Short bio Andre Jolivet
Birthday:
1905 in Paris, France
Died:
1974 in Paris, France
Active:
1930s - 1970s
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Modern
Full biography Andre Jolivet
André Jolivet (1905-1974) was a French composer known for his contributions to 20th-century orchestral and chamber music. He had a deep interest in French culture and music, which was reflected in his compositions. Jolivet wrote for various instruments and ensembles, including the ondes Martenot, a rare electronic musical instrument.
Jolivet's music was noted for its sophisticated and expressive experiments with rhythm and new sonorities. He was also interested in drama and painting, and this influence can be heard in his music. Jolivet composed extensively for the stage and took up the role of musical director at the Paris Opera in 1945.
Aside from his compositions, Jolivet was also a notable teacher. He began a teaching post at the Paris Conservatoire in 1959 and founded the Centre de Formation de Musiciens Intervenants , which aimed to provide musical training for teachers.
Despite not being widely recognized during his lifetime, Jolivet's music has gained renewed interest and appreciation in recent years. His unique style and creativity, combined with his deep connection to French culture and music, have made him an important figure in 20th-century music. The André Jolivet Prize, an international competition named after him, highlights his continued influence on contemporary music.
Compositions featuring Andre Jolivet
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | La Flèch du Temps for 12 solo strings | 15:27 min | Chamber Music | 1973 |
| 2 | Yin-Yang, for 11 strings | 19:28 min | Chamber Music | 1973 |
| 3 | Une minute trente for flute & percussion (unpublished) | 1:55 min | Chamber Music | 1972 |
| 4 | Violin Concerto | 33:02 min | Concerto | 1972 |
| 5 | Patchinko, for 2 pianos | 2:01 min | Keyboard | 1970 |
| 6 | Mandala, for organ | 14:10 min | Keyboard | 1969 |
| 7 | Arioso Barocco, for trumpet & organ | 8:28 min | Chamber Music | 1968 |
| 8 | Ascèses for clarinet solo | 15:18 min | Chamber Music | 1967 |
| 9 | Ascèses for flute solo Nos 1-5 | 17:35 min | Chamber Music | 1967 |
| 10 | Cello Concerto No. 2 | 21:34 min | Concerto | 1966 |
| 11 | Suite en Concert, for cello | 15:28 min | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| 12 | Suite en Concert, for flute & percussion | 16:05 min | Chamber Music | 1965 |
| 13 | Alla rustica, divertissement for flute & harp | 6:19 min | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| 14 | Sonatine for oboe & bassoon | 7:45 min | Chamber Music | 1963 |
| 15 | Hymne à L'Univers, for organ | 13:30 min | Keyboard | 1961 |
| 16 | Les Amants magnifiques, variations on a theme of Lully for orchestra | 12:41 min | Orchestral | 1961 |
| 17 | Sonatine for flute & clarinet | 9:48 min | Chamber Music | 1961 |
| 18 | Symphony for string orchestra | 22:09 min | Symphony | 1961 |
| 19 | Adagio, for string orchestra | 8:15 min | Orchestral | 1960 |
| 20 | Sonata for flute & piano | 16:52 min | Chamber Music | 1958 |
| 21 | Pastorales de Nöel, for flute/violin, bassoon/viola/cello & harp | 8:31 min | Chamber Music | 1957 |
| 22 | Concerto for harp & chamber orchestra | 18:15 min | Concerto | 1955 |
| 23 | Concerto for Ondes Martenot & orchestra | 21:01 min | Concerto | 1955 |
| 24 | Méditation, for clarinet & piano | 2:43 min | Chamber Music | 1954 |
| 25 | Trumpet Concerto No. 2 | 12:47 min | Concerto | 1954 |
| 26 | Chant pour les piroguiers de l'orénoque, for oboe & piano | 2:30 min | Chamber Music | 1953 |
| 27 | Epithalame (3), for chorus | 19:47 min | Choral | 1953 |
| 28 | Fantaisie-Caprice for flute and piano | 2:31 min | Keyboard | 1953 |
| 29 | Fantaisie-Impromptu, for saxophone & piano | 3:49 min | Chamber Music | 1953 |
| 30 | Symphony No. 1 | 24:09 min | Symphony | 1953 |
| 31 | Jardins d'hiver, for voice & piano | 11:16 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 32 | Poèmes (3) galants, for voice & piano | 6:15 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 33 | Concerto for flute & string orchestra | 13:02 min | Concerto | 1949 |
| 34 | Concertino for trumpet & string orchestra | 9:56 min | Chamber Music | 1948 |
| 35 | Concertino for trumpet, strings & piano | 9:44 min | Concerto | 1948 |
| 36 | Hymne à Saint André, for soprano & organ | Vocal Music | 1947 | |
| 37 | Petite Suite, for string quartet, double bass, piano & percussion | 8:36 min | Chamber Music | 1947 |
| 38 | Piano Sonata No. 1 | 22:18 min | Keyboard | 1945 |
| 39 | Serenade for oboe & piano (or wind quintet) | 16:29 min | Chamber Music | 1945 |
| 40 | Chant de Linos for flute & piano | 11:03 min | Chamber Music | 1944 |
| 41 | Etude sur des Modes antiques, for piano | 3:16 min | Keyboard | 1944 |
| 42 | Nocturne, for cello & piano | 10:09 min | Chamber Music | 1944 |
| 43 | Poèmes intimes, for voice & piano | 13:27 min | Vocal Music | 1944 |
| 44 | Chansons (3) de Ménestrel, for voice & piano | 8:52 min | Vocal Music | 1943 |
| 45 | Interludes (5), for organ | 8:15 min | Keyboard | 1943 |
| 46 | Suite liturgique | 19:47 min | Chamber Music | 1942 |
| 47 | Ballet des Étoiles | Ballet | 1941 | |
| 48 | Les trois complaintes du soldat vaincvu, for voice & orchestra | 16:51 min | Vocal Music | 1941 |
| 49 | Petite Suite for flute, viola and harp | 12:07 min | Chamber Music | 1941 |
| 50 | Cosmogonie (prelude for piano) | 9:33 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
| 51 | Ouverture en Rondeau, for 4 ondes martenot, piano & percussion | 3:19 min | Keyboard | 1938 |
| 52 | Incantation ("Pour que l'image devienne symbole") for flute solo | 3:12 min | Chamber Music | 1937 |
| 53 | Incantation (''Pour que l'image devienne symbole')', for solo violin | 3:34 min | Chamber Music | 1937 |
| 54 | Jeu du camp fou, for voice & piano | 3:29 min | Vocal Music | 1937 |
| 55 | Poèmes pour l'enfant for voice and chamber ensemble | 25:12 min | Vocal Music | 1937 |
| 56 | Incantations (5) for flute | 19:27 min | Chamber Music | 1936 |
| 57 | Andante, for string orchestra | 8:12 min | Orchestral | 1935 |
| 58 | Chant d'oppression, for viola & piano | 5:16 min | Chamber Music | 1935 |
| 59 | El viejo camello, for piano | 1:40 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 60 | Fom Bom Bo, for piano | 1:19 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 61 | Le Chant des regrets, for 2 voices & piano | 3:35 min | Vocal Music | 1935 |
| 62 | Madia, for piano | 0:57 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 63 | Mana, for piano | 12:28 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 64 | Poems (3), for Ondes Martenot & piano | 16:07 min | Chamber Music | 1935 |
| 65 | Prélude apocalyptique for organ | 14:20 min | Keyboard | 1935 |
| 66 | Romantiques (3), for voice & piano | 12:38 min | Vocal Music | 1935 |
| 67 | Algeria, tango for piano | 2:22 min | Keyboard | 1934 |
| 68 | Danses pour Zizou, for piano | 1:04 min | Keyboard | 1934 |
| 69 | Sidi Ya Ya, for piano | 6:54 min | Keyboard | 1934 |
| 70 | Aubade, for violin & piano | 6:00 min | Chamber Music | 1932 |
| 71 | Choral & Fugato, for piano, 4 hands | 11:09 min | Keyboard | 1932 |
| 72 | Sonata for violin & piano | 19:14 min | Chamber Music | 1932 |
| 73 | Mélodies (4) sur des poésies anciennes, for voice & piano | 8:04 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 74 | Prière des treize hommes dans la mine, for 2 voices & piano | 3:08 min | Vocal Music | 1931 |
| 75 | Air pour bercer, for violin & piano | 4:15 min | Chamber Music | 1930 |
| 76 | Deux Mouvements, for piano | 16:00 min | Keyboard | 1930 |
| 77 | Grave et Gigue, for violin & piano | 3:59 min | Chamber Music | 1930 |
| 78 | La Mule de Lord Bolingbroke, for voice & piano | 2:23 min | Vocal Music | 1930 |
| 79 | Rondel ("Au retour de dure prison"), for voice & piano | 1:56 min | Vocal Music | 1929 |
| 80 | Chewing-gum, for 2 voices & piano | 1:45 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 81 | Faux Rayon, for voice & piano | 1:38 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 82 | Poems (2) of Francis Jammes, for voice & piano | 4:44 min | Vocal Music | 1928 |
| 83 | Tango, for piano | 3:14 min | Keyboard | 1927 |
| 84 | Sarabande sur le nom d'Erik Satie, for piano | 4:01 min | Keyboard | 1925 |
| 85 | Romance barbare, for piano | 3:41 min | Keyboard | 1920 |
| 86 | Air de Bravoure for trumpet & piano | 1:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 87 | Berceuse dans un hamac, for piano | 1:45 min | Keyboard | - |
| 88 | Cabrioles for flute & piano | 1:19 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 89 | Cello Concerto No. 1 | 22:40 min | Concerto | - |
| 90 | Chansons Naïves (6) for piano | 10:27 min | Keyboard | - |
| 91 | Concert Etudes for guitar | 7:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 92 | Concerto for bassoon, string orchestra, harp & piano | 14:28 min | Concerto | - |
| 93 | Controversia, for oboe & harp | 10:37 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 94 | Danses Rituelles (5) for orchestra (or piano) | 26:19 min | Orchestral | - |
| 95 | Deuxième Sonate | 18:44 min | Keyboard | - |
| 96 | Fanfare "Narcisse" | 2:39 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 97 | Fanfares for Britannicus | 12:09 min | Orchestral | - |
| 98 | Heptade for trumpet & percussion | 17:16 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 99 | Hopi Snake Dance, for 2 pianos | 8:11 min | Keyboard | - |
| 100 | Incantation for flute No. 1, "to welcome the negotiators..." | 5:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 101 | Incantation for flute No. 2, "in order that the child to be born be a boy" | 3:25 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 102 | Incantation for flute No. 3, "in order that the harvest..." | 9:08 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 103 | Incantation for flute No. 4, "Pour une communion sereine de l'être avec le monde" | 4:28 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 104 | Incantation for flute No. 5, "at the chief's funeral to obtain safe passage for his soul" | 5:18 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 105 | Madrigal, for small ensemble & chorus | 13:32 min | Choral | - |
| 106 | Mass for the Day of Peace | 25:54 min | Choral | - |
| 107 | Missa Uxor Tua, for small ensemble & chorus | 25:10 min | Choral | - |
| 108 | Piano Concerto | 23:11 min | Concerto | - |
| 109 | Pipeaubec for flute & percussion | 2:38 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 110 | Pièces Pédagogiques (3), for piano | 4:18 min | Keyboard | - |
| 111 | Pour que l'image devienne symbole, for solo flute | 3:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 112 | Rapsodie à 7 for winds, strings & percussion | 20:21 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 113 | Ritual Dances (5) for orchestra/piano: No. 1, Danse initiatique | 8:09 min | Keyboard | - |
| 114 | Ritual Dances (5) for orchestra/piano: No. 2, Danse du héros | 4:05 min | Keyboard | - |
| 115 | Ritual Dances (5) for orchestra/piano: No. 3, Danse nuptiale | 5:05 min | Keyboard | - |
| 116 | Ritual Dances (5) for orchestra/piano: No. 4, Danse du rapt | 2:16 min | Keyboard | - |
| 117 | Ritual Dances (5) for orchestra/piano: No. 5, Danse funéraire | 8:01 min | Keyboard | - |
| 118 | Serenade for 2 guitars | 12:15 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 119 | Suite Delphique | Chamber Music | - | |
| 120 | Suite for string trio | Chamber Music | - | |
| 121 | Suite Rhapsodique for violin solo | 18:01 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 122 | Symphony No. 3 | 25:29 min | Symphony | - |
| 123 | Temps (3) for piano | 7:55 min | Keyboard | - |
| 124 | Tombeau de Robert de Visée | 14:02 min | Chamber Music | - |
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