IBERT, JACQUES

zhäk ēbĕrˈ, 1890–1962, French composer. Ibert, a pupil of Fauré, won the Prix de Rome in 1919. His music is generally bright, colorful, and tuneful. Among the most popular of Ibert's works are Escales (Ports of Call, 1924) and Divertissement (1930), for orchestra; concertos for flute (1934) and for saxophone (1935); Trois pièces brèves (1930) for woodwind quintet; and the piano suite Histoires. He also wrote many ballets, operas, and sets of incidental music.

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Arthur Honegger
Book by Harry Halbreich, Roger Nichols; Amadeus Press, 1999
Subjects: Composers--Biography, Honegger, Arthur--1892-1955, Honegger, Arthur--1892-1955--Bibliography
...In Gedalges class, Honegger made friends with Jacques Ibert who had just abandoned a career as a commercial traveler...the careers of all his young composing friends. When Jacques Copeau left for the United States, he handed over...
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The Composer as Intellectual: Music and Ideology in France 1914-1940
Book by Jane F. Fulcher; Oxford University Press, 2005
Subjects: Composers--France, Music--France--20th Century--History And Criticism, Music--Political Aspects--France, Music--Social Aspects--France
...Schorske, Arno J. Mayer, Christophe Charle, Jacques Revel, Roger Chartier, and Michael Steinberg...Nowacki, and, once again, Roger Chartier, Jacques Revel, and Christophe Charle. Also...affiliation with it.5 And, more recently, Jacques Julliard and Michel Winock, among others...
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Composers of Today: A Comprehensive Biographical and Critical Guide to Modern Composers of All Nations
Book by David Ewen; H. W. Wilson, 1934
Subjects: Music--Bio-Bibliography
...of stones, and built over it a bonfire. To have broken that vow would have been sacrilege! "At Geneva, I studied with Jacques Dalcroze. When I was sixteen I left home for Brussels, where I studied with Ysaye. I spent three years in Brussels, and...
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A Short History of Opera
Book by Donald Jay Grout, Hermine Weigel Williams; Columbia University Press, 2003
...diversified specta- cle for the amusement of the court. The music for the Ballet comique was by Lambert de Beaulieu and Jacques 2. Beaujoyeubt et al., eds., Circe ou le Balet comique de la royne, Paris, 1582 (facsimile editions by C. and L. MacClintock...
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Appraisals of Original Wind Music: A Survey and Guide
Book by David Lindsey Clark; Greenwood Press, 1999
Subjects: Wind Ensembles--Bibliography, Wind Instrument Music--Bibliography
...movements entitled Jeux of 1925 by IBERT Led 16789 and the Sonatine of the following...instruments potential is Echos of 1708 by Jacques Martin HOTTETERRE Schott 11631 . TELEMANN...pieces from that year are * Piece by IBERT which is a favourite at concerts Leduc...
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The Elusive Faces of Modernity: Jacques Greber and the Planning of the 1937 Paris World Fair
Journal article by Danilo Francois Udovicki-Selb; Urban History Review, Vol. 29, 2001
Subjects: Architecture, Postmodern--Criticism, interpretation, etc., City planning--Technique, Exhibitions--1937, Modernism (Aesthetics)--Analysis
...ephemeres, Paris 1900-1948 (Paris, 1948), 27. The musical themes were Light (composer Floret Schmidt), National (Jacques Ibert), Colonies (Elsa Barraine), Music (Darius Milhaud), The Seine Apotheosis (Raymond Loucheur), Day Pageantries (A. Koeschlin...


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The Piano Duet: A Medium for Today
Magazine article by Dallas Weekley, Nancy Arganbright; American Music Teacher, Vol. 56, April 2007
Subjects: Clementi, Muzio--Works, Composers--Works, Duets--History, Haydn, Joseph--Works, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus--Works, Piano music--History
...Schott) Chanson melancolique; Elegie (Kjos WP596) <br/ Ibert, Jacques (1890-1962) Histoires (Alfred...
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Composer Classification List
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 53, August 2003
Subjects: Composers--Identification and classification
...R/Con Hummel, Johann C Ibert, Jacques I/Con Ireland, John R/I...
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2007-2008 MTNA Student Competitions
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 56, April 2007
Subjects: Art teachers--Achievements and awards, Concerts--Concert reviews, Musical instruments industry--Achievements and awards, Yamaha Corp.--Achievements and awards
...Con <br/ Hummel, Johann C <br/ Ibert, Jacques I/Con <br/ Ireland, John R/I...
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Composer Classification List
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 53, June 2004
Subjects: Composers--International aspects
...R/Con Hummel, Johann C Ibert, Jacques I/Con Ireland, John R/I...
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Composer Classification List
Magazine article; American Music Teacher, Vol. 54, April 2005
Subjects: Composers
...R/Con Hummel, Johann C Ibert, Jacques I/Con Ireland, John R/I...
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This Werther Ought to Be a Lot Sweeter
Newspaper article; The Mail on Sunday (London, England), September 26, 2004
Subjects: Alvarez, Marcelo, Du Pre, Jacqueline
...wonderful music. Theres also a du Pre premiere, in the shape of Jacques Iberts little concerto for cello and wind ensemble, from a BBC broadcast in 1962, when du Pre was 17. Ibert, known affectionately to British orchestral players as Jacky Bear...
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Pianist to Deliver Lecture, Recital on Polish Composer
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), October 9, 2005
...pianist Haruko Murphy, will perform two fantasies of music by George Gershwin and Georges Bizet, a saxophone concerto by Jacques Ibert, plus selections by Astor Piazzolla, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Camille Saint-Saens. Murphy will also be featured in a...
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Performing Arts Society Signs Glover, McDonald
Newspaper article; The Washington Times, February 19, 2000
Subjects: McDonald, Audra
...Dutoit, and pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet will perform an all-French program with works by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, Jacques Ibert and Henri Dutilleux. They will appear at 7:30 p.m. March 20 at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. Also joining the...
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Veteran Contralto to Sing Music by Women
Newspaper article; The Register-Guard (Eugene, OR), March 8, 2007
...Dolly Suite for piano, four-hands; a flute and bassoon duet; Samuel Barbers `Dover Beach for baritone and strings; a Jacques Ibert wind quartet; a Ludwig van Beethoven duet for viola and cello; a Dimitri Shostakovich string quartet; an Alfred Desenclos...
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The Conlon Era Begins Acclaimed Conductor Prepares to Put His Stamp on Ravinia Festival
Newspaper article by Bill Gowen; Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL), June 10, 2005
...Ohlsson, soloist). Brahms: Symphony No. 2 in D Major. 7:30 p.m. July 2 - Viktor Ullmann: "Don Quixote tanzt Fandango." Jacques Ibert: Songs from the film "Don Quichotte" (Samuel Ramey, soloist). Maurice Ravel: "Don Quichotte a Dulcinee." Richard Strauss...


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Ibert, Jacques
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
IBERT, JACQUES zhak eber , 1890 1962, French composer. Ibert, a pupil of Faure, won the Prix de Rome in 1919. His music is generally bright, colorful, and tuneful. Among the most popular of Iberts works are Escales ( Ports of Call, 1924) and...


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