Maurice Vaute was a Belgian composer of classical music, conductor and music teacher. He was born on April 27, 1913 in Roisin, Belgium and died on June 21, 2000 in Chimay.
Maurice Vaute studied at the Conservatories of Mons and Brussels (harmony, fugue, saxophone, etc.). He was a music teacher and, also orchestra and choir conductor. His compositions are deposited as "Fonds Maurice Vaute" in the library of the Brussels conservatory.
Initially, he was influenced by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Joseph Jongen, his teacher. Later, his compositions were atonal.
Auprès de toi - aria, 1936Arlequins-fantaisieGavotte ancienneMenuetto allegrettoTriptyque for strings and harpsichordDeux mouvements pour les temps venusTrinôme for orchestra, soli and wind trioConcerto for saxophone alto and orchestraSymphonie de danses for orchestra and saxophone trioEspace, intensité (symphonie libre)Les heures, Trois mouvements symphoniques 1. Prélude 2. Rondo giocoso 3. PostludeConcerto for piano and orchestraConcerto for violin and orchestraRondo pastoralLe reflet dans la Meuse (argument de Malfère)MelosLied for cello and piano, SouvenanceModerato allegro for trumpet and pianoAube, for clarinet and piano (lied) or string quartetImprovisata for saxophone alto and pianoCantilène variée for saxophone alto and piano (Editions Maurer Bruxelles)Divertissement à quatre voix for trumpetsInvention 84 for violin and pianoScherzoRondo amabileCinq minutes contemplatives, Première suite,(Ed. Armiane, Versailles)Deuxième suite (Vieille chanson, Danse naïve (Ed. Armiane, Versailles), Mélopée)Troisième suite (Ed. Maurer, Bruxelles)SonatineCadence, Distique, EpigrammeMoto perpetuoOffrande for organ or piano (Ed. Armiane, Versailles)La complainte de l'agneauMenuetOrchestra and choral works
Fantaisie sur une chanson de colin Muset (Moyen-âge)Chanson des brises (Bouilhet, French poet 1823-1869)Impromptu for double wind quartetWind quintet and piano on a Russian themeImpromptu for saxophone quartetQuatre inventions à trois voix for flute, clarinet and bassoonChoral et divertissement for saxophone quartetString quartet "Stances d'aujourd'hui"Third saxophone quartet "Nocturne (Ed. Maurer Bruxelles), Aubade, Allegretto nobile"Dinanderie for saxophone alto, soli, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, arrangement for two pianosBarque d' or (4 voix d'hommes), poem by Van LerbergheLes fleurs (4 voix mixtes), poem by Ovide DieuLes trois arbres au bout du monde (4 voix mixtes and piano), poem translated from iroquoian by E. LambotteLe long du quai (4 voix mixtes), poem by Sully PrudhommeCantique (4 voix mixtes and piano), poem by Emile VerhaerenPsychanalyse (4 voix mixtes), poem by Constant de HorionPaysage (4 voix mixtes), poem by Simone SimonChant deuxième du "Sacre" poem by Charles PlisnierLe pêcheur de lune (4 voix mixtes), poem by S. BodardChanson (4 voix mixtes et clavecin), poem by Charles d' OrléansLe joli mai (4 voix mixtes et piano), poem by Valère GillesVillanelle (4 voix mixtes et piano), poem by M. HemonVoici la maison douce (4 voix mixtes et piano), Les heures du soir, poem by Emile VerhaerenL'enfant devant la mer (4 voix de femmes, string orchestra and English horn), poem by Elise Vaute-CroixCinq chansons à 4 voix mixtes, atonal (poems by Maeterlinck, Carême, Druet, Verhaeren en LibbrechtSix chants à 2 et 3 voix (poems by Carême, Ley, Simon)Quatre "Noëls Wallons"Six chants à 2 et 3 voix for secondary schoolsEt les blés (4 voix mixtes), poem by DruetFables et chansonnettes pour jeunes (text by Ki Wist alias Jacques Henriquez)Poésies d'enfants (4 voix mixtes), atonalLieder (voice and piano)
La lune blanche, poem by VerlaineSpleen, poem by Marguerite DenéeChanson triste, poem by J.M.DeronchèneIntimité, poem by Denise Malray-TicxJ'ai perdu ma peine, poem by Simone SimonPrière, poem Suzette BodardAix-en-Provence, poem by Georges Jean BartelInstants, poem by Denise Malray-TicxHommes de tous pays, poem by Laure RollandLe démon des orages, poem by Jean-Louis VanhamPartage, poem by Vanham (atonal)Ciel gris, ciel noir, poem by Maurice CarêmeTestament, poem by Lisa ChasteletLe petit âne gris, poem by Louis Lecomte (atonal)Le petit frère, text by Madeleine LeyLes parfums roux, poemby Vanham (atonal)Dis-moi qui c'est, poem by Ki Wist, alias Jacques HenriquezChant de Noël, from Les chansons et les heures de Marie-Noël21 morceaux de solfège à 5 clés (voice and piano)Harmony and fanfare
Auprès de toi - aria for fanfareEntracte commémoratif - Marche de concert for fanfarePoème pastoral, (arr. for harmony and solo horn)Prélude en rondo voor fanfarePavane pour le teddy - fantasy for fanfare of harmonyPour un anniversaire - Marche de concert for fanfare and harmonyMenuetto allegretto for fanfare and harmonyDanse des villageois - uittreksel from ballet "Le reflet dans la Meuse" for harmony and fanfareSaxophone alto and piano (Ed. Buyst, Bruxelles)Two soli: Parfum d'une rose and AtlanticJennyPseudonym: Jean Morivaut
Toute belle, piano and accordionBelle promenade, piano and accordionSans souciSimple histoire, Fox trottComprendras-tu, slow fox