Joseph Kosma
(1905-1969)

Died aged c. 64

Joseph Kosma (22 October 1905 – 7 August 1969) was a Hungarian-French composer.

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Piano du Compositeur Joseph Kosma (1905-1969) Cet instrument a accompagné toute sa vie, et c'est sur ce piano qu'il a composé la célèbre chanson "Les Feuilles Mortes" Notre conservatoire, légataire universel des droits d'auteur de Joseph Kosma, après le décès de son épouse Lily à Nice en 1975, accueille ce piano grâce à Mme Pellier épouse de M. Gérard Pellier, biographe du compositeur, qui avait acquis cet instrument auprès de l'institut hongrois de Paris

English translation: Piano of the composer Joseph Kosma (1905-1969). This instrument accompanied him all his life, and it is on this piano he composed the famous song "Les Feuilles Mortes". Our conservatoire, holder of universal rights of Joseph KOSMA after the death of his wife Lily in Nice in 1975, hosts this piano with the generosity of Mme Pellier wife of Mr Gerard Pellier, biographer of the composer, who acquired the instrument from the Hungarian Institute in Paris

, Nice, France where they lived near