Lucien Duchemin - It didn't hurt that he was an engineer for ORTF
Lucien Duchemin – it didn’t hurt that he was an engineer at ORTF for 19 years while composing at night.

It runs the risk of embarrassment, running a piece by a composer you find very little information on , but such is the case for this particular broadcast recording.

Lucien Duchemin remains an elusive figure in 20th-century French music. Known through his compositions, including a Trio for Wind Instruments for oboe, clarinet and bassoon, and an orchestral Symphonie, he appears to have pursued composition alongside a professional career in broadcasting engineering in Paris. Although biographical details remain scarce, his work survives as a reminder that musical life has never been confined exclusively to professional composers and concert-hall institutions.

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