63:
400:
120:
222:
22:
680:
composed for Damia, Georges Guétary, and Lys Gauty. They wrote the popular "La goualante du pauvre Jean" ("Poor John's Song/Complaint") – translated as "The Poor People of Paris" due to confusion between "pauvre Jean" and "pauvre gens" – which became the first French song to hit number one on the
American and British record charts.
623:, the nightclub where she was performing at the time. When Annette Lajon appear in the audience at Gerny's one night, Piaf is said to have apologized to her for "stealing" her song. Lajon apparently accepted the apology and introduced Piaf to its composer, Marguerite Monnot, who had accompanied her to the nightclub.
838:. She was buried with her father and mother in the cemetery of her hometown. Piaf – who used to call her "La Guite" – as well as Monnot's many friends and colleagues paid tribute to her. In 1963, the city of Decize renamed the street where she had lived (rue des Écoles) "rue Marguerite Monnot". It also unveiled a
804:
These songs were a synthesis between the first years of the Monnot–Piaf collaboration and the post-war song, between the time of the legionnaires and the end of the dream of colonialism. In 1957, Monnot met the lyricist Michel
Rivgauche, with whom she was to write "Salle d’attente", "Fais comme si",
660:
In those years, Piaf rehearsed a few songs by Monnot that were never recorded, including "Le chant du monde" (lyric by Asso), "Mon amour vient de finir", "Les rues du monde" and "Le diable est près de moi" (lyrics by Piaf), and "L’hôtel d’en face" (lyric by Gine Money). This was also the period when
652:
In her biography, Piaf calls Monnot her best friend and the woman she most admired in the whole world. She also refers to her pride in having collaborated with Monnot. Piaf paid tribute to Monnot for encouraging her interest in classical music and in learning to play the piano. During the war years,
727:
It plays simultaneously in France, the UK, the US, Canada, South Africa, Australia, Germany, Spain, Sweden, Denmark, Italy, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Brazil and Argentina. It was recorded under the Sony label and starred Elizabeth Seal and Keith Michell, who had both been part of the London cast.
829:
It means nothing to get old, if you are always surrounded by your loved ones. But how horrible it is to be alone most of the time. I have a tremendous need for rest, especially mentally and emotionally. How terrible it is to have been born too sensitive! Will I soon find the calm I so badly need?
679:
In the 1950s, Monnot also collaborated with a few new lyricists, including Michel Emer, Luiguy, Norbert
Glanzberg, Philippe-Gérard, Florence Véran, and Hubert Giraud, and with the orchestra of Robert Chauvigny. She continued to write for Piaf with another songwriter, René Rouzaud, who had already
541:
and gave piano and harmonium lessons. Monnot's mother, Marie, also gave music lessons and was a teacher of French literature and a writer. Every evening, pupils and friends gathered in their home to play and sing, and the
Monnots sometimes invited well-known musicians to join them. She rarely
653:
from 1939 to 1945, Monnot collaborated with Henri Contet, writing such songs as "Y’a pas de printemps", "Histoire de coeur", "Le ciel est fermé", and "Le brun et le blond". They also worked together on the songs for the film Etoile sans lumière, for Piaf, and "Ma môme, ma p’tite môme " for
601:
and published by
Salabert. She was encouraged to continue. She persevered, and in 1935, the song "L’Étranger" was born out of her collaboration with the journalist-lyricist Robert Malleron and the accordionist-composer Robert Juel, who co-authored the music. The song was awarded the
664:
During Piaf's tour of the stalags in
Germany during the war, one of the famous Monnot-Asso songs, "Le fanion de la LĂ©gion", was banned because it had supposedly created a patriotic fervor in Parisian audiences. Meanwhile, Monnot remained in Paris, making occasional trips home to
618:
in 1936. Annette Lajon had sung the song originally, and Piaf wanted to acquire the rights to perform it. The publisher, Maurice
Decruck, denied her request, however, because a singer had exclusive rights to a song for a six-month period, Piaf learned it and sang it at
588:
Her concert career was interrupted in 1921, on the eve of a United States tour, by a bout of ill health and what the French call "le trac", or an attack of nerves. She became noticeably shy when she had to show Piaf a new song, even after years of collaboration.
592:
Her second vocation, songwriting, was just a pastime at first. A fan of popular music on the radio in the early 1920s, including jazz and dance music, she began writing songs because a family friend encouraged her to write a waltz for a film based on a play by
762:, Disney Studios reportedly asked Monnot to come to Hollywood and compose for American films, but she refused to leave her settled life in France. From then, she collaborated regularly with Marcel Blistène, including writing some songs for the film
830:
There are times when I just despair. Alone in my room, the radio! All those notes! All those minutes, at the end of which lies death and, before the final end, the death of the heart, the love life. It's dreadful, this emptiness inside me.
476:), Monnot made the unusual switch to composing popular music after poor health ended her career as a concert pianist at the age of eighteen. Soon after, she wrote her first commercially successful song, "L'Étranger". In 1935, she met
812:
As many of Piaf's biographers wrote, the friendship between the singer and Monnot 'suffered a serious setback' after Piaf met the composer
Charles Dumont in the late 1950s. Dumont composed Piaf's significant signature tunes,
824:
during her last year of life, 1961. She seems to have had a premonition that her illness was life-threatening, yet she failed to follow medical advice and have the operation. She wrote to her friend, Madame
Niaudet:
568:
is said to have remarked of her, "I have just heard the best pianist in the world." At age fifteen, she was sent to study in Paris. She had lessons from Vincent d’Indy in harmony and fugue, studied piano with
585:. There, she became interested in Spanish folklore. She was offered the opportunity to become an official musician at the Spanish royal court, but her parents sent her back to Paris instead for further study.
842:
on the façade of Decize. In 1989, the nursery school in the center of town was also named after her. In 1991, on the thirtieth anniversary of her death, a mass, concert, and exhibition were held in
597:. This song, written with Bernard in 1931, was entitled "Ah! les mots d’amour!" and sung by Jane Marny. Lyricist Marc Hély then asked her to compose the music for "Viens dans mes bras", sung by
716:
and starred Elizabeth Seal and Keith Michell. Eventually, the English-language Irma went on to become more popular than the original French one. The musical opened on 17 July 1958, at the
581:, although it is unclear whether she actually entered the competition formally. She toured the capitals of Europe when she was sixteen, and accompanied the dancer Vincente Escuderro in
637:
Monnot and Piaf became close friends and began collaborating on songs in the early 1940s. Their songs were performed by Piaf, and many famous female singers at the time, including
298:
537:. Her father, Gabriel Monnot, who had lost his sight at the age of three, was a musician and composer of religious music. He was the organist at the Saint-Aré church in
899:
238:
Please remove or replace such wording and instead of making proclamations about a subject's importance, use facts and attribution to demonstrate that importance.
676:
to visit Monnot's mother, and Monnot wrote songs for Péri, including the music for a detective film, "Les Pépées font la loi", in which Péri starred in 1954.
672:
On 11 July 1950, Monnot married the singer Étienne Giannesini, whose stage name was Paul Péri. The couple had no children. They reportedly made many trips to
770:
in 1946.) She composed other songs for PĂ©ri, a singer of "realistic" songs, such as "Encore un verre" and "Ma rue et moi". She also composed the music for
895:
507:, who gathered in Piaf's living room regularly to play and sing. In 1955, she achieved major success with her setting of Alexandre Breffort's book,
817:", whereupon Piaf took 11 of Monnot's songs out of her repertoire for her upcoming performance at the Olympia to make room for more Dumont songs.
661:
Piaf recorded a number of songs which were never released, such as "Je ne veux plus faire la vaisselle" ("I Don’t Want To Wash Dishes Anymore").
564:, and received her first press reviews. From twelve to fifteen years of age, she performed in several different cities, including Paris, where
545:
At the age of three, she composed her first little song, "Bluette". At three and a half, she accompanied a singer at a Paris performance of a
982:
231:
977:
645:-sur-Seine ("Tu es partout", "Un coin tout bleu", "Y’en a un de trop", "Où sont-ils mes petits copains?"), "Mon amour vient de finir" (
952:
630:, and he cut a romantic and exotic figure with his cape and boots. The first of Asso's songs for which Monnot wrote the music was "
368:(28 May 1903 – 12 October 1961), was a French songwriter and composer best known for having written many of the songs performed by
184:
987:
962:
957:
634:". Some years later, during a trip to Sidi Bel Abbes, Algeria, Monnot and Asso were awarded decorations by the Foreign Legion.
156:
834:
On 12 October 1961, at the age of 58, Marguerite Monnot died in a Paris hospital from a ruptured appendix and the resulting
972:
480:, and in 1940, they became a female songwriting team, remaining friends and collaborators throughout most of their lives.
163:
421:
137:
35:
942:
447:
271:
253:
203:
101:
49:
429:
967:
170:
79:
747:. The film's opening credits say, "Based on the Play by Alexandre Breffort and the Music by Marguerite Monnot."
425:
141:
72:
152:
805:"Tant qu’il y aura des jours" and "Les blouses blanches", at Piaf's apartment . In 1959, Edith Piaf recorded
603:
552:, receiving a toy stuffed cat as compensation. In 1911, at the Salle des Agriculteurs in Paris, she played
720:
in London's West End, where it ran for 1,512 performances. The show opened in New York on Broadway at the
700:
in Paris, where it ran for four years. The book and lyrics were by Alexandre Breffort; it was directed by
947:
937:
669:
to see her mother (her father had died in 1939) and bring provisions from the countryside back to Paris.
513:, which was translated into English and had long runs in London and on Broadway under the direction of
721:
649:), and "C’était un jour de fête." Monnot devoted the next twenty-five years writing songs for Piaf.
410:
751:
won the Academy Award for Scoring of Music — Adaptation or Treatment, and thanked Wilder, writer
692:
414:
382:
130:
717:
461:
177:
83:
41:
565:
627:
542:
attended school; her mother taught her at home and she practiced piano several hours a day.
377:
932:
927:
839:
697:
8:
814:
786:
709:
646:
638:
469:
712:. A year and a half into the Paris run, the show opened in London. It was directed by
631:
863:
912:
752:
740:
504:
492:
488:
790:
594:
574:
465:
78:
It may require cleanup to comply with Knowledge's content policies, particularly
779:
705:
598:
921:
736:
620:
570:
509:
473:
373:
701:
615:
477:
369:
821:
798:
794:
748:
732:
654:
578:
496:
484:
835:
744:
713:
514:
892:
642:
500:
626:
The same year, Monnot met the lyricist Raymond Asso. He was a former
530:
399:
297:
119:
641:, Mona Goya, and Line Viala. These include the songs from the film
549:
755:, the orchestra, and the Academy, failing to acknowledge Monnot.
614:"L'Étranger" played a key role in Monnot's first encounter with
843:
806:
673:
666:
582:
561:
557:
546:
538:
526:
322:
846:
in her memory. Her true memorial is to be found in her Ĺ“uvre.
553:
534:
491:, and collaborated with musicians and writers including
864:"Harrowing Facts About Edith Piaf, The Tragic Songbird"
766:
in 1959. (She had already worked with him on the film
71:
A major contributor to this article appears to have a
460:
She was classically trained by her father and at the
724:
on 29 September 1960, and ran for 524 performances.
144:. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed.
919:
913:The 'allmusic' Biography of Marguerite Monnot
785:Her songs were also sung by singers such as,
683:
577:. The latter helped her to prepare for the
428:. Unsourced material may be challenged and
232:promotes the subject in a subjective manner
50:Learn how and when to remove these messages
296:
448:Learn how and when to remove this message
272:Learn how and when to remove this message
254:Learn how and when to remove this message
204:Learn how and when to remove this message
102:Learn how and when to remove this message
696:was opened on 12 November 1956, at the
380:") and the music for the stage musical
920:
809:, which became an international hit.
604:Grand Prix de l'Académie Charles Cros
483:Monnot worked with lyricists such as
426:adding citations to reliable sources
393:
215:
142:adding citations to reliable sources
113:
56:
15:
983:20th-century French women composers
820:Monnot became ill with symptoms of
229:This article contains wording that
13:
234:without imparting real information
14:
999:
978:French women film score composers
906:
31:This article has multiple issues.
953:French musical theatre composers
398:
220:
118:
82:. Please discuss further on the
61:
20:
129:needs additional citations for
39:or discuss these issues on the
856:
525:Marguerite Monnot was born in
520:
1:
988:20th-century French composers
963:Conservatoire de Paris alumni
958:20th-century French musicians
849:
758:Shortly after the success of
609:
533:, a small city on the river
7:
973:French film score composers
573:, and learned harmony from
10:
1004:
886:
389:
343:
329:
309:
304:
295:
288:
943:French women songwriters
968:Deaths from peritonitis
900:Piaf: A Passionate Life
776:Le sentier de la guerre
464:(her teachers included
832:
305:Background information
827:
80:neutral point of view
840:commemorative plaque
764:Les amants de demain
422:improve this section
138:improve this article
815:Je ne regrette rien
768:Etoile sans lumière
628:Foreign Legionnaire
566:Camille Saint-Saëns
153:"Marguerite Monnot"
948:French songwriters
938:People from Decize
462:Paris Conservatory
737:the movie version
458:
457:
450:
366:Marguerite Monnot
360:
359:
290:Marguerite Monnot
282:
281:
274:
264:
263:
256:
214:
213:
206:
188:
112:
111:
104:
75:with its subject.
54:
995:
880:
879:
877:
875:
860:
753:I. A. L. Diamond
741:Shirley MacLaine
722:Plymouth Theater
505:Marlene Dietrich
493:Charles Aznavour
489:Georges Moustaki
487:, Henri Contet,
453:
446:
442:
439:
433:
402:
394:
336:
319:
317:
300:
286:
285:
277:
270:
259:
252:
248:
245:
239:
224:
223:
216:
209:
202:
198:
195:
189:
187:
146:
122:
114:
107:
100:
96:
93:
87:
73:close connection
65:
64:
57:
46:
24:
23:
16:
1003:
1002:
998:
997:
996:
994:
993:
992:
918:
917:
909:
896:The Piaf Legend
889:
884:
883:
873:
871:
862:
861:
857:
852:
791:Josephine Baker
698:Théâtre Gramont
689:
632:Mon légionnaire
612:
595:Tristan Bernard
575:Nadia Boulanger
523:
466:Nadia Boulanger
454:
443:
437:
434:
419:
403:
392:
378:Hymne Ă l'amour
363:
356:
338:
334:
333:12 October 1961
321:
315:
313:
291:
278:
267:
266:
265:
260:
249:
243:
240:
237:
225:
221:
210:
199:
193:
190:
147:
145:
135:
123:
108:
97:
91:
88:
77:
66:
62:
25:
21:
12:
11:
5:
1001:
991:
990:
985:
980:
975:
970:
965:
960:
955:
950:
945:
940:
935:
930:
916:
915:
908:
907:External links
905:
904:
903:
902:JR Books, 2007
888:
885:
882:
881:
870:. 5 March 2021
854:
853:
851:
848:
780:Claude Nougaro
706:Colette Renard
688:
682:
611:
608:
599:Lucienne Boyer
522:
519:
470:Vincent d’Indy
456:
455:
406:
404:
397:
391:
388:
362:Musical artist
361:
358:
357:
355:
354:
351:
347:
345:
341:
340:
337:(aged 58)
331:
327:
326:
311:
307:
306:
302:
301:
293:
292:
289:
280:
279:
262:
261:
228:
226:
219:
212:
211:
194:September 2008
126:
124:
117:
110:
109:
69:
67:
60:
55:
29:
28:
26:
19:
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
1000:
989:
986:
984:
981:
979:
976:
974:
971:
969:
966:
964:
961:
959:
956:
954:
951:
949:
946:
944:
941:
939:
936:
934:
931:
929:
926:
925:
923:
914:
911:
910:
901:
897:
894:
891:
890:
869:
865:
859:
855:
847:
845:
841:
837:
831:
826:
823:
818:
816:
810:
808:
802:
800:
796:
792:
788:
783:
781:
778:, written by
777:
773:
769:
765:
761:
756:
754:
750:
746:
742:
738:
734:
729:
725:
723:
719:
718:Lyric Theatre
715:
711:
707:
703:
699:
695:
694:
693:Irma La Douce
686:
685:Irma La Douce
681:
677:
675:
670:
668:
662:
658:
656:
650:
648:
644:
640:
635:
633:
629:
624:
622:
617:
607:
605:
600:
596:
590:
586:
584:
580:
576:
572:
571:Alfred Cortot
567:
563:
559:
555:
551:
548:
543:
540:
536:
532:
528:
518:
516:
512:
511:
510:Irma la Douce
506:
502:
498:
494:
490:
486:
481:
479:
475:
474:Alfred Cortot
471:
467:
463:
452:
449:
441:
438:February 2018
431:
427:
423:
417:
416:
412:
407:This section
405:
401:
396:
395:
387:
385:
384:
383:Irma La Douce
379:
375:
371:
367:
352:
349:
348:
346:
342:
339:Paris, France
332:
328:
324:
312:
308:
303:
299:
294:
287:
284:
276:
273:
258:
255:
247:
244:November 2023
235:
233:
227:
218:
217:
208:
205:
197:
186:
183:
179:
176:
172:
169:
165:
162:
158:
155: –
154:
150:
149:Find sources:
143:
139:
133:
132:
127:This article
125:
121:
116:
115:
106:
103:
95:
92:February 2018
85:
81:
76:
74:
68:
59:
58:
53:
51:
44:
43:
38:
37:
32:
27:
18:
17:
872:. Retrieved
867:
858:
833:
828:
822:appendicitis
819:
811:
803:
799:Yves Montand
795:Suzy Solidor
784:
775:
771:
767:
763:
759:
757:
749:Andre Previn
733:Billy Wilder
730:
726:
704:and starred
691:
690:
684:
678:
671:
663:
659:
655:Yves Montand
651:
636:
625:
613:
591:
587:
579:Prix de Rome
544:
524:
508:
497:Yves Montand
485:Raymond Asso
482:
459:
444:
435:
420:Please help
408:
381:
365:
364:
335:(1961-10-12)
283:
268:
250:
241:
230:
200:
191:
181:
174:
167:
160:
148:
136:Please help
131:verification
128:
98:
89:
70:
47:
40:
34:
33:Please help
30:
933:1961 deaths
928:1903 births
836:peritonitis
745:Jack Lemmon
739:, starring
714:Peter Brook
606:that year.
521:Early years
515:Peter Brook
344:Occupations
320:28 May 1903
922:Categories
893:David Bret
850:References
710:Miche Roux
702:René Dupuy
687:and beyond
643:Montmartre
621:Le Gerny's
616:Édith Piaf
610:Piaf years
501:Boris Vian
478:Édith Piaf
370:Édith Piaf
350:Songwriter
316:1903-05-28
164:newspapers
36:improve it
868:Factinate
735:directed
731:In 1963,
409:does not
84:talk page
42:talk page
874:15 April
772:MĂ©phisto
550:berceuse
353:composer
325:, Nièvre
898:, 1988
887:Sources
430:removed
415:sources
178:scholar
844:Decize
807:Milord
797:, and
674:Decize
667:Decize
583:Madrid
562:Mozart
560:, and
558:Chopin
547:Mozart
539:Decize
531:Nièvre
527:Decize
503:, and
472:, and
390:Career
374:Milord
323:Decize
180:
173:
166:
159:
151:
787:Damia
647:Damia
639:Damia
554:Liszt
535:Loire
185:JSTOR
171:books
876:2023
774:and
760:Irma
743:and
708:and
413:any
411:cite
376:", "
330:Died
310:Born
157:news
424:by
140:by
924::
866:.
801:.
793:,
789:,
782:.
657:.
556:,
529:,
517:.
499:,
495:,
468:,
386:.
372:("
45:.
878:.
813:"
451:)
445:(
440:)
436:(
432:.
418:.
318:)
314:(
275:)
269:(
257:)
251:(
246:)
242:(
236:.
207:)
201:(
196:)
192:(
182:·
175:·
168:·
161:·
134:.
105:)
99:(
94:)
90:(
86:.
52:)
48:(
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.
