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"Pearl of the Aegean" by French light music master Paul Molière
Paul Moliere
Personal introduction
Paul Moliere (1925.3.4-2006.11.3) was born on March 4, 1925 in Marseille, France, a man who loved music. In the family, he started learning piano at the age of 4. He has excellent musical talent, sensitive hearing, and amazing music memory. At the age of 10, he entered the Marseille Conservatoire to study piano and composition. Because of his love for jazz music, Molière gave up his desire to be a pianist and devoted himself to popular music. In 1944, at the age of 19, Paul began his career as a conductor of popular bands and became increasingly famous for arranging music for record companies. In 1965, he formed his own orchestra, which later became the founder and chief conductor of the Paul Moliere Light Music Orchestra, one of the world's three most famous light music groups.
Paul Moliere paid great attention to the close and organic combination of classical music and pop music, forming his unique style that combined beautiful melody, lively rhythm and bright atmosphere. In 1968, Paul adapted a piece of music called "Blue Love" that became extremely popular in the United States and recorded it on a record. The record ranked first on the music charts for 8 consecutive weeks and became a gold record that year. Won the grand prize in the ACC Record Competition, in the same year Paul personally led the group to be invited to tour the United States.
In the late 1960s, the French music scene was quietly undergoing a revolution. In 1965, Molière organized an orchestra named after himself. The Paul Moliere Orchestra conquered the world with the song "Love in Blue". In the next 30 years, the album "Love in Blue" sold 30 million copies. The Paul Molière Orchestra has also become the most popular and famous light music group in France. Since then, Paul has enjoyed a high reputation in the world and is known as the "Messenger of Emotional Music" and "French Music after World War II". God". Although he enjoys a high reputation in the world, he gives people the impression of being gentle, elegant, humorous and approachable and has become one of the world-class stars, performing hundreds of performances in more than 30 countries around the world.
Paul Moliere bid farewell to the stage in 1998, but his band is still a musical ambassador sent to various countries. Molière has held concerts in many countries and regions around the world, with the most concerts held in Japan and South Korea. He has held 1,200 concerts in these two countries. Molière has a large following in Japan, where his works are regarded as the highest standards of music.
Inscribed by Paul Molière - "I will continue to perform for you in the 21st world. I am very happy that my band will continue to carry out the tradition of light music on stages around the world. Although I have decided I will no longer perform in various places, but I will continue to serve as the orchestra's artistic director. The music I have adapted is unique to Paul Moliere. My long-term assistant Gilles Gumby will take over my job and lead the orchestra. Dedicate the music of Paul Moliere to music-loving friends around the world.”
On November 3, 2006, Paul Moliere died in Perpignan, a city in southern France, at the age of 81.
[Edit this paragraph] Musical history and review
On March 4, 1925, Paul Molière was born near the old port of Eupaud at No. 15, rue Marseille, in the south of France. He is the youngest among four brothers. In addition to serving in the post office at that time, his father was also engaged in amateur music activities.
At the age of 4, Paul Moliere began to play the piano; at the age of 5, his musical talent was noticed by his family.
At the age of 10, he entered the Marseille National Conservatory of Music to study orthodox music for four years, and graduated with first place honors.
After graduating from the Marseille Conservatoire, Paul Moliere determined to become a pianist in classical concerts.
Later, he changed his ambition due to his fascination with the popular jazz music at the time.
At the age of 17, he formed his own band and began touring throughout Europe.
His musical talent was discovered by the president of Barca Records, who invited him to be the company's chief singer and a recording accompanist.
They were the famous French singers C.Aznayour, M.Mathieo, Dida and Maurice -M.Chevaier...and other composers and accompanists.
In addition to accompanying singers, he also wrote many popular songs at the time, such as "Rendez-Vous Au avandou" (Rendez-Vous Au avandou), "Sur Ma Vir", " "Romantic Journey" (a ongue Marche)...etc.
Co-written in 1963 with two other French mood music orchestra conductors, Frank Pource and Raymonf efevre He wrote a famous pop song "I Wi Foow Him" ??(I Wi Foow Him), which was later sung by itte Peggy March and became very popular. In 1996, the song appeared again in the comedy "Sisters Are Crazy" and became popular again.
He left Barclay Records in 1965, and in the same year officially formed a large orchestra that symbolized his personality - e Grand Orchestra De Pau Mauriat.
In 1966, Paul Moliere signed a long-term contract with the French Philips record company. Since then, a series of his performance recordings have been officially released globally by Philips Records (headquartered in the Netherlands). At the same time, his most brilliant music career also began.
In 1967, after he adapted and recorded a song "Love Is Blue/'Amour Est Bue" (Love Is Blue/'Amour Est Bue), which came in fourth place in the Eurovision Contest, into a performance piece, The album containing this piece of music also set a brilliant record of sales of 6 million copies around the world. From then on, Paul Moliere became famous internationally.
In 1968, "Love Is Melancholy" broke out of the European continent and became popular in the United States. It topped the U.S. Biboard's hot song chart for 6 consecutive weeks. In February, Paul Molière was invited to perform on the most authoritative television program in the United States, the Ed Suivan Show. In the same year, he won the French ACC Record Award.
In 1969, Paul Moliere led his group to perform in Japan for the first time. His fresh and magnificent sound immediately swept the entire Japanese music scene. Since 1971, Paul Moliere has led his troupe to perform in Japan every year. As of 1998, he has led his troupe to perform in Japan for the 22nd consecutive time.
In 1970, at the request of Mexican music fans, he recorded "Peneope", which became popular all over the world.
In 1975, Paul Moliere led the group to perform in Seoul, South Korea for the first time. He was very fond of the Korean folk song "Arirang" that he heard with his own ears; in 1976, it was completed in the exclusive recording studio Studio Des Danes in Paris. This performance recording of a Korean folk song is titled (Eastern ove Song).
In 1976, he turned his impressions from his annual performance visits to Japan into notes. He composed, arranged and conducted the music himself, and completed a recording of "Ove Sounds Journey" in Paris. album.
In 1979, Paul Moliere adapted and recorded some Japanese pop songs into a "Japanese Pop Song Performance Album" (Message D' Amour).
In 1981, Paul Moliere personally served as the soundtrack for the film (Roma Daa Finestra) directed by Japanese printmaker Mitsuo Ikeda.
In 1982, he recorded a Taiwanese school ballad "Descendants of the Dragon" in an exclusive recording studio in Paris. In addition to being the first Chinese music piece to be performed by a world-class big band, it also set off a wave of "Paul· Molière” surge.
In addition, Paul Molière also composed a theme song for the Hong Kong drama "Infatuation" for Hong Kong female singer Rhianna.
In 1982, the group's pianist Gerard Gambus left the group and sought independence. From then on, the arrangement work fell completely into the hands of Paul Molière.
On December 11 and 12, 1983, Paul Moliere led his group to perform in Taiwan for the first time.
Paul Moliere’s traveling performances have traveled to five continents around the world, and he has been warmly welcomed wherever he goes.
In 1984 he performed Qi Yu's "Olive Tree".
In 1985, he visited Taiwan again and brought Huang Yingying's "Only Separation".
In 1986, he wrote a song "Taipei Song" (Song For Taipei/Thinking Of You) for Taiwanese music fans.
In 1987, he released three albums with different themes: "Serenade", "Iberia", and "Remember".
In 1988, "Best Of France" was released.
In 1990, Taiwan's popular singer Ange Tong sang Paul Moliere's composition "Theme of Love", which became a hot topic at the time. The song is still used as a safety note on China Eastern Airlines flights. The use of background music in the short film is probably related to the title of the original song (PM Eastern ove Song).
In the same year, the Paul Moliere Orchestra also released a retrospective album of its own famous songs (Retrospective), which used new arrangement techniques to arrange and perform the orchestra's signature songs from the past twenty years.
In 1991, Paul Moliere published a concert collection "God Concert" to commemorate his career, and an album "Actually You Don't Understand" which included adaptations of 12 Taiwanese pop songs. "My Heart", including the title song, "About Winter", "My Future Is Not a Dream", etc. Since 1991, he suspended his Japan tour to concentrate on recording work and enjoying his later years.
A 1992 collection of arrangements of famous jazz songs (Nostaiazz).
In 1993, he recorded his last album "Emotion" for Philips. Officially bid farewell to the then PolyGram Group. Signed with Poy Canyon in Japan. At this time, Paul Moliere recorded his 1,000th track.
From 1994 to 1996, "Soundtracks" and "Chuck and the Birds' Adaptations" were published successively.
In February 1996, the United States (Biboard Magazine) published a special issue "Paul Moliere's 30 Years of Music Achievements". The Paul Moliere Orchestra visited Japan twice to perform in 1996, giving back to music fans for their thirty years of support.
In 1997, Paul Molière visited Japan again. He performed 36 times in 28 cities. This was also his 21st performance in Japan in 30 years. Negotiations on the visit to China are continuing.
In 1998, Paul Moliere announced his official farewell to the performance stage and conducted the same stage with the orchestra's successor Gies Gambus. The concert is named "SAYONARA Concert Tour". In Yokohama and Tokyo, Paul Moliere met Xu Yi, a Chinese music fan who invited him to visit China, and discussed his trip to China.
In 1999, Paul Moliere began his retirement, and the orchestra also took a year off to prepare for the new century.
On December 8, 2000, after completing their Japan tour, the band toured mainland China for the first time.
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.Listening to light music, drinking afternoon tea, and walking on forest paths are all my favorite pleasures. I am usually full of worries, overwhelmed by everything, and work hard for my livelihood. At this time, the tired limbs stretched and the wandering mind calmed down. I have the right to ask for a gap in life and fill it myself. If the mood gets too bad, fill it up with a beer and a friend. When I have no wine or friends, I still have the music of Paul Molière.
Regarding Molière's music, I can only use the most ordinary words to praise it - it sounds good, very good, maybe it lacks a little connotation. This can't be said to be a bad review. If a woman is told that she is very beautiful, she should be satisfied. It would be better if she was still a thoughtful woman. However, thoughts are not particularly important to a woman, as long as she looks good. Molière's music can also be viewed as such a beautiful woman.
Despite the lack of connotation, Molière's music still has a special romantic temperament, which can only be explained by the fact that he is French. He was born in Marseille in 1925. He studied piano at the age of 4 and entered the National Conservatory of Music in Marseille at the age of 10. He started organizing a band at the age of 17. It was not very successful at the beginning. He once left the music scene and worked in the post and telecommunications department. He couldn't forget music. At the age of 35, he organized the later-famous "Le Grand Orchestra De Paul Mauriat", signed a contract with PHILIPS record company, and his career was on the right track. In 1967, Molière released his famous song "Love in Blue", which sold 6 million copies, topped the US hot charts for 7 weeks, and ranked third in the top 10 in the United States at the end of the year. Since then, they have been unable to stop, releasing albums that have won multiple awards, and touring the world, which has been warmly welcomed. Since then, the Moliere Band, the British Mandovanni Band and the German James Rast Band have been known as the "three major light music groups in the world". I have been hailed as the "Messenger of Emotional Music" and the "God of French Music".
If you want to experience Paul Molière's romantic style from the beginning, "Blue Love" is a good choice. Most of the melodies in it will be familiar to you. Listening to it in the new century will give you a sense of nostalgia, although the romantic sentiment will never go out of style. It once filled the gaps in my life, my mood, and my dreams, with a splash of rich blue. In fact, this song "Blue Love" was unknown at first, but it became popular after Molière turned it into gold. Lyrics were added and sung by everyone: "Without you, my world is blue (melancholy), my life is gray, my eyes are red (crying), and my jealous heart is green and lonely." The night is pitch black. "Forget it, I don't want any other colors, give me a little pure blue - there are so many worries in life. Instead of being depressed about money and worrying about power, it is better to be melancholy about love and sad about music. That's always the case. It's a beautiful thing.