Biography

Born in Moret-sur-Loing in 1918, Paul Bonneau studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris. He won the premier prix d'harmonie (1937) in the class of Jean Gallon, the premier prix de fugue (1942) in the class of Noël Gallon and the premier prix de composition (1945) in the class of Henri Büsser.

In 1939, he was Army deputy chief music. In 1945 he was made director of music tied to the Republican Guard. He then became conductor of light orchestral music on national radio, a position he held for thirty years. His first radio broadcast of November 27, 1944. During the 30 years that followed, Paul Bonneau led 638 light symphonic music recording sessions, which corresponds to more than 1500 concerts broadcast on the broadcasting antennas national.

In 1959, with the agreement of the RTF, he founded the vocal group Les Djinns who played and recorded 88 songs. Gilbert Bécaud was the artistic godfather.

From 1942 to his death, Paul Bonneau has written more than 500 000 orchestral action. He has worked as a composer or as co-composer to 51 major French films, and many short films. He composed serious works; include : "Ouverture pour un Drame", "Concerto pour saxophone et orchestre", "Un Français à New York". He is also the composer of light orchestral music suites, many pieces for orchestra; he set to music 10 fables of Jean de La Fontaine, and composed of many light melodies and songs. He also wrote a large number of orchestral arrangements and vocal accompaniments for varieties.

In operetta, he was the musical adapter and the composer of ballets 11 creations in the Théâtre du Chatelet. He also adapted the airs of Jacques Offenbach for the operetta "Folies Parisiennes by Offenbach" (1976). In collaboration with Jack Ledru, he is the composer of "La Parisienne" created at the Grand Théâtre de Tours February 19, 1982.
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During his musical studies at the Conservatoire de Paris he was in the same class as Pierre Devevey, Henri Dutilleux, Raymond Gallois-Montbrun and Jacqueline Bonneau who will become his wife.

He co-composed with Henri Betti the French song "Pour l'Amour" (lyrics by Pierre Dudan).

In 2009, Jules Bromley released "Ghetto Dream" which was a remix of "Javache" composed by Henri Betti and Paul Bonneau in 1971.