Jacques Ibert
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.
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.
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Mozart: Piano Sonata No. 11 in A Major, Op. 6 No. 2, K. 331 "Alla turca": III. Allegretto. Turkish March - Impressions of Orient -
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Lully: Le bourgeois gentilhomme, LWV 43, Act 4: Marche pour la cérémonie des Turcs - Impressions of Orient -
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Satie: Parade: Prestidigitateur chinois - Impressions of Orient -
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Rameau: Zoroastre, Act 1: Air tendre en rondeau - Impressions of Orient -
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Purcell: Abdelazer, Z. 570: II. Rondeau - Impressions of Orient -
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Bartók: Mikrokosmos, Sz. 107, Book II: No. 58, In Oriental Style - Impressions of Orient -
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Ravel: Shéhérazade, M. 17: II. La flûte enchantée - Impressions of Orient -
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Glazunov: Suite from Raymonda, Op. 57a: XIV. Entrée des Sarrasins - Impressions of Orient -
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Prokofiev: Cinderella, Op. 87, Act 3: No. 43, Oriental Dance - Impressions of Orient -
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Beethoven: Die Ruinen von Athen, Op. 113: Turkish March - Impressions of Orient -
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Jaubert: Chants sahariens "5 Poèmes touaregs": No. 2, La nuit passée - Impressions of Orient -
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Woodforde-Finden: 4 Indian Love Lyrics: No. 3, Kashmiri Love Song (Arr. Hough for Piano) - Impressions of Orient -
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Szymanowski: Love Songs of Hafiz, Op. 26: No. 4, Pearls of My Soul - Impressions of Orient -
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Ferroud: 3 Pièces pour flûte: No. 2, Jade - Impressions of Orient -
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Brahms: 15 Neue Liebeslieder, Op. 65: No. 2, Finstere Schatten der Nacht - Impressions of Orient -
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Delage: 4 Poèmes hindous: No. 4, Jaipur. Stance de Bhartrihari - Impressions of Orient -
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Ketèlbey: In a Persian Market - Impressions of Orient -
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Debussy: Estampes, CD 108, L. 100: No. 1, Pagodes - Impressions of Orient -
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Cuando el rey Nimrod - Impressions of Orient -
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Tchaikovsky: The Nutcracker, Op. 71, Act 2: No. 12b, Divertissement. Coffee, Arabian Dance - Impressions of Orient -
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Bizet: Adieux de l'hôtesse arabe, WD 72 - Impressions of Orient -
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Puccini: Turandot, Act 1: "Notte senza lumicino" (Coro, Calaf, Pong, Pang, Ping, Timur) - Impressions of Orient -
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Stravinsky: Le Chant du rossignol: II. Marche chinoise - Impressions of Orient -
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Grieg: Suite No. 2 from Peer Gynt, Op. 55: II. Arabian Dance - Impressions of Orient -
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Lehár: Das Land des Lächelns, Act 2: Tanzlied. "Im Salon zur blau'n Pagode" - Impressions of Orient -
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Chopin: Mazurka No. 47 in A Minor, Op. Posth. 68 No. 2 - Impressions of Orient -
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Roussel: 2 Poèmes chinois, Op. 12: No. 1, Ode à un jeune gentilhomme - Impressions of Orient -
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Verdi: Aida, Act 1: "Immenso Fthà" - "Mortal, diletto ai numi" (Ramfis, Coro) - Impressions of Orient -
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Kreisler: Tambourin chinois, Op. 3 - Impressions of Orient -
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Delius: Hassan, Act 1: Serenade (Arr. Tertis for Violin & Piano) - Impressions of Orient -
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Britten: Songs from the Chinese, Op. 58: No. 3, The Autumn Wind - Impressions of Orient -
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Delibes: Lakmé, Act 1: Duo des fleurs. "Viens, Mallika" (Lakmé, Mallika) - Impressions of Orient -
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Holst: Beni Mora, Oriental Suite, Op. 29 No. 1: II. Second Dance - Impressions of Orient -
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Seydelmann: Il Turco in Italia, Act 1: "Girate quel guardo" (Selim) - Impressions of Orient -
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Poemes chinois pour choeur mixte et piano: Larmes de la déesse du Siang - Tu Mu - Impressions of Orient -
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Cui: Kaléidoscope, Op. 50: No. 9, Orientale - Impressions of Orient -
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Mendelssohn: 6 Gesänge, Op. 34: No. 4, Suleika, MWV K92 - Impressions of Orient -
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Schmitt: La tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50: II. Danse des perles - Impressions of Orient -
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Berlioz: La captive orientale, Op. 12, H 60f - Impressions of Orient -
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Saint-Saëns: Piano Concerto No. 5 in F Major, Op. 103 "Egyptian": III. Molto allegro - Impressions of Orient -
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Ibert: Escales: II. Tunis - Nefta - Impressions of Orient -
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Gluck: La rencontre imprévue ou les pèlerins de la Mecque, Wq. 32, Act 1: "Je suis touché des bontés de la dame" (Balkis, Ali, Osmin) - Impressions of Orient -
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Strauss II, J: Ägyptischer Marsch, Op. 335 - Impressions of Orient -
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Couperin: Quatrième livre de pièces de clavecin, Vingt-septième ordre: III. Les Chinois - Impressions of Orient -
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Rossini: L'italiana in Algeri, Act 2: "Non sei tu che il grado eletto brami aver di Pappatacci?" (Isabella, Mustafà, Coro, Lindoro, Taddeo) - Impressions of Orient -
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Granados: 12 Danzas españolas: No. 2, Oriental - Impressions of Orient -
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Sibelius: Belshazzar's Feast: No. 2b, The Jewish Girl's Song - Impressions of Orient -
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Fauré: 4 Mélodies, Op. 39: No. 4, Les roses d'Ispahan - Impressions of Orient -
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Gounod: La reine de Saba, Act 2: "Faiblesse de la race humaine" (Adoniram) - Impressions of Orient -
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Strauss, R: Gesänge des Orients, Op. 77: No. 3, Liebesgeschenke - Impressions of Orient -
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