Short bio Louis Durey
Birthday:
1888 in Paris, France
Died:
1979 in St. Tropez, France
Active:
1910s - 1970s
Genre:
Classical
Period:
Modern
Full biography Louis Durey
Louis Durey was a French composer, born in Paris on May 27, 1888, and died in Saint-Tropez, France, on July 3, 1979. He was primarily self-taught as a composer, and choral music was of significant importance in his productivity from the beginning of his career. He wrote in many different genres throughout his career , including choral, chamber, and orchestral music, but he is probably best known for his association with a group of fellow composers known as "Les Six," which also included Darius Milhaud and Francis Poulenc.
Durey's works were characterized by their clarity, simplicity, and transparency, and he often used traditional forms and structures in his compositions. Some of his most famous works include "L'Offrande Lyrique" (1914), "Trois Préludes" for piano (Op. 26), and his only opera, which he wrote while living in Saint-Tropez.
Although he was not as well-known as some of his contemporaries, Durey was a prolific composer and was highly respected in his time. He was politically active and even wrote a cantata called "La Longue Marche" to protest French and US involvement in Vietnam. Today, his music is still performed by musicians and ensembles around the world.
Compositions featuring Louis Durey
| # | Name | Duration | Genre | Year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pièces brèves (3) for solo oboe, Op. 115 | 5:18 min | Chamber Music | 1974 |
| 2 | Deux dialogues, for solo flute, Op. 114 | 6:49 min | Chamber Music | 1974 |
| 3 | Cantate de la rose et de l'amour, for voice & piano, Op. 104a | 17:38 min | Vocal Music | 1965 |
| 4 | Poèmes de Paul Eluard (3), for voice & piano, Op. 74a | 8:01 min | Vocal Music | 1952 |
| 5 | Poèmes d'Ho Chi Minh (2), for voice & piano, Op. 69 | 3:26 min | Vocal Music | 1951 |
| 6 | Une Femme du Sud Chante, for voice & piano, Op. 65 | 3:12 min | Vocal Music | 1950 |
| 7 | Grève de la Faim, for voice & piano, Op. 64 | 5:30 min | Vocal Music | 1950 |
| 8 | Poèmes de Minuit (4), for voice & piano, Op. 47 | 6:26 min | Vocal Music | 1944 |
| 9 | Sonatine for flute & piano, Op. 25 | 9:25 min | Chamber Music | 1942 |
| 10 | Stances de Jean Moréas (4), for voice & piano, Op. 45 | 6:12 min | Vocal Music | 1935 |
| 11 | Vergers, songs for voice & piano, Op. 42 | 10:20 min | Vocal Music | 1932 |
| 12 | Poèmes de Paul Valéry (3), for voice & piano, Op. 31 | 5:46 min | Vocal Music | 1921 |
| 13 | Madrigaux de Mallarmé (6), for voice & piano, Op. 22a | 6:14 min | Vocal Music | 1919 |
| 14 | Romance sans paroles, for piano, Op. 21 (From Album des Six) | 2:48 min | Keyboard | 1919 |
| 15 | Le Bestiaire for voice & piano (or 13 instruments), Op. 17a | 24:00 min | Vocal Music | 1919 |
| 16 | Chansons basques, songs for voice & piano, Op. 23 | 4:05 min | Vocal Music | 1919 |
| 17 | Chansons Basques | 3:31 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | 1919 |
| 18 | Hommage à Erik Satie, for voice & piano | 3:17 min | Vocal Music | 1918 |
| 19 | Neige, for piano, 4 hands | 5:17 min | Keyboard | - |
| 20 | Préludes (3) à la mémoire de Juliette Méérowitch, Op 26 | 9:27 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 21 | Nocturne, for piano, Op. 40 | 5:30 min | Keyboard | - |
| 22 | Offert avec un verre d'eau, for tenor & chamber ensemble | 1:13 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 23 | Lieder Romantiques (2), for voice & piano, Op. 20 | 4:00 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 24 | Polka | 0:32 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 25 | La Métempsycose, for voice & piano | 3:03 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 26 | String Quartet No. 1 | 16:12 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 27 | String Quartet No. 2 | 17:16 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 28 | Trois Poèmes de Pétrone, for voice & piano, Op. 15 | 5:53 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 29 | Work(s) for flute & piano | Chamber Music | - | |
| 30 | Eventail, for tenor & chamber ensemble | 1:08 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 31 | Attelage | 1:31 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 32 | Camarad's je suis marié, song for voice & piano | 1:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 33 | Carillons, for piano, 4 hands | 4:46 min | Keyboard | - |
| 34 | Concertino for piano & chamber ensemble | 21:29 min | Keyboard | - |
| 35 | Divertimento for oboe, clarinet & bassoon | 10:59 min | Chamber Music | - |
| 36 | Départ, for tenor & chamber ensemble | 1:02 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 37 | Elegies for voices & chamber ensemble: No. 1, Oh! j'ai lieu de louer | 4:45 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 38 | Elegies for voices & chamber ensemble: No. 2, Tu as vaincu | 2:59 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 39 | Elegies for voices & chamber ensemble: No. 3, Palmes | 4:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 40 | Epigrammes de Théocrite, for voice & piano, Op. 13 | 5:11 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 41 | Les Soirées de Valfre for wind quintet, Op 96 | Chamber Music | - | |
| 42 | Images of Crusoe, for voice & chamber ensemble, Op. 11 | 28:37 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 43 | Inscriptions sur un Oranger, for voice & piano, Op. 16 | 1:56 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 44 | Interlude for brass band | 5:33 min | Band Music | - |
| 45 | Inventions (10) for piano | 19:13 min | Keyboard | - |
| 46 | Jour de l'an, for tenor & chamber ensemble | 0:42 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 47 | La boule de neige, for voice & piano | 1:44 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 48 | La grenade, for voice & piano | 1:43 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 49 | April 1887, for tenor & chamber ensemble | 0:55 min | Vocal Music | - |
| 50 | La Prière | 1:11 min | Miscellaneous (Classical) | - |
| 51 | Le Printemps Au Fond de la Mer, for piano & chamber ensemble | 6:36 min | Concerto | - |
Albums featuring Louis Durey
| # | Сover | Name album | Year | Music label |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Tailleferre, Auric, Durey, Biliana Tzinlikova – Works for Piano(CD, Album) | 2020 | Paladino Music |
| 2 |  |
Durey Rediscovered(CD, Album) | 2017 | New Focus Recordings |
| 3 |  |
Poulenc, Françaix, Martinů, Durey, Christopher D. Lewis – 20th Century Harpsichord Music(CD, ) | 2015 | Naxos |
| 4 |  |
Jean Cocteau, Le Groupe Des Six ( Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ), Erik Satie – Le Groupe Des Six(2×CD, Compilation) | 2012 | BDClassique |
| 5 |  |
Jean Cocteau & Les Six ( Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ) – Once Upon A Time(CD, Compilation) | 2008 | Cherry Red |
| 6 |  |
Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ( "Le Groupe Des Six" ) - Peter Beijersbergen Van Henegouwen – Selected Works 1915-1945(2×CD, Album) | 2007 | LTM (4) |
| 7 |  |
Cocteau, Les Six ( Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ) Satie – Cocteau, Satie And Les Six(CD, Compilation) | 2005 | Salon Recordings |
| 8 |  |
Erik Satie, Le Groupe Des Six ( Poulenc / Milhaud / Durey / Auric / Honegger / Tailleferre ) – Cocteau Et La Musique | 2003 | Universal Licensing Music (ULM) |
| 9 |  |
Louis Durey - François Le Roux, Graham Johnson (2) – Songs By Louis Durey(CD, ) | 2002 | Hyperion |
| 10 |  |
Auric • Durey • Honegger • Milhaud • Poulenc • Tailleferre - Emily Beynon, Andrew West – L'Album Des Six(CD, ) | 2001 | Hyperion |
| 11 |  |
Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Germaine Tailleferre, Georges Auric, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Philippe Corre, Edouard Exerjean – Le Groupe Des Six(CD, Album, Stereo) | 1986 | Disques Pierre Verany |
| 12 |  |
Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ( Groupe Des Six ) - Geneviève Picavet, Bernard Picavet – Hommage Au Groupe Des Six(LP, Album) | 1984 | Auvidis |
| 13 |  |
Poulenc / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Tailleferre / Auric ( "Les Six" ) - Ruth Bent, Robert Spillman – Melodies of "Les Six"(LP, Album) | 1983 | Pantheon (7) |
| 14 |  |
Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ( Les Six ) - Maria Lagios, Elizabeth Buccheri – Songs Of Les Six(LP) | 1982 | Spectrum Records (5) |
| 15 |  |
Bonita Boyd, Kimberly Schmidt, Milhaud, Honegger, Durey, Auric, Taillererre, Poulenc – Flute Music Of "Les Six"(LP, Album) | 1981 | Stolat Records |
| 16 |  |
Bernard Commandeur ,piano Francis Poulenc, Louis Durey – Poulenc: 15 improvisations - Durey: Sonatine, Poème(LP, Stereo) | 1979 | Verseau-CANF |
| 17 |  |
Duo Flûte Et Harpe De Paris - Beethoven, Debussy, Dowland, Durey, Saint-Georges, Vinci, Ibert, Jolivet – Flûte Et Harpe(LP, Album, Stereo) | 1975 | Disques Adès |
| 18 |  |
Louis Durey, Françoise Petit – Pièces Pour Piano(LP) | 1973 | Calliope |
| 19 |  |
Auric / Durey / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre ( "Le Groupe Des Six" ) - Maurice Franck, Irène Joachim – Mélodies | 1968 | Le Chant Du Monde |
| 20 |  |
Э. Сати / А. Онеггер / Д. Мийо / Ф. Пуленк / Л. Дюрей / Ж. Орик / О. Мессиан / Д. Лесюр / А. Жоливе / Ж. Ривье / Р. Лушер / А. Соге / А. Барро / Ж. Франсе / А. Дютийе – Антология Современной Французской Музыки | 1963 | Апрелевский Завод |
| 21 |  |
Le Groupe Des Six / Jean Cocteau, Orchestre De La Société Des Concerts Du Conservatoire, Georges Tzipine – Concert Du Groupe Des Six | 1954 | Columbia |
| 22 |  |
Carole Bogard, John Moriarty, Francis Poulenc, Georges Auric, Darius Milhaud, Louis Durey, Arthur Honegger, Germaine Tailleferre – Songs by Le Groupe des Six(LP) | - | Cambridge Records |
| 23 |  |
Les Cuivres Français Grande Formation , Michel Becquet, Dukas, Tomasi, Roussel, Delerue, Jolivet, Debussy, Durey, Schmitt, Talgorn – Fanfares Françaises Du XXe Siècle(CD, Album) | - | Euromuses |
| 24 |  |
Florent Schmitt & Louis Durey – Masterworks From France(2×LP, Transcription) | - | The French Broadcasting System In North America |
| 25 |  |
Musique De Louis Durey(10", 33 ⅓ RPM, Album, Stereo) | - | Le Chant Du Monde |
| 26 |  |
Jean Cocteau, Auric / Honegger / Milhaud / Poulenc / Tailleferre / Orchestre National de l'O.R.T.F., Louis Durey, Le Quintette À Vent De Paris – Les Mariés De La Tour Eiffel - Les Soirées De Valfère Op. 96(CD, Album) | - | Disques Adès |
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