Jean-Joël Barbier, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French writer and pianist
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Place of Birth: Belfort, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France
About Jean-Joël Barbier
- Jean-Joël Barbier (born in Belfort, 25 March 1920; died in Paris, 1 June 1994) was a French writer and pianist. He began studying literature and music with Blanche Selva and Lazare Lévy but was interrupted by the onset of World War II. He was a reasonably prolific writer in France, publishing A dictionary of French Musicians in 1961 and collaborating with La Revue Musicale on a frequent basis.
- As a pianist he played mostly the works of French composers such as Claude Debussy, Emmanuel Chabrier and Déodat de Séverac.
- He later recorded the complete piano works of Erik Satie and it is for this he is now best known.
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