Yvonne Loriod

French musician

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Born: January 20, 1924
Died: May 18, 2010
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1924

About Yvonne Loriod

Yvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen (French pronunciation: [ivɔn lɔʁjo]; 20 January 1924 – 17 May 2010) was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Her sister was the Ondes Martenot player Jeanne Loriod. Yvonne Louise Georgette Loriod-Messiaen (French pronunciation:; 20 January 1924 – 17 May 2010) was a French pianist, teacher, and composer, and the second wife of composer Olivier Messiaen. Messiaen said that he was able to indulge in "the greatest eccentricities" when writing for piano, knowing that they would be mastered by Loriod. Loriod also orchestrated part of Messiaen's final orchestral work, Concert à quatre.

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The world when Yvonne Loriod was born

Yvonne Loriod was born in 1924. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1924

#1 song"It Had to Be You" – Isham Jones
Top movieThe Thief of Bagdad (Douglas Fairbanks)
Best-selling bookSo Big – Edna Ferber

Headlines and milestones

Major sports momentFirst Winter Olympics held in Chamonix, France
Top headlineCalvin Coolidge elected president in a landslide
Technology milestoneIBM founded
Defining fadMah-jongg craze sweeps America
Notable inventionSpiral-bound notebook
World population1.95 billion

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderCalvin Coolidge
Sports championWashington Senators (World Series)
U.S. population114.1M

1924 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Yvonne Loriod's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure	1924	2026
Gas	$0.21	$3.45/gal
Average home	$5,800	$435,000
Average income	$3,520	$67,500
Movie ticket	$0.25	$11.95
Postage stamp	$0.02	$0.73
Population	114.1M	341 million

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