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Henri Betti, born Ange Betti (24 July 1917 – 7 July 2005), was a French composer and a pianist.〔http://www.discogs.com/artist/Henri+Betti〕 Pianist and composer of Maurice Chevalier from 1940 to 1945, Henri Betti is best known for having composed in 1947 the music of the song ''C'est si bon'' (lyrics : André Hornez) which became a standard international jazz through the recording of Louis Armstrong in 1950 in New York. == Biography == Henri Betti was born at 1 rue Barillerie in 1917 to a modest family : his father was a house painter and his mother was a fishmonger. His paternal family originates from the region of Emilia-Romagna in Italy : his grandfather was born in Parma and he immigrated to Nice with his wife and children in the late 1890s. In 1935, he entered at the Conservatoire de Paris which is then directed by Henri Rabaud where he studied music in the same class as Paul Bonneau, Henri Dutilleux and Louiguy. He is the student of Lazare Lévy for piano class and Raymond Pech for harmony class. He won a prize of harmony in 1937. He then headed for a classical pianist, but in 1940, when he has been discharged from military service of Fortified Sector of the Dauphiné in Briançon, he crosses the Corsican composer Roger Lucchesi on the Promenade des Anglais, who told him that he composed a song for Maurice Chevalier and asked him to accompany him to the piano when he the present him in his property ''La Louque'' in Cannes. Maurice Chevalier refuse the song but to ask Henri Betti be his regular accompanist. During the singing tours, he will make him play the Ballade No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23 by Frédéric Chopin between songs. Anxious to renew his repertoire, he also asked him to compose songs. Henri Betti then wrote music forty songs in collaboration with the latter until 1945 that ''Notre Espoir'' and ''La Chanson du maçon'' in 1941 or ''La Fête à Neu-Neu'' in 1943. Of the fifteen securities singing tour of Maurice Chevalier in 1945, Henri Betti sign fourteen. In 1945, he conducted an orchestra to accompany Maurice Chevalier singing four songs (''C'est la fête au pays'', ''Chanson Populaire'', ''Le p'tit père La Taupe'' and ''Mandarinade'') in two 78tours. He joined the SACEM in 1941 as composer and was appointed ''Sociétaire définitif'' in 1949. After World War II, he knows great success with ''Le Régiment des mandolines'' in 1946 and ''Le Chapeau à plumes'' in 1947 for Lily Fayol, ''Mais qu'est-ce que j'ai !'' in 1947 for Yves Montand, ''Maître Pierre'' in 1949 for Georges Guétary and especially the song ''C'est si bon'' in 1947 for Jacques Hélian. Published by the editor Paul Beuscher, it is sung for the first time before an audience by Suzy Delair (at the Nice Jazz Festival February 25, 1948) and recorded by Yves Montand before becoming a standard international jazz with Louis Armstrong, who recorded for the first time in New York in 1950 in the English version of Jerry Seelen. From 1949 to 1984, his music production is abundant : revues for Le Lido, the Moulin Rouge, the Folies Bergère, the Olympia or the Tropicana Las Vegas, and many operettas and musical performances. He has also composed for the cinema in the 1950s and television in the 1960s. His most famous soundtrack is that of ''Honoré de Marseille'' which will nearly 4 million admissions in France in 1957. In this movie, Fernandel sings three songs composed by Henri Betti and the words by Jean Manse. Henri Betti and Jean Manse had written a fourth song for the movie, ''C'est Noël'', sung by Fernandel in a scene that was edited out. The song was later sung by Tino Rossi and Georges Guétary. In 1953, he played the role of the composer and accompanist of the company of Jean Nohain in ''Soyez les bienvenus'' by Pierre-Louis which he also composed the music for the film. In the early 1950s, he made her singing on stage first as ''vedette américaine'' featuring at the ''ABC'' in 1951, the year Édith Piaf was headlining, and the ''Theatre des Deux Anes'', in parisian cabarets as ''Le Bosphore'' and ''Chez Tonton'', and in summer outdoors in Nice, Cannes, Juan-les-Pins shows. And then as a full-featured except to Bobino and Gaumont-Palace. During his career, Henri Betti worked with André Berthomieu, Paul Bonneau, Bourvil, Jean Boyer, Maurice Chevalier, Bruno Coquatrix, Jean Cosmos, Pierre Cour, Philippe-Gérard, André Hornez, Francis Lopez, Jean Manse, Jacques Mareuil, Jean Nohain, Édith Piaf, Jacques Pills, Jacques Plante, Laurent Rossi, André Salvet, Pascal Sevran, Robert Thomas, Jean Valmy, Maurice Vandair, Henri Varna, Serge Veber, Raymond Vincy. In 1951, he participated with Albert Willemetz to the foundation of the ''Comité du Cœur'', relief fund for needy artists under the auspices of the SACEM, which will be Vice-President. In 1971, he participated with Maurice Lehmann to the foundation of the ''ANAO'' (''Association Nationale des Amis de l’Opérette'') which will be Vice-President. He was member of ''Conseil d'administration'' of the SACD from 1961 to 1975 and of the SACEM in 1982, 1983, from 1985 to 1987 and from 1989 to 1992. In 1988, he was the guest of ''La chance aux chansons'' presented by Pascal Sevran that pays tribute to Maurice Chevalier for the centenary of his birth. In 1993, he published his autobiography, ''C'est si bon !'', published by ''La Pensée Universelle''. In 2003, he entered the nursing home ''Ger'Home'' in Courbevoie where he died two years later of natural causes. His funeral held at the ''Eglise Saint-Pierre de Neuilly-sur-Seine'', he is then cremated at the crematorium of Fort Mont-Valérien and buried in the Neuilly-sur-Seine community cemetery (Division 11, Parcelle Paysagée B). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Henri Betti」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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