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3 unusual facts about Lucien Cailliet


Lucien Cailliet

His most famous orchestration is the virtuoso piece for piano and orchestra Midnight of the Cilffs by the pianist and composer Leonard Pennario, for the Andrew L. Stone's film Julie (1956).

Cailliet also orchestrated three piano pieces of Sergei Rachmaninoff: the Serenade No. 5 from Morceaux de fantaisie Opus 3, the Prelude No. 5 in G minor from the 10 preludes of Opus 23, and the Prelude No. 5 in G major from the 13 preludes of Opus 32.

Born at Dijon, in France, Cailliet studied at the Conservatory in his native city before migrating to the United States in 1918.



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