Nisha Rathode (Editor)

Jean Rivier

Updated on
Edit
Like
Comment
Share on FacebookTweet on TwitterShare on LinkedInShare on Reddit
Name
  
Jean Rivier


Role
  
Composer

Jean Rivier wwwmusimemcomimagesRivierJeanGduConcert29

Died
  
November 6, 1987, La Penne-sur-Huveaune, France

Similar People
  
Pierre Max Dubois, Bernhard Endres, Eugene Bozza, Andre Jolivet, Gabriel Pierne

Jean rivier concerto for alto sax trumpet str


Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music.

Contents

He composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments. He served as Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatory from 1948 until his retirement in 1966. During the period 1948–1962 he shared this position with famous composer Darius Milhaud. Gareth Walters, Pedro Ipuche Riva, and Gerd Boder were three of his students. See: List of music students by teacher: R to S#Jean Rivier.

Amstel quartet jean rivier grave et presto


Compositions

  • 3 Points Seches for piano
  • 4 Fantasmes for piano
  • 4 Sequences Dialogues (need instrumentation)
  • Alternances for piano
  • Andante Espressivo Ed Allegro Burlesco (three movements) for clarinet and piano
  • Aria for trumpet (or oboe) and organ
  • Brillances for 2 trumpets, 2 French horns, 2 trombones and 1 tuba
  • Capriccio (need instrumentation)
  • Comme Une Tendre Berceuse for flute and piano
  • Concerto (arranged by Rene Decouais) (need instrumentation)
  • Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and string orchestra (1955)
  • Concerto for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 bassoons, trumpet, double bass
  • Concerto for bassoon and strings. ([2]) (1963)
  • Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra (1958)
  • Concerto for flute and piano
  • Concerto for oboe and orchestra (or piano) (1966)
  • Concerto for trumpet and strings [3]
  • Concerto #1 in C for piano and orchestra (1940)
  • Concerto Brève for piano and strings (1953)
  • Concertino for saxophone and orchestra (or piano)
  • Concertino for viola and orchestra (1947)
  • Déjeuner sur l'herbe (need instrumentation)
  • Doloroso et Giocoso for viola and piano (1969)
  • Duo for flute and clarinet in Bb
  • Espagnole for violin and piano
  • Grave et Presto for saxophone quartet
  • Nocturne, his contribution to Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long
  • Le Petit Gondolier for piano
  • Les Trois "S" for clarinet
  • Oiseau tendre for solo flute
  • Ouverture pour une opérette imaginaire ([4])
  • 3 Pastorales for Orchestra (1929)
  • Piece in D (Pièce en Ré pour contrebasse et piano, 1920)
  • Pour Des Mains Amies for piano
  • Priere (need instrumentation)
  • Quatuor A Cordes #2 (string quartet #2)
  • Rapsodie for trombone and piano
  • Requiem (need instrumentation)
  • Sonate for piano
  • Stridences for piano
  • String Trio
  • Symphony #1 (1931)
  • Symphony #2 in C major for string orchestra (1937)
  • Symphony #3 in G major for string orchestra (1937)
  • Symphony #4 in B flat major for string orchestra (1947)
  • Symphony #5 in A minor (1950)
  • Symphony #6 in E minor "Les Présages" (1958)
  • Symphony #7 in F major "Les Contrastes" (1971)
  • Symphony #8 for string orchestra (1978)
  • Torrents for piano
  • Trois Mouvements for clarinet and piano
  • Virevoltes for flute
  • His complete piano works have been published in one volume by Salabert.

    Discography

  • Concerto for Alto Saxophone, Trumpet and Orchestra appears on "French Saxophone Concertos", Naxos 8.225127
  • Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and strings appears on "Virtuoso Saxophone Concertos" (Virtuose Saxophonkonzerte), Koch Schwann
  • Oiseaux tendres appears on "WIESLER, Manuela: Flute Music" Naxos BIS-CD-689
  • Symphonies #3 in G, #4 in B♭, and #8 in __ (all for strings) Calmel Chamber Orchestra conducted by Bernard Calmel, on Pavane CD ADW 7328 (1994) (currently out of print)
  • References

    Jean Rivier Wikipedia