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Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (15 August 1890 – 5 February 1962) was a French composer of classical music. 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.
Jacques Ibert was a composer whose music is admired for its colourful, technically polished, and often witty neoclassical style. Ibert studied at the Paris Conservatory and in 1919 won the Prix de Rome for his cantata Le Poète et la fée (“The Poet and the Fairy”).
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During his stay at the Villa Medici, from February 1920 to May 1923 Ibert produced some of his best known works such as « La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading » and « Escales ».. In 1937 Ibert was named Director of L’Académie de France à Rome, the first musician to hold this post.
During his stay at the Villa Medici, from February 1920 to May 1923, Ibert produced some of his best known works such as "La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading" and "Escales." In 1937, Ibert was named Director of L'Académie de France à Rome, the first musician to hold this post.
David Hurwitz. Everyone needs at least one disc of Ibert’s most popular pieces. He was a fine composer, but one whose output remains less known than it. Continue Reading. Big Boxes: Well-Chosen Dutoit Decca Recordings. David Hurwitz. Charles Dutoit and his Montréal Symphony Orchestra were Decca’s late.
May 29, 2018 · The ebullient high spirits of his best-known works such as the parodistic "Divertissement," though typical of one aspect of him, have come to eclipse the darker, more complex elements in his music. For Ibert was also the composer of the somber symphonic poem "Ballade de la geôle de Reading," inspired by Oscar Wilde 's poem, and the nightmarish ...
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Ibert was a most distinguished craftsman whose music has great melodic and instrumental charm, although it rarely plumbs any great depths. The celebrated and ubiquitous Flute Concerto is now a classic avidly seized upon by flautists all over the world.
