Talk:Moisés Simons

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Did you know... that "The Peanut Vendor", composed by Cuban orchestra leader Moisés Simons, has been recorded by over 160 bands?

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Differences from French WP

There are a number of key differences from the details on French Wikipedia. As the French version has more detail and clear references on the details in question, it raises suspicions about the accuracy of the English (and Spanish) versions:

English

Moisés Simons (born Moisés Simón Rodríguez; 24 August 1889; Havana, Cuba – died 24 June 1945; Madrid, Spain)

Toi C'est Moi, the operetta co-written with popular French novelist, Henri Duvernois, and starring Simone Simon, opened at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in October 1934.

French

Moisés Simóns (également orthographié Moïse ou Moyses Simons), de son vrai nom Moisés Simón Rodríguez, est un compositeur, pianiste et chef d'orchestre cubain, né à La Havane le 24 août 1889 et mort à Madrid le 28 juin 1945.(1)

1934 : Toi, c'est moi, opérette en deux actes et 14 tableaux, livret de Henri Duvernois, lyrics d'Albert Willemetz, Marcel Bertal, Louis Maubon et R. Chamfleury, théâtre des Bouffes-Parisiens, 19 septembre 1934(2)

(1) Biographie sur L'Encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France
(2) Toi, c'est moi sur L'Encyclopédie multimedia de la comédie musicale théâtrale en France — Preceding unsigned comment added by Scarabocchio (talk • contribs) 07:28, 11 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

(Follow up) the French source is very, very good -- there are scanned images of theatre posters, sheet music etc that back up the information they present. In light of this, I am changing the above to match the info on that site. Scarabocchio (talk) 11:38, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]