Name Jacques Ibert Role Composer | Spouse Rosette Veber (m. ?–1962) | |
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Died February 5, 1962, Paris, France Compositions Concertino da camera, Concertino da camera, L'Aiglon, L'Aiglon, Caprilena, Caprilena, L'eventail de Jeanne, L'eventail de Jeanne, Entr'act, Entr'act, Piece pour flute seule, Piece pour flute seule, Hommage a Mozart, Hommage a Mozart, Histoires: II Le petit ane blanc, Histoires: II Le petit ane blanc, Scherzetto, Scherzetto, Bostoniana, Bostoniana, Ariette, Ariette, Trio for Violin - Cello and Harp: I Allegro tranquillo, Trio for Violin - Cello and Harp: I Allegro tranquillo, Paraboles: II, Paraboles: II, Suite elisabethaine: V Dancerie, Suite elisabethaine: V Dancerie, L'Espiegle au village de Lilliput, L'Espiegle au village de Lilliput, Trois Pieces: III Fugue, Trois Pieces: III Fugue, Cinq pieces en trio: V Allegro quasi marziale, Cinq pieces en trio: V Allegro quasi marziale, Suite elisabethaine: IV Chanson des Fees, Suite elisabethaine: IV Chanson des Fees, Trois pieces breves: II Andante, Trois pieces breves: II Andante, Jeux: II Tendre, Jeux: II Tendre, Deux interludes: No 1 Andante espressivo, Deux interludes: No 1 Andante espressivo, Etude-caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin, Etude-caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin, Trois Pieces: I Piece Solennelle, Trois Pieces: I Piece Solennelle, Suite symphonique "Paris": VI Parade foraine, Suite symphonique "Paris": VI Parade foraine, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: II Andante, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: II Andante, Divertissement: IV Valse Animato assai, Divertissement: IV Valse Animato assai, Trois Pieces: II Musette, Trois Pieces: II Musette, Suite symphonique "Paris": III La mosquee de Paris, Suite symphonique "Paris": III La mosquee de Paris, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: III Allegro scherzando, Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: III Allegro scherzando, Concertino da camera: IIb Animato molto, Concertino da camera: IIb Animato molto, Jeux: I Anime, Jeux: I Anime, Deux interludes: No 2 Allegro vivo, Deux interludes: No 2 Allegro vivo, Divertissement: VI Finale Quasi cadenza, Divertissement: VI Finale Quasi cadenza, Le Jardinier de Samos: III Prelude du 2eme acte, Le Jardinier de Samos: III Prelude du 2eme acte, Histoires: VIII La cage de cristal, Histoires: VIII La cage de cristal, Toccata sur le nom de Roussel, Toccata sur le nom de Roussel, Six Pieces: V Reflets dans l'eau, Six Pieces: V Reflets dans l'eau, Escales: I Rome-Palermo Calme, Escales: I Rome-Palermo Calme, Louisville-concert, Louisville-concert, Suite elisabethaine: VIII Nocturne, Suite elisabethaine: VIII Nocturne, Histoires: I La meneuse de tortues d'or, Histoires: I La meneuse de tortues d'or, Suite elisabethaine: II Chasse, Suite elisabethaine: II Chasse, Divertissement: I Introduction Allegro vivo, Divertissement: I Introduction Allegro vivo, Suite elisabethaine: III Entree, Suite elisabethaine: III Entree, Divertissement: V Parade Tempo di marcia, Divertissement: V Parade Tempo di marcia, L'eventail de Jeanne: III Valse, L'eventail de Jeanne: III Valse, Trois pieces breves, Trois pieces breves, Trois pieces breves: I Allegro, Trois pieces breves: I Allegro, Six Pieces: II Scherzetto, Six Pieces: II Scherzetto, Symphonie concertante pour hautebois et orchestre a cordes: I Allegro con moto, Symphonie concertante pour hautebois et orchestre a cordes: I Allegro con moto, Divertissement: III Nocturne Lento, Divertissement: III Nocturne Lento Books Histoires: for one piano - fou, Le Petit Ane Blanc, A Giddy Girl |
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Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer. Having studied music from an early age, he studied at the Paris Conservatoire and won its top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, despite studies interrupted by his service in World War I.
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- Early years
- Composer and administrator
- Later years
- Music
- Operas
- Ballet
- Orchestral
- Concertos
- Vocalchoral orchestral
- Chamberinstrumental
- Piano
- Incidental music
- Film music
- References
Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with other composers) seven operas, five ballets, incidental music for plays and films, songs, choral works, and chamber music. He is probably best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922).
As a composer, Ibert did not attach himself to any of the prevalent genres of music of his time, and has been described as an eclectic. This is seen even in his best-known pieces: Divertissement, for small orchestra is lighthearted, even frivolous, and Escales (1922) is a ripely romantic work for large orchestra.
In tandem with his creative work, Ibert was the director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. During World War II he was proscribed by the pro-Nazi government in Paris, and for a time he went into exile in Switzerland. Restored to his former eminence in French musical life after the war, his final musical appointment was in charge of the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique.
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Early years
Ibert was born in Paris. His father was a successful businessman, and his mother a talented pianist who had studied with Antoine François Marmontel and encouraged the young Ibert's musical interests. From the age of four, he began studying music, first learning the violin and then the piano. After leaving school, he earned a living as a private teacher, as an accompanist, and as a cinema pianist. He also started composing songs, sometimes under the pen name William Berty. In 1910 he became a student at the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Émile Pessard (harmony), André Gedalge (counterpoint) and Paul Vidal (composition). Gédalge also gave him private lessons in orchestration; Ibert's fellow-students at these private classes included Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud.
Ibert's musical studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, in which he served as a naval officer. After the war he married Rosette Veber, daughter of the painter Jean Veber. Resuming his studies, he won the Conservatoire's top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, in 1919. The prize gave him the opportunity to pursue further musical studies in Rome. In the course of these, Ibert composed his first opera, Persée et Andromède (1921), to a libretto by his brother-in-law, the author Michel Veber, writing under the pen name "Nino".
Composer and administrator
Among Ibert's early orchestral compositions were La Ballade de la geôle de Reading, inspired by Oscar Wilde's poem, and Escales (Ports of call), inspired by his experiences of Mediterranean ports while he was serving in the navy. The first of these works was played at the Concerts Colonne in October 1922, conducted by Gabriel Pierné; the second was performed in January 1924 with Paul Paray conducting the Orchestre Lamoureux. The two works made Ibert an early reputation both at home and abroad. His publisher Alphonse Leduc commissioned two collections of piano music from him, Histoires and Les Rencontres, which enhanced his popularity. Rencontres. In 1927 his opéra-bouffe Angélique was produced; it was the most successful of his operas, a musical farce, displaying eclectic style and flair.
In addition to composing, Ibert was active as a conductor and in musical administration. He was a member of professional committees, and in 1937 he was appointed director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. Ibert, with the enthusiastic support of his wife "threw himself wholeheartedly into his administrative role and proved an excellent ambassador of French culture in Italy." He held the post until the end of 1960, except for an enforced break while France and Italy were at war during World War II.
Later years
The war years were difficult for Ibert. In 1940 the Vichy government banned his music and he retreated to Antibes, in the south of France, and later to Switzerland and the Haute-Savoie. In August 1944, he was readmitted to the musical life of the country when General de Gaulle recalled him to Paris. In 1955 Ibert was appointed administrator of the Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux, which ran both the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique. After less than a year, his health obliged him to retire. Shortly afterwards he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Ibert died in Paris aged 71, and is buried at Passy Cemetery in the city's 16th arrondissement.
Music
Ibert refused to ally himself to any particular musical fashion or school, maintaining that "all systems are valid", a position that has caused many commentators to categorise him as "eclectic". His biographer, Alexandra Laederich, writes, "His music can be festive and gay … lyrical and inspired, or descriptive and evocative … often tinged with gentle humour…[A]ll the elements of his musical language bar that of harmony relate closely to the Classical tradition." The early orchestral works, such as Escales, are in "a lush Impressionist style", but Ibert is at least as well known for lighthearted, even frivolous, pieces, among which are the Divertissement for small orchestra and the Flute Concerto.
Ibert's stage works similarly embrace a wide variety of styles. His first opera, Persée et Andromède, is a concise, gently satirical piece. Angélique displays his "eclectic style and his accomplished writing of pastiche set pieces". Le roi d'Yvetot is written, in part in a simple folklike style. The opéra bouffe Gonzague is another essay in the old opera bouffe style. L'Aiglon, composed jointly with Honegger, employs commedia dell'arte characters and much musical pastiche in a style both accessible and sophisticated. For the farcical Les petites Cardinal the music is in set pieces in the manner of an operetta. By contrast Le chevalier errant, a choreographic piece incorporating chorus and two reciters, is in an epic style. Ibert's practice of collaborating with other composers extended to his works for the ballet stage. His first work composed expressly for the ballet was a waltz for L'éventail de Jeanne (1929) to which he was one of ten contributors, others of whom were Ravel and Poulenc. He was the sole composer of four further ballets between 1934 and 1954.
For the theatre and cinema, Ibert was a prolific composer of incidental music. His best-known theatre score was music for Eugéne Labiche's Un chapeau de paille d'Italie, which Ibert later reworked as the suite Divertissement. Other scores ranged from music for farce to that for Shakespeare productions. His cinema scores covered a similarly broad range. He wrote the music for more than a dozen French films, and for American directors he composed a score for Orson Welles's 1948 film of Macbeth, and the Circus ballet for Gene Kelly's Invitation to the Dance in 1952.
Operas
Ballet
Orchestral
- Rome – Palerme
- Tunis – Nefta
- Valencia
Concertos
Vocal/choral orchestral
Chamber/instrumental
Piano
- La meneuse de tortues d'or (D minor)
- Le petit âne blanc (F♯ major)
- Le vieux mendiant (E major)
- A Giddy Girl (G major)
- Dans la maison triste (C♯ minor)
- Le palais abandonné (B minor)
- Bajo la mesa (A minor)
- La cage de cristal (The crystal cage) (E minor)
- La marchande d'eau fraiche (The water seller) (F♯ minor)
- Le cortège de Balkis (F major)
- Prélude
- Ronde
- Le gai vigneron
- Berceuse aux étoiles
- Le cavalier Sans-Souci
- Parade
- La promenade en traineau
- Romance
- Quadrille
- Sérénade sur l'eau
- La machine à coudre
- L'adieu
- Les crocus
- Premier bal
- Danse du cocher