière parisien d'Ivry
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