Joseph Kosma was a Hungarian-French composer. Kosma and his wife emigrated to Paris in 1933. Eventually, he met Jacques Prévert, who introduced him to Jean Renoir. During World War II and the Occupation of France, Kosma was placed under house arrest in the Alpes-Maritimes region, and was banned from composition. However, Prévert managed to arrange for Kosma to contribute music for films, with other composers fronting for him. Under this arrangement he wrote the "pantomime" of the music for Les Enfants du Paradis (1945), made under the occupation, but released after the liberation. Among his other credits are the scores to La Grande Illusion (1937), La Bête Humaine (The Human Beast, 1938), La Règle du jeu (The Rules of the Game, 1939), Voyage Surprise (1946), and Le Testament du docteur Cordelier (The Doctor’s Horrible Experiment, 1959), the last of which was made for television. He was also known for writing the standard classical-jazz piece "Les feuilles mortes" ("Autumn Leaves"), with French lyrics by Jacques Prévert, and later English lyrics by Johnny Mercer, which was derived from music in Marcel Carné’s film Les Portes de la Nuit (1946). The song was featured in the eponymous 1956 film starring Joan Crawford.
New Sounds for Concert Band 105
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 689069
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 854251
Autumn Leaves
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 662938
for: Mixed choir (SSATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 608816
Les Feuilles Mortes
for: Eb Cornet, Bb Cornet, Flugelhorn Trio & Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316557
Tenor Saxophone & Klavier
for: Tenor saxophone (B-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593388
for: Flute, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593385
for: Clarinet, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 613743
for: Double bass
Score
Item no.: 412318
Pour Chant & Piano
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 412364
for: Horn (E-flat), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 1316424
Horn & Klavier
for: Horn (F), piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593390
Klarinette & Klavier
for: Clarinet, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593386
Entertainment
for: Concert band
Score
Item no.: 982209
2011
for: Harp
Music score
Item no.: 1591770
Solo für Flügelhorn oder B-Trompete
Brass Ensemble Series No. 234
for: Brass ensemble (10 parts), percussion
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1562969
Young Jazz Ensemble
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1532485
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 412365
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 372423
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 853457
Jazz Chorals
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 1681975
Alto Saxophone & Klavier
for: Alto saxophone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593387
Entertainment
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 981557
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 821831
Opera buffa
for: Voices, orchestra
Piano reduction
Item no.: 352190
Young Jazz Ensemble
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 1532484
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 554296
for string quartet
for: 2 violins, viola, cello (string quartet)
Score, Parts
Item no.: 1582493
Posaune & Klavier
for: Trombone, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593391
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 821845
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 964132
for: Flute
Score
Item no.: 412219
for: Voice, piano [guitar/keyboard]
Single edition
Item no.: 104401
für Frauenchor
for: Women's choir (SSA) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 679825
Euphonium & Klavier
for: Euphonium, piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593392
Discovery Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score, set of parts, online audio
Item no.: 805587
les Feuilles Mortes
for: Concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 923323
Brass Band
for: Solo for Voice, Cornet, Eb Horn, Trombone or Euphonium & Brass Band
Sheet music
Item no.: 589507
for: Chamber orchestra
Score
Item no.: 412218
Trompete & Klavier
for: Trumpet [cornet], piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 593389
Choral
for: Mixed choir (SATB) a cappella
Choir score
Item no.: 691738
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 851587
for: Trumpet [cornet] (B-flat), concert band
Score, Parts
Item no.: 671266
for: Violin, piano
Item no.: 564779
Discovery Jazz
for: Jazz ensemble
Score
Item no.: 800009
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 614351
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 411604
ShowTrax CD
for: Choir
CD
Item no.: 814661