Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Jean Françaix
wrote in an accessible, attractive style that often led listeners and
commentators to ignore the depth and originality present in much of his
music. His father was the director of the Le Mans Conservatory. His
mother was a teacher and choir director on its staff. He began to study
piano when he was four. Before he was ten he had music lessons from
Isidor Philipp (piano) and Nadia Boulanger (harmony, counterpoint,
composition). He published a composition at the age of ten, Pour
Jacqueline, a piano suite dedicated to his baby cousin. In 1930 he won
first prize in piano at the Paris Conservatory. Pierre Monteux
premiered his Symphony in 1932. In the same year he wrote his
Concertino for Piano & Orchestra. The premiere of the work in 1934
made Françaix's reputation. He quickly came into demand. Ballets Russes
de Monte Carlo commissioned a ballet, Scuola di ballo (Dance School),
choreographed by Léonide Massine, based on themes of Boccherini.
Another ballet, Le Roi nu (The Naked King or The Emperor's New
Clothes), was premiered by the Paris Opera in 1935. He wrote a piano
concerto in 1936 and played it on his first American trip, in 1938. He
toured often with cellist Maurice Gendron, the Trio Pasquier, and
later, with his daughter Claude as a piano duo partner. Françaix was
also known for his orchestrations of works by Chopin, Schubert,
Chabrier, and Mozart. Poulenc requested that Françaix orchestrate
L'histoire de Babar for him. Françaix transcribed many of his own works
for the Mainz Wind Ensemble. The light, witty character of Françaix's
music has caused some to dismiss it as frivolous. Others have decried
the fact that his style remained static throughout his life. In
reality, he had found all he needed and achieved his mature voice
immediately. His orchestrations are always clear and sparkling, his
forms precise and neo-Classical, his emotions reserved. Françaix had
little use for the Romantic esthetic of the composer pouring his inner
soul into the music. In this, he was primarily influenced by Ravel.
However, he sometimes wrote works of great depth. His masterwork among
this sort of composition is L'Apocalypse de St Jean,
written in 1939, the year World War II began. The work is mystical,
even ecstatic, with plain flowing melodies reminiscent of old chant.- Joseph Stevenson/All Music
COMPOSITIONS Françaix Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
For a full chronological works list, see here
WORKS BY GENRE Françaix Links ~ top of page ~
Dramatic/Theater
Le diable boiteux, chamber opera in 1 act (1937; fp. 1938/1949) [libretto: after A,-R. Lesage]
L'apostrophe, comedie musicale in 1 act (1940; fp 1951) [libretto: after H. de Balzac]
La main de gloire, opera bouffe in 4 acts (1945; fp 1951) [libretto: after G. de Nerval]
Paris, à nous deux!, ou Le nouveau Rastignac, fantaisie lyrique in 2 acts (1954) [libretto: P. Kast and Françaix]
La princesse de Clèves, opera in 4 acts (1965) [libretto: Françaix and M. Lanjean, after Mme de Lafayette]
Ballet
Beach, ballet (1933) [L. Massine, after R, Kerdik]
Les malheurs de Sophie, ballet (1935) [1933?] [G. Flevitsky, after Comtesse de Segur]
Scuola di ballo, ballet (1933) [Massine, after C. Goldon; from Boccherini]
Le Roi nu, ballet (1935) [S. Lifar, after H.C. Andersen]
Le jeu sentimental, ballet (1936)
La lutherie enchantée, ballet (1936) [S. Korry]
Le jugement d'un fou, ballet (1938) [Françaix, after F. Rabelais]
Verreries de Venise, ballet (1938) [A. Fauchier-Magnan]
Les Demoiselles de la nuit, ballet (1948) [J. Anouilh]
Die Kamelien (Les Camélias), ballet (1950) [choreog, S. Korry]
A la Françaix, ballet (1951)
Le Roi Midas, ballet (1952) [J. Davril, after Ovid]
La dame dans la lune, ballet (1957) choreography by R. Petit]
Adages et Varations, ballet (1965)
Le Croupier amoureux, ballet (1967) [Bastide]
Pierrot ou les secrets de la nuit, ballet (1980) [M. Tournier]
Orchestra
Serenade, chamber orchestra (1934)
Les bosquets de Cythère (7 waltzes), orchestra (1946)
La douce France, orchestra (1946)
L'Heure du Berger, orchestra (1947)
Symphonie d'archets, orchestra (1948)
Les zigues de Mars, orchestra (1950) [Petit ballet militaire à la mémoire de Courteline]
Si Versailles m'était conté, suite, orchestra (1953) [from film score]
Symphonie, G major, orchestra (1953)
Serenade B E A, string orchestra (1955)
Au musée Grévin, orchestra (1956) [from the film "Musée Grévin", 1958]
Hymne solennel, orchestra (1956) [from collaborative work "Variations sur le nom de Marguerite Long"]
Six grandes marches dans le style du Premier Empire, orchestra (or piano) (1957) [from film score "Napoléon", 1954]
Ode sur la naissance de Vénus, string orchestra (1960)
Le dialogue des carmélites, suite, orchestra (1960) [from film score]
Six preludi (Six préludes), string orchestra (1963)
Les Inestimables Chroniques du bon géant Gargantua, speaker and string orchestra (1971) [text: F. Rabelais]
Thème et variations, orchestra (1971)
Quinze portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir, piano 4-hands (1971) [also for orchestra]
La ville mystérieuse, orchestra (1973) ["fantaisie pour grand orchestre d'après une nouvelle de Jules Verne"]
Cassazione, 3 orchestras (1975)
Concerto grosso, wind quintet, string quintet and orchestra (1976)
Ouverture anacréontique, orchestra (1978)
Psyché, speaker and orchestra (1981) [text: La Fontaine]
Ode à la Liberté, orchestra (1985)
Pavane pour un génie vivant, orchestra (1987)
Quatre-vingt cinq mesures et un Da Capo, orchestra (1991)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Piano Concertino, piano and orchestra (1932)
Fantaisie, cello and orchestra (1935)
Divertissement, string trio [violin, viola, cello] and orchestra (1935)
Suite, violin and orchestra (1934)
Quadruple Concerto, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon and orchestra (1935)
Piano Concerto (1936)
Musique de cour, flute, violin and orchestra (or piano) (1937)
Divertissement, bassoon and string orchestra (or string quintet) (1942)
Rhapsodie, viola and chamber orchestra (1946)
Variations de concert, cello and string orchestra (1950)
Concerto, harpsichord and ensemble (1959)
Divertimento, horn and orchestra (1959)
L'horloge de flore, oboe and orchestra (1959)
Concerto for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1965)
Flute Concerto (1966)
Clarinet Concerto (1967)
Jeu poétique en six mouvements, harp and orchestra (1970)
Violin Concerto No. 1 (1970)
Double Bass Concerto (1974)
Impromptu, flute and string orchestra (1974)
Le gay Paris (Le gai Paris), trumpet and winds [fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, bsn, dbl bsn, 2 hn] (1974)
Divertimento, flute and chamber orchestra (1974)
Chaconne, harp and 11 string (1976)
Variations sur un thème plaisant, piano and winds [2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn] (1976)
Double Harp Concerto, 2 harps and 11 strings (1978)
Tema con variazioni, clarinet and orchestra (1978)
Bassoon Concerto (1979)
Violin Concerto No. 2 (1979)
Mozart New-Look, petite fantaisie sur la Sérénade de Don Giovanni, dbl bass & winds [2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn] (1981)
Guitar Concerto, guitar and 11 strings (1982)
Trombone Concerto (1983)
Concerto for 15 Solo Instruments and Orchestra (1988)
Double Concerto for Flute, Clarinet and Orchestra (1991)
Accordian Concerto (1993)
Chorus w/Orchestra
Cinq chansons pour les enfants, 2-part children's chorus and orchestra (or piano) (1932) [text: Françaix]
L'apocalypse selon St-Jean, oratoria, 4 soloists, chorus and 2 orchestra (1939)
Choral
Cinq chansons pour les enfants, 2-part children's chorus and orchestra (or piano) (1932) [text: Françaix]
Trois épigrammes, SATB and string quintet (or string orch) (1938) [also arr. for soprano (or tenor) and piano]
- A une demoiselle malade [text: Clement Marot]
- Levez ces couvre-chefs [text: Charles d'Orleans]
- Belaude, mon petit chat gris [text: Joachin du Bellay]
Juvenalia, scènes de la Rome antique, 4 solo voices (or chorus) and pf 4-hands (1947) [text: Françaix, after Juvenal: Satires]
Ode à la gastronomie, chorus (1953) [text: Françaix, after "La physiologie du goût", by Brillat-Savarin]
Le coq et Le renard, male voices [TB or TTBB] and piano (1963) [also for soprano (or tenor) and piano) [text: La Fontaine]
La grenouille qui veut se faire aussi grosse que Ie boeuf, soprano, tenor, male chorus and piano (1965) [text: La Fontaine]
La promenade à Versailles, 2 tenors, baritone, bass and string orchestra (1976) [text: La Fontaine]
Trois poëmes, chorus (1982) [text: P. Valéry]
- Aurore
- Cantique des colonnes
- Le sylphe
Chamber
Huit bagatelles, string quartet and piano (1932) [pub. 1980?; ms. autogr. daté et signé à la fin: Le Beausset, 27 VII 80]
Divertissement, violin, viola, cello and piano (1933) [string trio, wind, hp, db???]
Septett, flute, oboe, bassoon, 2 violins, cello and piano (1933)
Quatuor à vents (Quartet for Winds), flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1933)
String Trio (Trio à cordes) (1933)
Quintet [No. 1], flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1934)
Petit quatuor, saxophone quartet (1935)
- Petit quatuor, 2 clarinets, basset horn and bass clarinet (1935/1992) [from original for sax quartet]
Musique de cour, flute, violin and orchestra (or piano) (1937)
Quatuor à cordes (String Quartet) (1938) [1934?]
Suite from "L'apocalypse selon St. Jean", 2 trumpets and organ [arr. 1994, from 1939 choral work by Jürgen Essl]
L'heure du berger, flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and piano (1947)
Divertissement, oboe, clarinet and bassoon (or string trio) (1947)
Wind Quintet [No. 1] (1948)
Les vacances (6 pieces), 2 violins, cello and piano (1953)
- Le départ
- Les devoirs de vacances
- L'invité de marque
- La petite camarade
- La promenade en voiture
- Faites de beaux rêves
Huit danses exotiques, 2 pianos (1957) [arr. for winds, 1981]
Scuola di celli (10 pieces), 10 cellos (1960)
Le coq et Le renard, male voices [TB or TTBB] and pf (1963) [or soprano (or tenor) & pf; or 4 bassoons]
Quartet, English horn, violin, viola and cello (1970)
Sept danses, 10 winds (1971) [from ballet "Les malheurs de Sophie"]
Trio, flute, cello and harp (1971)
Octuor (Octet), clarinet, bassoon, horn, string quartet and double bass (1972)
Neuf pièces caractéristiques, 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets, 2 bassoons and 2 horns (1973)
Aubade, 12 cellos (1974)
Quintet, clarinet and string quartet (1977)
Sept impromptus, flute and bassoon (1977)
Quasi improvisando, 11 winds [picc, fl, 2 ob, cl, bass cl, bsn, contrabsn, 2 hn and tpt] (1978) "Quasi improvvisando"]
Petite valse européenne, tuba and double wind quintet (1979)
Les petits Paganini, solo violin and 4 violins (1979)
Huit bagatelles, string quartet and piano (1980) - see "1932"; see also here
Marche triomphale, 4 trumpets and organ (1980)
Onze variations sur un thème de Haydn, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn, tpt and double bass (1982)
Divertissement, 2 guitars (1982)
Hommage à l'ami Papageno, fantaisie sur les thèmes favoris de "La flûte enchantée" de W.A. Mozart, piano & 10 winds (1984)
Musique pour faire plaisir, 2 fl, 2 ob, 2 cl, 2 bsn, 2 hn (1984) [based on music of Poulenc]
Trio, violon, cello and piano (1986)
Dixtuor, wind quintet and string quintet (1987)
Noël nouvelet et Il est né, le divin fnfant (2 improvisations), 12 cellos (1987)
Wind Quintet No. 2 (1987)
Pavane pour un génie vivant, orchestra (1987) ["À la mémoire de Maurice Ravel"]
Quintet, recorder, 2 violins, cello and harpsichord (1988)
Le colloque des deux perruches, flute and alto flute (1989)
Quintet No. 2, flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1989)
Notturno e Divertimento, 4 horns (1987/90)
Elégie, pour commèmorer le Bicentenaire de la mort de W.A. Mozart, fl, alto fl, ob, EH, basset hn, bs cl, bsn, cntr bsn, 2 hn (1990)
Trio, clarinet, viola and piano (1990)
Suite pour quatuor de saxophones, saxophone quartet (1990)
Sixtuor pour instruments à vent (Sextet for Winds), fl, ob, cl, bass cl, bsn and hn (1991)
Pour remercier l'auditoire, flute, clarinet, horn, violin, cello and piano (1994)
Trio, oboe, bassoon and piano (1994)
Quatuor, clarinet,basset horn, bass clarinet and piano (1994)
Trio, flute, cello and piano (1995)
Nonetto, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass (1995) [based on Mozart's Quintet, K. 452]
Célestes Schubertiades, Fantaisie sur des thèmes de Schubert, 2 fl/picc, ob, EH, 2 cl/bass cl, 2 bsn/cntr bsn, 2 hn (1996)
Instrument and Piano/or Harp or Guitar
Sonatine, violin and piano (1934)
Sérénade, cello and piano (1934)
Mouvement perpétuel, cello and piano (1944)
Nocturne, cello and piano (1951)
Sonatine, trumpet and piano (1952, withdrawn) [withdrawn and revised, 1975, as "Prélude, sarabande et gigue"]
Canon à l'octave, horn and piano (1953)
Divertimento, flute and piano (1953)
Berceuse, cello and piano (1953) [adapted from opera "L'apostrophe", 1940, by Maurice Gendron]
Rondino staccato, cello and piano (1953) [adapted from opera "Le diable boiteux", 1937, by Maurice Gendron]
Cinq danses exotiques, alto sax and piano (1961)
Cinque piccoli duetti, flute and harp (1975)
Prélude, sarabande et gigue, trumpet and piano (or orchestra) (1975) [revision of "Sonatine", tpt & pf, 1952]
Sonate, recorder (or flute) and guitar (1984)
Sonate, flute and piano (1996)
Solo Instrument
Prélude, A minor, guitar (1956)
Suite, flute (1962)
Thème varié, double bass (1976)
Suite, harp (1978)
Passacaille, guitar (1974)
Serenata, guitar (1978)
Tema con 8 variazioni, violin (1980)
Deux pièces, bassoon and piano (1996)
Piano/Harpsichord/Organ
Scherzo, piano (1932)
Scuola di ballo, ballet (1933) [arr. 1966 for 2 pianos]
Cinq portraits de jenes filles, piano (1936)
- La capricieuse
- La tendre
- La pretentieux
- La pensive
- La moderne
Eloge de la danse: six épigraphes de Paul Valéry, piano (1947)
L'insectarium (6 pieces), harpsichord (1953)
- La scolopendre
- La coccinelle
- L'argyronète
- Les talitres
- Le scarabée
- Les fourmis
Si Versailles m'était conté, suite, piano (or piano 4-hands) (1953) [from film score]
Marche solennelle (Marche du Sacre), organ (1956)
Six grandes marches dans le style du Premier Empire, orchestra (or piano) (1957) [from film score "Napoléon", 1954]
- March française
- March autrichienne
- Marche polonaise. Marche du sacre
- Marche russe
- Marche européenne
Huit danses exotiques, 2 pianos (1957) [arr. for winds, 1981]
- Pambiche
- Baiao
- Nube Gris
- Merengue
- Mambo
- Samba Lento
- Malambeando
- Rock'n'Roll
Danse des trois arlequins, piano (1958)
Piano Sonata (1960)
Suite carmélite (6 pieces), organ (1960)
- Sœur Blanche
- Mère Marie de l'Incarnation
- Sœur Anne de la Croix
- Sœur Constance
- Sœur Mathilde
- Mère Marie de Saint-Augustin
Cinq 'bis' (Five Encores), piano (1965)
- Pour allécher l'auditoire
- Pour les dames sentimentales
- En cas de succès
- En cas de triomphe
- En cas de délire
Quinze portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir, piano 4-hands (1971) [also for orchestra]
- Le bébé à la cuiller
- Jeune Bretonne
- Adolescente se peignant
- Fillette lisant
- Les deux sœurs
- Au Jardin du Luxembourg
- Fillette au chapeau bleu
- Fillette à la gerbe
- Mademoiselle Cahen d'Anvers
- La petite pêcheuse
- Mademoiselle Grimprel au ruban bleu
- Au piano
- Fillette à plume rose
- Les enfants de Madame Charpentier
- Le petit collégien
Zehn Stücke für Kinder zum Spielen und Träumen (De la musique avant toute chose) (10 children's pieces), piano (1975)
- Das Neugeborene (Le nouveau-ne)
- Das Baby (Le bébé)
- Die Zwillinge (Les jumeaux)
- Das verlorengegangene Kind (L'enfant égaré)
- Das brave Kind (L'enfant sage)
- Das verträumte Kind (L'enfant réveur)
- Das unbefangene Kind (l'ingénue)
- Soldat spielen (Le petit soldat)
- Die kleine Tänzerin (Le petit rat)
- Brüder Lustig, oder der kleine Gernegross (Un jeune loustic, ou le mineur émancipé)
Deux pièces, harpsichord (1977)
Huit variations sur le nom de Gutenberg, piano (1982)
Trois esquisses sur les touches blanches, piano (1983) [for young pianists]
- Le chérubin provisoire
- Le rêveur
- Le diablotin libéré
Suite profane (5 pieces), organ (1984)
- Largo
- Giocoso
- Barcarolle
- Scherzando subito
- Toccata
Messe de Mariage, organ (1986)
La promenade d'un musicologue éclectique, piano (1987)
Nocturne, piano (1994)
Vocal
Trois duos, 2 sopranos and string quartet (1934) [text: Françaix, after Aristophanes]
- Les oiseaux
- Prière de Sulpicia
- Les grenouilles
Trois épigrammes, SATB and string quintet (or string orch) (1938) [also arr. for soprano (or tenor) and piano]
- A une demoiselle malade [text: Clement Marot]
- Levez ces couvre-chefs [text: Charles d'Orleans]
- Belaude, mon petit chat gris [text: Joachin du Bellay]
L'Adolescence clémentine (5 songs), baritone and piano (1941) [text: Clément Margot]
- De jan-jan
- Mon coeur est tout endormy
- D'une vieille dame fort pâle et d'un vieil gentilhomme
- Complainte
- Avant naissance
Cantate pour le tricentenaire de Maximilien de Béthune Duc de Sully, baritone, male chorus, 5 tpt, string orch & organ (1942)
Invocation à la volupté, baritone and small orchestra (1946) [text: La Fontaine]
Deux motets, voice and organ (1946) - listed in Grove; but nowhere else
Cinq poèmes, baritone and piano (1946) [text: Charles d'Orléans]
- En regardant ces belles fleurs
- Laissez-moi penser à mon aise
- Petit mercier! Petit pannier!
- Je ne vois rien qui ne m'ennuie
- Encore est vive la souris : nouvelles ont couru en France
Juvenalia, scènes de la Rome antique, 4 solo voices (or chorus) and pf 4-hands (1947) [text: Françaix, after Juvenal: Satires]
Prière du soir, voice and guitar (or piano ) (1947) [text: Agrippa d'Aubigné] [published with "Chanson"]
Chanson, voice and guitar (or piano) (1947) [text: Clément Marot] [published with "Prière du soir"]
Huit anecdotes de Chamfort, baritone and piano (1949) [text: Nicolas Chamfort]
- L'evêque d'Autun
- Les coups de pieds
- Le critique
- Le cauchemar
- Les cinq doigts
- Le magistrat Suisse
- De quelques Français
- Le chanoine recupero
Scherzo impromptu, baritone (or bass) and piano (1949) [text: L. de Vilmorin]
La cantate de Méphisto, bass voice and strings [str qt, db] (1952) [text: Valéry: Mon Faust]
Déploration de Tonton, chien fidèle, cantata, mezzo-soprano and strings [3 vln, 3 va, vc, db] (1956) [text: Georges Revon]
La chatte blanche, tenor and orchestra (or piano) (1957) [text: Madame d'Aulnoy]
La naissance du poussin, soprano and piano (1957) [text: Minou Drouet]
L'homme entre deux ages, voice, flute and string quintet (1958) [text: La Fontaine] - listed in Grove; but nowhere else
Le coq et Le renard, male voices [TB or TTBB] and piano (1963) [also for soprano (or tenor) and piano) [text: La Fontaine]
La promenade à Versailles, 2 tenors, baritone, bass and string orchestra (1975) [text: La Fontaine]
La cantate des Vieillards, tenor, baritone/bass and 11 string instruments (1978) [text: Guy de Maupassant]
- La vieille tante de Rouen
- Menuet
- Un congrès féministe
Triade de toujours (3 songs), soprano, baritone, wind quintet, string quintet and harp (1991)
- Débat du cœur et du corps de Villon [text: F. Villon
- Tircis et Amarante [text: La Fontaine]
- Vif entretien entre la dèche et l'argent [text: Aristophanes]
Neuf Historiettes, baritone, tenor saxophone and piano (1997) [text: Gédéon Tallemant des Réaux]
- Le Roi Henri, le bourgmestere et l'ane
- Le Roi Henri et le paysan
- Une antique pucelle (de carnaval)
- La femme léthargique
- Monsieur Decaze
- Madame Compain
- Le Marquis de Braguelonne
- Monsieur de la Fontaine, sa femme et l'abbesse
- Les mouches
Incidental/Film
Les perles de la couronne, film score (1937) [directed by Sacha Guitry]
Le Lit à colonnes, film score (1942) [directed by Roland Tual]
Si Versailles m'était conté, film score (1953) [directed by Sacha Guitry]
Hardouin Mansart, documentary film score (1953) [directed by Andre Gillet]
Napoléon, film score (1955) [directed by Sacha Guitry]
Si Paris nous était conté, film score (1956) [directed by Sacha Guitry]
Assassins et voleurs, film score (1957) [directed by Sacha Guitry]
Musée Grévin, film score (1958) [directed by Jacques Demy]
Les noces vénitiennes, film score (1958) [directed by Alberto Cavalcanti] [AKA: "La prima notte/Venetian Honeymoon"]
Le dialogue des carmélites, film score (1960) [directed by Philippe Agostini]
La croix et la bannière, film score (1960) [1962?] [directed by Philippe Ducrest]
XYZ, film score (1960) [directed by Philippe Lifchitz]
Lady L, film score (1965) [directed by Peter Ustinov]
Felix Vallontton - Die Filme, documentary film soundtrack (2005) [directed by Heinz Butler]
Transcriptions
Preludio et momento capriccioso, string quartet and harp (1964) [transcription of work by Carl Maria von Weber]
Cinq sonates, flute, violin, viola, cello and harp (1975) [transcriptions from piano works of Domenico Scarlatti]
Emmanuel Chabrier, Habanera (1985)
Emmanuel Chabrier, Huit pièces pittoresques (1984)
Emmanuel Chabrier, Souvenir de Munich (1960)
Frédéric Chopin, 24 Préludes op. 28 (1967)
Frédéric Chopin, Nocturne et Polonaise
Francis Poulenc, l'histoire de Babar, le petit éléphant (1962)
Franz Schubert, Six impromptus et moments musicaux (1973)
Franz Schubert, Trois Marches Militaires (1987)
Frédéric Chopin, Introduction et polonaise brillante
Frédéric Chopin, Trois Ecossaises et variations sur un air populaire allemand (1989)
Emmanuel Chabrier, Cortège burlesque (1989)
Emmanuel Chabrier, Elégie (1985)
FRANÇAIX LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
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Composer's website . . . inquire about Jean Françaix: here
Françaix @ Wikipedia
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Françaix @ CBC Music
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Publisher
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Streaming Audio
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Notes re: "Huit bagatelles"
En 1932, ses Huit Bagatelles pour un quatuor à cordes et piano furent exécutées par le quatuor Kolisch.
Mais quel était le pianiste ?
Sa première œuvre publiée s’intitule sans surprise Pour Jacqueline. En 1923, Maurice Ravel l’encourage à continuer et écrit notamment : « Parmi les dons de cet enfant, je remarque surtout le plus fécond que puisse posséder un artiste, celui de la curiosité ». À dix-huit ans, il reçoit un premier prix de piano premier nommé au Conservatoire national supérieur de Paris. Deux ans plus tard, ses Huit bagatelles remportent un triomphe au Festival international de Vienne, où il représente la jeune école française. En 1932, son Concertino pour piano et orchestre rencontre un grand succès.
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