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- Divertissement is the French equivalent of “diversion,” in the sense of amusement or entertainment; this title Ibert gave to the concert suite he drew from his incidental music to a 1929 production of one of the greatest French farces, The Italian Straw Hat, by Eugène Labiche (1815-1858).
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Divertissement is a 1930 reworking of incidental music that Ibert had composed the year before for a well-known theatrical farce, The Italian Straw Hat, from 1851 by the nineteenth-century dramatists, Labiche and Marc-Michel. While perhaps obscure to most Americans today, the play has an important place in the genre.
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Divertissement is the French equivalent of “diversion,” in the sense of amusement or entertainment; this title Ibert gave to the concert suite he drew from his incidental music to a 1929 production of one of the greatest French farces, The Italian Straw Hat, by Eugène Labiche (1815-1858).
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Year: 1930 / 2013 Duration: c. 15:00 Difficulty: VII (see Ratings for explanation) Original Medium: Chamber Orchestra Publisher: Sound Studio Publications Cost:Score and Parts - $150.00 USD | Score Only - $60.00 USD
1. Introduction - 1:10 2. Cortége - 5:10 3. Nocturne - 2:50 4. Valse - 3:35 5. Parade 2:00 6. Finale - 2:00
Full Score Piccolo Flute I-II Oboe I-II English Horn Bassoon I-II E-flat Soprano Clarinet B-flat Soprano Clarinet I-II-III B-flat Bass Clarinet E-flat Contra Alto Clarinet B-flat Contrabass Clarinet E-flat Alto Saxophone I-II B-flat Tenor Saxophone E-flat Baritone Saxophone B-flat Cornet I-II-III B-flat Trumpet I-II Horn in F I-II-III-IV Trombone I...
French composer Jacques François Antoine Ibert (August 15, 1890 - February 5, 1962) studied music from an early age. While a student at the Paris Conservatoire he won its top prize, and also won the Prix de Rome on his first attempt, despite having his studies interrupted by his service in World War I. Ibert pursued a long and successful composing ...
To submit a performance please join The Wind Repertory Project 1. University of Cincinnati (Ohio) College-Conservatory of Music Chamber Players (Terrence Milligan, conductor) – 15 April 2018
The term is also applied to a suite of dances unconnected by a story. Ibert's Divertissement is an orch. work derived from mus. for the film The Italian Straw Hat.
few or the timing off by a moment and it falls flat. The Divertissement (1930) by Jacques Ibert (1890–1962), for example, gives the impression of ease and facility, but it is masterfully crafted. Composed in 1929 as incidental music for a production of the comic play The Italian Straw Hat, the music was reconceived as a concert
Divertissement (Ibert, Jacques) This work has been identified as being in the public domain in Canada, as well as countries where the copyright term is life+50 years. However, this work is probably still protected by copyright in the United States, as well as in countries where the copyright term is life+70 years (including all EU countries ...
As a composer, Ibert was often described as an eclectic and "Divertissement" certainly embodies this moniker, with its tongue-in-cheek approach to the music - embodying jazz age, vaudevillian and comic sensibilities among the serious composition and orchestration for the small chamber ensemble which appeared on stage.
