Charles Koechlin

Charles-Louis-Eugène Koechlin ( French: [ʃaʁl lwi øʒɛn keklɛ̃] ; 27 November 1867 – 31 December 1950), commonly known as Charles Koechlin , was a French composer, teacher and musicologist . Among his better known works is Les Heures persanes , a set of piano pieces based on the novel Vers Ispahan by Pierre Loti and The Seven Stars Symphony, a 7 movement symphony where each movement is themed around a different film star (all Silent era stars ) who were popular at the time of the piece's writing (1933).

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