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Michel Jean Legrand (French pronunciation: [miʃɛl ləɡʁɑ̃]; 24 February 1932 – 26 January 2019) was a French musical composer, arranger, conductor, jazz pianist, [1] and singer. Legrand was a prolific composer, having written over 200 film and television scores, in addition to many songs. [ 2 ]
Alan Bergman (born September 11, 1925) and Marilyn Keith Bergman (née Katz; November 10, 1928 – January 8, 2022) were an American songwriting duo.Married from 1958 until Marilyn's death, together they wrote music and lyrics for numerous celebrated television, film, and stage productions.
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"Papa, Can You Hear Me?" is a 1983 song composed by Michel Legrand with lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, for Barbra Streisand in the title role of Yentl. The song was nominated for Best Original Song at the 56th Academy Awards ; Streisand's longtime friend Donna Summer performed it during the ceremonies. [ 1 ]
"What Are You Doing the Rest of Your Life?" is a song with lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman and original music written by Michel Legrand for the 1969 film The Happy Ending, performed by Michael Dees. [1] The song was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song but lost out to "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head". [2]
Songwriter Eddy Marnay was her professional partner (most of the songs performed by Boccara were written by him), but she also performed songs composed by Jacques Brel, Georges Brassens, Charles Aznavour, Émile Stern, Michel Legrand, Michel Magne, Nino Rota and Mikis Theodorakis.
Sarah Vaughan recorded the song for her 1974 album Sarah Vaughan with Michel Legrand, with an arrangement by Legrand. [6] [7] Barbra Streisand recorded it for her 1974 album The Way We Were and her 2011 album of songs with lyrics by Alan and Marilyn Bergman, What Matters Most. [8] [9] Melissa Errico recorded the song for her 2019 album Legrand ...
New musical numbers were written by Michel Legrand and completely new orchestration added by William David Brohn. This new version was produced by the National Moravian-Silesian Theatre in Czech, with lyrics by Michael Prostejovsky. The Czech creative team was led by director Gabriela Haukvicová.