Jacques Ibert | A Giddy Girl

Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert (1890 – 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.

Ibert pursued a successful composing career, writing (sometimes in collaboration with other composers) seven operas, five ballets, incidental music for plays and films, works for piano solo, choral works, and chamber music. He is probably best remembered for his orchestral works including Divertissement (1930) and Escales (1922).

As a composer, Ibert did not attach himself to any of the prevalent genres of music of his time, and has been described as an eclectic. This is seen even in his best-known pieces: Divertissement for small orchestra is lighthearted, even frivolous, and Escales (1922) is a ripely romantic work for large orchestra.

In tandem with his creative work, Ibert was the director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. During World War II he was proscribed by the pro-Nazi government in Paris, and for a time he went into exile in Switzerland. Restored to his former eminence in French musical life after the war, his final musical appointment was in charge of the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique.

[RonCrandall-gf]

“Histoires” (“Stories”) for piano is a suite of pieces by 20th century French composer Jacques Ibert completed in 1922 and premiered in 1923. As implied in the title, each piece is programmatic and directly tells a story. The suite is multilingual, in that the titles are variously in French, English, and Spanish. The most popular piece in the set is “Le Petit Âne Blanc”, also known as “The Little White Donkey”, and it is frequently played by young students.

[richardminnich]

Reminds me of MacDowell’s Woodland Sketches

[RonCrandall-gf]

From “Histoires” which can be found in IMSLP. Maybe we can get Sir Gamma to play a few others?

[slambb]

Who else heard Delfino Plaza in the first 2 bars

[ангел-прю]

А что темп должен быть такой? Играла её, как быструю пьесу, довольно подвижно