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Georges Delerue was a French composer who composed over 350 scores for cinema and television. Delerue won numerous important film music awards,... including an Academy Award for A Little Romance , three César Awards , two ASCAP Awards , and one Gemini Award for Sword of Gideon . He was also nominated for four additional Academy Awards for Anne of the Thousand Days , The Day of the Dolphin , Julia , and Agnes of God , four additional César Awards, three Golden Globe Awards, and one Genie Award for Black Robe . The French newspaper Le Figaro named him "the Mozart of cinema." Delerue was the first composer to win three consecutive César Awards for Get Out Your Handkerchiefs , Love on the Run , and The Last Metro . Georges Delerue was named Commander of Arts and Letters, one of France's highest honours. Georges Delerue was born 12 March 1925 in Roubaix, France to Georges Delerue and Marie Lhoest. He was raised in a musical household; his grandfather lead an amateur chorale group and his mother sang and played piano at family gatherings.
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Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois and the third most populous city in the United States after New York City and Los Angeles. The city has around 2.7 million residents. Its metropolitan area, sometimes called "Chicagoland", is the third largest in the United States, with... an estimated 9.8 million people. Chicago is the county seat of Cook County, though a small portion also extends into DuPage County. Chicago was incorporated as a city in 1837, near a portage between the Great Lakes and the Mississippi River watershed. Today, Chicago is listed as an alpha+ global city by the Globalization and World Cities Research Network, and ranks seventh in the world on the 2012 Global Cities Index. The city retains its status as an international hub for finance, industry, telecommunications and infrastructure, with O'Hare International Airport being the second busiest airport in the world in terms of traffic movements. In 2008, the city hosted 45.6 million domestic and overseas visitors. Among metropolitan areas, Chicago has the 4th largest Gross Domestic Product in the world, ranking just behind Tokyo, New York City, and Los Angeles.
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