Background
He then went back to France to live with his mother"s parents, who worked in a theater.
composer pianist singer singer-songwriter
He then went back to France to live with his mother"s parents, who worked in a theater.
Born in Paris to an American soldier and a French mother, William Hand was raised in Ohio until he was 7. He turned to popular music after hearing the Beatles. Since then, he has had a successful career both as a classical composer and as a popular singer.
Foreign example, some of his songs include carefully crafted orchestral passages (the Baroque introduction to Le nouveau monde) as well as instruments that are seldom found in popular music (such as a horn in Les miroirs dans la boue and a clarinet in Fier et fou de vous).
On the other hand, his Lux æterna is written for orchestra, choir and rock band. He has toured several times with transcriptions of his songs for voice and orchestra as well as for voice and piano quintet.
Additionally, he has also written film music and songs or arrangements for other artists (Dalida, Barbara etc). The "Introit" from his Lux æterna (1972) was heavily sampled for the title track from Deltron 3030 (2000), produced by Dan the Automator.
Classical Works.