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Jacques Ibert
Person · male · France · Paris · born 1890 · died 1962 · recording since 1949
French composer
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Also known as Jacques François Antoine Marie Ibert · 雅克·伊贝尔
Timeline
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1890s
1910s
1940s
· Debut release
Debut release: Escales / Liebestod
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1960s
1990s
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Album: Ouverture de fête / Escales / Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires
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Album: La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading / Trois Pièces de Ballet / Féérique / Chant De Folie / Suite Elisabéthaine
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Album: Great European Organs, No. 48: Gerard Brooks Plays the Organ of St. Ouen, Rouen in France
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Album: Escales / Divertissement / Symphonie marine / Bacchanale / Ouverture de fête
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2000s
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Album: Persée et Andromède / La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading / Sarabande pour Dulcinée
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2010s
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Album: Katherine Bryan Plays Flute Concertos by Christopher Rouse & Jacques Ibert
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2020s
Biography
English biography1,674 words · 13 sectionssource: wikipedia-en · licence CC BY-SA 4.0 · revision 1378460881
Biography
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.
Early years
Ibert was born in Paris. His father was a successful businessman, and his mother a talented pianist who had studied with Antoine François Marmontel and encouraged the young Ibert's musical interests. From the age of four, he began studying music, first learning the violin and then the piano from his mother, despite his father's wishes that his son would follow in his business profession. After leaving school, he earned a living as a private teacher, as an accompanist, and as a cinema pianist. He also started composing songs, sometimes under the pen name William Berty, and helped his father's business, which had suffered a financial setback. In 1910, Ibert became a student at the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Émile Pessard (harmony), André Gedalge (counterpoint) and Paul Vidal (composition). Gédalge also gave him private lessons in orchestration; Ibert's fellow-students at these private classes included Arthur Honegger and Darius Milhaud.
Ibert's musical studies were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I, in which he served as a naval officer. After the war he married Rosette Veber, daughter of the painter Jean Veber. Resuming his studies, he won the Conservatoire's top prize, the Prix de Rome at his first attempt, in 1919. The prize gave him the opportunity to pursue further musical studies in Rome. In the course of these, Ibert composed his first opera, Persée et Andromède (1921), to a libretto by his brother-in-law, the author Michel Veber, writing under the pen name "Nino".
Composer and administrator
Among Ibert's early orchestral compositions were La Ballade de la geôle de Reading, inspired by Oscar Wilde's poem, and Escales (Ports of Call), inspired by his experiences of Mediterranean ports. The first of these works was played at the Concerts Colonne in October 1922, conducted by Gabriel Pierné; the second was performed in January 1924 with Paul Paray conducting the Orchestre Lamoureux. The two works made Ibert an early reputation both at home and abroad. His publisher Alphonse Leduc commissioned two collections of piano music from him, Histoires and Les Rencontres, which enhanced his popularity. In 1927 his opéra-bouffe Angélique was produced; it was the most successful of his operas, a musical farce, displaying eclectic style and flair.
In addition to composing, Ibert was active as a conductor and in musical administration. He was a member of professional committees, and in 1937 he was appointed director of the Académie de France at the Villa Medici in Rome. Ibert, with the enthusiastic support of his wife "threw himself wholeheartedly into his administrative role and proved an excellent ambassador of French culture in Italy." He held the post until the end of 1960, except for an enforced break while France and Italy were at war during World War II.
Later years
The war years were difficult for Ibert. In 1940 the Vichy government banned his music and he retreated to Antibes, in the south of France, and later to Switzerland and the Haute-Savoie. In August 1944, he was readmitted to the musical life of the country when General de Gaulle recalled him to Paris. In 1955 Ibert was appointed administrator of the Réunion des Théâtres Lyriques Nationaux, which ran both the Paris Opera and the Opéra-Comique. After less than a year, his health obliged him to retire. Shortly afterwards he was elected to the Académie des Beaux-Arts.
Ibert died in Paris aged 71, and is buried at Passy Cemetery in the city's 16th arrondissement.
Music
Ibert refused to ally himself to any particular musical fashion or school, maintaining that "all systems are valid", a position that has caused many commentators to categorise him as "eclectic". His biographer Alexandra Laederich writes, "His music can be festive and gay … lyrical and inspired, or descriptive and evocative … often tinged with gentle humour … all the elements of his musical language bar that of harmony relate closely to the Classical tradition." The early orchestral works, such as Escales, are in "a lush Impressionist style", but Ibert is at least as well known for lighthearted, even frivolous, pieces, among which are the Divertissement for small orchestra and the Flute Concerto.
Ibert's stage works similarly embrace a wide variety of styles. His first opera, Persée et Andromède, is a concise, gently satirical piece. Angélique displays his "eclectic style and his accomplished writing of pastiche set pieces". Le roi d'Yvetot is written, in part in a simple folklike style. The opéra bouffe Gonzague is another essay in the old opera bouffe style. L'Aiglon, composed jointly with Honegger, employs commedia dell'arte characters and much musical pastiche in a style both accessible and sophisticated. For the farcical Les petites Cardinal the music is in set pieces in the manner of an operetta. By contrast Le chevalier errant, a choreographic piece incorporating chorus and two reciters, is in an epic style. Ibert's practice of collaborating with other composers extended to his works for the ballet stage. His first work composed expressly for the ballet was a waltz for L'éventail de Jeanne (1929) to which he was one of ten contributors, others of whom were Ravel and Poulenc. He was the sole composer of four further ballets between 1934 and 1954.
For the theatre and cinema, Ibert was a prolific composer of incidental music. His best-known theatre score was music for Eugène Labiche's Un chapeau de paille d'Italie, which Ibert later reworked as the suite Divertissement. Other scores ranged from music for farce to that for Shakespeare productions. His cinema scores covered a similarly broad range. He wrote the music for more than a dozen French films, and for American directors he composed a score for Orson Welles's 1948 film of Macbeth, and the Circus ballet for Gene Kelly's Invitation to the Dance in 1952.
Operas
Persée et Andromède (1921)
Angélique (1927)
Le roi d'Yvetot (1930)
Gonzague (1931)
L'Aiglon (1937, Acts 1 and 5, the rest by Arthur Honegger)
Les petites cardinal (1938, operetta, with Honegger)
Barbe-bleue (1943)
Ballets
Les amours de Jupiter, ballet (1945)
Le chevalier errant, épopée choréographique (1951)
Orchestral
La ballade de la geôle de Reading (1920)
Escales (1922)
Féerique (1924)
Valse de L'éventail de Jeanne (1927)
Divertissement for chamber orchestra (1930)
Suite symphonique Paris for chamber orchestra (1930)
Symphonie marine (1931)
Ouverture de fête (1940)
Louisville Concerto (1953)
Hommage à Mozart (1955)
Bacchanale (1956)
Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires (1957)
Bostoniana (1961; first movement of an unfinished symphony)
Concertante
Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments (1925)
Flute Concerto (1934)
Concertino da camera for Alto Saxophone and Eleven Instruments (1935–1936)
Symphonie Concertante for Oboe and String Orchestra
Chamber/Instrumental
Six pièces for harp solo (1916–1917)
Trois Pièces for organ Pièce Solennelle, Musette, Fugue (1920)
Deux mouvements for 2 flutes (or flute and oboe), clarinet and bassoon (1921)
Jeux, Sonatine for flute and piano (1923)
Le Jardinier de Samos for flute, clarinet, trumpet, violin, cello and percussion (1924)
Française for guitar (1926)
Arie (Vocalise) for flute, violin and piano (1927)
Aria for flute (or other instrument) and piano (1927, 1930)
Trois pièces brèves for wind quintet (1930)
Ariette for guitar (1935)
Cinq pièces en trio for oboe, clarinet and bassoon (1935)
Entr'acte for flute (or violin) and harp (or guitar) (1935)
Pièce for flute solo (1936)
String Quartet (1937–1942)
Capriccio pour dix instruments for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, harp, 2 violins, viola, and cello (1936–1938)
Trio for violin, cello and harp (1944)
Deux interludes for flute, violin and harpsichord (or harp) (1946)
Étude-caprice pour un Tombeau de Chopin for cello solo (1949)
Ghirlarzana for cello solo (1950)
Caprilena for violin solo (1950)
Impromptu for trumpet and piano (1950)
Carignane for bassoon and piano (1953)
Arabesque for bassoon and piano
Piano
Histoires, ten pieces for piano (1922)
Toccata (D major)
Escales (arr. for piano by the composer)
Le vent dans les ruines (En Champagne)
Les rencontres (Petite suite en forme de ballet)
Matin sur l'eau
Noel en Picardie
Petite suite en 15 images (1944)
Valse de L'éventail de Jeanne (arr. for piano by the composer)
Incidental music
Suite Élisabéthaine for Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream (1942)
Entr'acte for Pedro Ignacio Calderón's El médico de su honra (Le médecin de son honneur) (1937)
Film music
S.O.S. Foch (director, Jean Arroy), 1931
Moon Over Morocco (Julien Duvivier), 1931
Don Quichotte (Georg Wilhelm Pabst), 1932
The Two Orphans (Maurice Tourneur), 1933
Motherhood (Jean Choux), 1934
Justin de Marseille (Tourneur), 1935
Golgotha (Duvivier), 1935
Le Coupable (Raymond Bernard), 1936
Anne-Marie, 1936
The Former Mattia Pascal (L'Homme de nulle part) (Pierre Chenal), 1937
Conflict (Léonide Moguy), 1938
The Patriot (1938)
Sirocco (1938)
Angelica (1939)
Thérèse Martin (1939)
The Phantom Carriage (1939)
Heroes of the Marne (André Hugon), 1939
La Comédie du bonheur (Marcel L'Herbier), 1940
Les Petites du quai aux fleurs (Marc Allégret), 1944
Macbeth (Orson Welles), 1948
Circus (ballet for Invitation to the Dance, Gene Kelly), 1952;
Marianne of My Youth (Duvivier), 1955
Other languages
Discography & profile
Normalised profile
Percentiles are computed over every artist in the database, so a tier-3 artist can still sit in the 95th percentile on a single axis.
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 34 | 92.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 28 | 89.8th |
| Studio albums | 21 | 96.7th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 24 | 95.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 13 | 31.9th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Percentiles are computed at render time; missing values mean the artist has no data on that axis.
Discography (28 release groups · 21 studio albums)
Albums · 21
Ouverture de fête / Escales / Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires
1992 · studio album
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1Ouverture de fête15:382Escales: I. Rome - Palerme6:553Escales: II. Tunis - Netta2:494Escales: III. Valencia5:435Tropismes pour des amours imaginaires24:281993 · studio album
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Tracklist · 19 tracks · 1:09:26
1Suite élisabéthaine: I. Prélude2:152Suite élisabéthaine: II. Chasse1:063Suite élisabéthaine: III. Entreé3:054Suite élisabéthaine: IV. Chanson des Fées3:525Suite élisabéthaine: V. Dancerie3:136Suite élisabéthaine: VI. Cortège1:157Suite élisabéthaine: VII. Scherzo1:398Suite élisabéthaine: VIII. Nocturne3:039Suite élisabéthaine: IX. Finale4:1410Flute Concerto: I. Allegro4:4411Flute Concerto: II. Andante6:1212Flute Concerto: III. Allegro scherzando8:1613Suite symphonique "Paris": I. Le Métro2:2214Suite symphonique "Paris": II. Faubourgs2:3815Suite symphonique "Paris": III. La Mosqueé de Paris2:0516Suite symphonique "Paris": IV. Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne3:0917Suite symphonique "Paris": V. Le Paquebot "Île de France"2:5618Suite symphonique "Paris": VI. Parade Foraine1:3219Capriccio for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, string quartet, and harp11:501994 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:06:12
1La Ballade de la Geole de Reading: 1.Teil10:542La Ballade de la Geole de Reading: 2.Teil7:523La Ballade de la Geole de Reading: 3.Teil4:464Trois Pièces de Ballet: 1. Les Bouquetières3:425Trois Pièces de Ballet: 2. Les Créoles3:566Trois Pièces de Ballet: 3. Les Bavardes2:347Férique5:558Chant de Folie4:229Suite Elisabéthaine: 1. Prelude2:1010Suite Elisabéthaine: 2. Chasse0:5511Suite Elisabéthaine: 3. Entrée2:3812Suite Elisabéthaine: 4. Chanson des Fées3:3813Suite Elisabéthaine: 5. Dancerie3:2614Suite Elisabéthaine: 6. Cortège1:1915Suite Elisabéthaine: 7. Scherzo1:3916Suite Elisabéthaine: 8. Nocturne2:3217Suite Elisabéthaine: 9. Finale3:54Great European Organs, No. 48: Gerard Brooks Plays the Organ of St. Ouen, Rouen in France
1995 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:18:30
1Scherzo (from "Six Pièces")5:452Marche funèbre et Chant séraphique11:583Trois Pièces: Pièce solennelle6:124Trois Pièces: Musette4:175Trois Pièces: Fugue6:136Toccata and Fugue in A minor: Toccata10:477Toccata and Fugue in A minor: Fugue6:358Five Invocations: Stella Matutina ("Morning Star")5:149Five Invocations: O Clemens! O Pia! ("O Merciful and Gentle One")5:2910Five Invocations: Monstra te esse Matrem ("Shown to you to be a Mother")5:1811Five Invocations: Pulchra ut Luna ("Beautiful even as the Moon")5:1512Five Invocations: Electa ut Sol ("Chosen even as the Sun")5:27Diane de Poitiers / La Licorne
1996 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:14:21
1Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: I. Introduction2:062Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: II. Entrée des Pages3:533Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: III. Diane1:494Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: IV. Danse des Boyards1:525Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: V. Le Marchand d'Orviétans3:096Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: VI. Danse de l'Arc2:257Diane de Poitiers, Suite I: VII. Finale2:228Diane de Poitiers, Suite II: I. Introduction et Allegro7:029Diane de Poitiers, Suite II: II. Intermezzo et Adage7:4910Diane de Poitiers, Suite II: III. Marche et Finale12:1311La Licorne - Le triomphe de la Chasteté29:411997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:17:09
1Entr’acte3:142Ariette2:043L’age d’or, extrait du “Chevalier Errant”5:094Pièce4:305Quatuor à cordes: I. Allegro risoluto6:206Quatuor à cordes: II. Andante assai8:367Quatuor à cordes: III. Presto2:168Quatuor à cordes: IV. Allegro marcato4:569Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp: I. Allegro tranquillo5:1410Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp: II. Andante sostenuto6:0211Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp: III. Scherzando con moto4:0612Deux Interludes: I. Andante espressivo3:3213Deux Interludes: II. Allegro vivo3:4814Étude-caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin9:0215Ghirlarzana2:4016Caprilena2:2317Impromptu1:4618Carignane1:31Escales / Divertissement / Symphonie marine / Bacchanale / Ouverture de fête
1997 · studio album
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Tracklist · 12 tracks · 1:11:14
1Bacchanale8:202Divertissement: Introduction1:213Divertissement: Cortège5:104Divertissement: Nocturne2:485Divertissement: Valse3:306Divertissement: Parade2:027Divertissement: Finale1:568Ouverture de fête15:579Symphonie marine14:2510Escales: Rome - Palerme7:0610Escales: Tunis - Nefta2:5310Escales: Valencia5:462000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 36 tracks · 1:10:45
1Scherzetto2:502Pièce romantique5:553Toccata sur le nom d'Albert Roussel1:004L'espiègle au village de Lilliput1:005Française: 'Guitarre' pour le piano2:376Le vent dans les ruines2:587Petite Suite: I. Prelude1:468Petite Suite: II. Ronde0:439Petite Suite: III. Le gai vigneron0:4910Petite Suite: IV. Berceuse aux étoiles1:4411Petite Suite: V. Le cavalier Sans-Souci0:5912Petite Suite: VI. Parade1:1913Petite Suite: VII. La promenade en traineau0:5814Petite Suite: VIII. Romance1:1815Petite Suite: IX. Quadrille0:3716Petite Suite: X. Serenade sur l'eau1:0617Petite Suite: XI. La machine à coudre0:3418Petite Suite: XII. L'Adieu2:0919Petite Suite: XIII. Les crocus0:5820Petite Suite: XIV. Premier bal0:4521Petite Suite: XV. Danse du cocher0:3922Histoires: I. La meneuse de tortues d'or3:4123Histoires: II. Le petit âne blanc2:0324Histoires: III. Le vieux mendiant3:0325Histoires: IV. "A Giddy Girl"1:2426Histoires: V. Dans la maison triste1:5127Histoires: VI. Le palais abandonné2:0828Histoires: VII. Bajo la mesa2:0329Histoires: VIII. La cage de cristal1:2630Histoires: IX. La marchande d'eau fraîche2:1031Histoires: X. Le cortège de Balkis2:0132Les rencontres: I. Les bouquetières3:0833Les rencontres: II. Les Créoles4:0434Les rencontres: III. Les Mignardes3:0135Les rencontres: IV. Les Bergères3:3936Les rencontres: V. Les Bavardes2:192000 · studio album
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Tracklist · 46 tracks · 2:34:51
Disc 11Six Pièces: I. Matin sur l’eau4:382Six Pièces: II. Scherzetto2:453Six Pièces: III. En barque, le soir6:184Six Pièces: IV. Ballade4:315Six Pièces: V. Reflets dans l’eau3:346Six Pièces: VI. Fantaisie6:067Deux Mouvements: I. Allant3:538Deux Mouvements: II. Assez vif et rythmé2:369Jeux, sonatine: I. Animé2:4010Jeux, sonatine: II. Tendre2:3511Le Jardinier de Samos: I. Ouverture2:3412Le Jardinier de Samos: II. Air de danse2:0313Le Jardinier de Samos: III. Prélude du 2ème acte2:3314Le Jardinier de Samos: IV. Prélude du 4ème acte2:1215Le Jardinier de Samos: V. Prélude du 5ème acte1:4416Française3:3317Aria4:0018Trois pièces brèves: I. Allegro2:2119Trois pièces brèves: II. Andante1:2120Trois pièces brèves: III. Assez lent - Allegro scherzando2:4521Pastoral0:5422Paraboles: I. Allegro moderato1:3923Paraboles: II. Moderato2:4524Cinq pièces en trio: I. Allegro vivo0:5725Cinq pièces en trio: II. Andantino2:0826Cinq pièces en trio: III. Allegro assai0:4427Cinq pièces en trio: IV. Andante2:4328Cinq pièces en trio: V. Allegro quasi marziale1:10Disc 21Entr’acte3:142Ariette2:043L’age d’or, extrait du “Chevalier Errant”5:094Pièce4:305Quatuor à cordes: I. Allegro risoluto6:206Quatuor à cordes: II. Andante assai8:367Quatuor à cordes: III. Presto2:168Quatuor à cordes: IV. Allegro marcato4:569Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp: I. Allegro tranquillo5:1410Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp: II. Andante sostenuto6:0211Trio for Violin, Cello and Harp: III. Scherzando con moto4:0612Deux Interludes: I. Andante espressivo3:3213Deux Interludes: II. Allegro vivo3:4814Étude-caprice pour un tombeau de Chopin9:0215Ghirlarzana2:4016Caprilena2:2317Impromptu1:4618Carignane1:31Persée et Andromède / La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading / Sarabande pour Dulcinée
2002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:09:52
1Persée et Andromède: I. (On Entend Les Vagues Égrener Leur Chapelet Sur Le Rivage)2:522Persée et Andromède: II. Voici L'Aube2:073Persée et Andromède: III. (La Messagère de Junon S'avance Vers Le Monstre)2:524Persée et Andromède: IV. (Andromède Rassurée Se Rendort)2:515Persée et Andromède: V. Ah!4:086Persée et Andromède: VI. Il Était Une Fois2:047Persée et Andromède: VII. Que Le Diable T'emporte!1:058Persée et Andromède: VIII. (Andromède Arrive Par Le Fond)4:529Persée et Andromède: IX. Oh! Là-bas Dans Le Ciel5:0010Persée et Andromède: X. Je T'attendais1:5211Persée et Andromède: XI. (Au Milieu de la Scène Persée Rajuste Son Armure)2:1512Persée et Andromède: XII. (Andromède Court Vers Le Promontoire)4:0213Persée et Andromède: XIII. (De la Carapace Du Monstre Surgit Un Prince)4:1814La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading: I. Il n'avait plus sa tunique écarlate12:5715La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading: II. Cette nuit là, les corridors vides furent pleins de formes effrayantes6:5616La Ballade de la Geôle de Reading: III. Le vent frais du matin commença à gémir5:3917Sarabande pour Dulcinée4:022002 · studio album
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Tracklist · 17 tracks · 1:14:34
1Cello Concerto: I. — - (attacca)8:572Cello Concerto: II. L´istesso tempo - (attacca)3:573Cello Concerto: III. Grave6:114Cello Concerto: IV. (Cadenza I)] - [attacca]4:125Cello Concerto: V. (Finale)3:526Cello Concertino in C Minor, H. 143: I. Allegro - (attacca)4:507Cello Concertino in C Minor, H. 143: II. Andante - (attacca)3:428Cello Concertino in C Minor, H. 143: III. Allegro con brio5:179Cello Concerto: I. Patorale: Allant3:3910Cello Concerto: II. Romance. Souple4:3411Cello Concerto: III. Gigue. Anime5:2112Symphony for Winds and Percussion: I. Andante - (attacca)4:3013Symphony for Winds and Percussion: II. Andante moderato - (attacca)3:1714Symphony for Winds and Percussion: III. Alla marcia - (attacca)3:1415Symphony for Winds and Percussion: IV. Moderato - (attacca)3:4716Symphony for Winds and Percussion: V. Andante misterioso - (attacca)2:1517Symphony for Winds and Percussion: IV. Allegretto2:59Macbeth / Golgotha / Don Quichotte
2005 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 1:16:25
1Macbeth (Suite, 1948): I. Overture3:192Macbeth (Suite, 1948): II. Murder of King Duncan3:123Macbeth (Suite, 1948): III. Macbeth after the Murder3:224Macbeth (Suite, 1948): IV. The Ghost of Banquo6:465Macbeth (Suite, 1948): V. Death of Lady Macbeth5:306Macbeth (Suite, 1948): VI. Triumph of Macduff's Armies8:027Golgotha (Suite, 1935): I. La fêtes de Pâques12:588Golgotha (Suite, 1935): II. Les vendeurs au Temple2:599Golgotha (Suite, 1935): III. Le Calvaire7:5610Golgotha (Suite, 1935): IV. La crucifixion3:5211Golgotha (Suite, 1935): V. L'agonie — La mise au tombeau6:5312Don Quichotte (1933): I. Chanson de Sancho1:2613Don Quichotte (1933): II. Chanson du départ2:4914Don Quichotte (1933): III. Chanson à Dulcinée2:5015Don Quichotte (1933): IV. Chanson du duc1:2316Don Quichotte (1933): V. Chanson de la mort3:082008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:16:12
1Saxophone Concerto "Albireo Mode", op. 93: I. Topaz11:362Saxophone Concerto "Albireo Mode", op. 93: II. Sapphire11:123Concerto du vent: I. Un vent propice4:254Concerto du vent: II. La marque du vent5:295Concerto du vent: III. Un nouveau vent9:066Concertino da camera: I. Allegro con moto4:227Concertino da camera: II. Larghetto -3:468Concertino da camera: II. Animato molto4:409Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, op. 14: I. Allegro molto moderato10:1710Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, op. 14: II. Adagio6:5211Concerto for Saxophone and String Orchestra, op. 14: III. Allegro scherzando4:272008 · studio album
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Tracklist · 11 tracks · 1:14:40
1Trois morceaux: Variations sur un thème dans le style ancien, op. 3015:302Trois morceaux: Ballade, op. 2810:153Trois morceaux: Jeux d’eau, op. 295:054À la Frančaise4:195À l’Espagnole5:366Six Pièces: Matin sur l’eau4:297Six Pièces: Scherzetto3:228Six Pièces: En barque, le soir…7:009Six Pièces: Ballade5:4110Six Pièces: Reflets dans l’eau5:1411Six Pièces: Fantaisie8:09Katherine Bryan Plays Flute Concertos by Christopher Rouse & Jacques Ibert
2013 · studio album
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Tracklist · 10 tracks · 1:02:38
1Flute Concerto: I. Amhrán4:092Flute Concerto: II. Alla marcia4:243Flute Concerto: III. Elegia10:304Flute Concerto: IV. Scherzo4:515Flute Concerto: V. Amhrán5:506Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: I. Allegro4:517Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: II. Andante7:198Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: III. Allegro scherzando9:049Syrinx3:2110Ballade8:19Le chevalier errant / Les amours de Jupiter
2015 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 47:25
1Le chevalier errant: I. Les Moulins4:312Le chevalier errant: II. Danse des galériens4:353Le chevalier errant: III. L'Âge d'or11:334Le chevalier errant: IV. Les comédiens et final7:515Les amours de Jupiter: Ouverture1:216Les amours de Jupiter, Enlèvement d'Europe: Ensemble des filles I1:057Les amours de Jupiter, Enlèvement d'Europe: Solo d'Europe1:188Les amours de Jupiter, Enlèvement d'Europe: Ensemble des filles II0:579Les amours de Jupiter, Enlèvement d'Europe: Entrée du taureau et enlèvement d'Europe0:4110Les amours de Jupiter, Léda: Entrée de Mercure et Jupiter1:2911Les amours de Jupiter, Léda: Variations de Léda2:0612Les amours de Jupiter, Léda: Entrée et variations de Jupiter1:0013Les amours de Jupiter, Léda: Pas de deux de Léda et du Cygne2:0214Les amours de Jupiter, Danaé: Entrée de Danaé et des deux geôliers1:5615Les amours de Jupiter, Danaé: Variations de Danaé3:1016Les amours de Jupiter, Ganymède: Entrée et variations de Mercure1:502016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 20 tracks · 1:22:07
1Escales...: I. Rome-Palerme. Calme - Assez animé7:042Escales...: II. Tunis-Nefta. Modéré très rythmé - Très librement2:403Escales...: III. Valence. Animé - Légèrement moins animé - Augmentez - Modéré - Même Mouvement - Augmentez - Mouvement du début - Un peu plus animé5:284Sarabande pour Dulcinée3:385Ouverture de fête13:406Féerique6:557Divertissement: I. Introduction. Allegro vivo1:128Divertissement: II. Cortège. Moderato molto - Animato subito - Allegro moderato - Animato subito5:119Divertissement: III. Nocturne. Lento2:3210Divertissement: IV. Valse. Animato assai - Tempo di Valze - Poco più animato - Vivo molto2:5811Divertissement: V. Parade. Tempo di marcia1:4312Divertissement: VI. Finale. Quasi cadenza - Vivo (Tempo di galop)2:1513Hommage à Mozart5:0114Suite symphonique "Paris": I. Le Métro. Moderato assai - Allegro2:1815Suite symphonique "Paris": II. Faubourgs. Moderato - Allegro vivo - Meno mosso - Tempo I - Meno mosso - Tempo I2:3716Suite symphonique "Paris": III. La Mosquée de Paris. Moderato - Tempo giusto1:4117Suite symphonique "Paris": IV. Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne. Tempo di Valse - Allegro energico - Presto3:0418Suite symphonique "Paris": V. Le Paquebot "Île-de-France". Moderato - Quasi lento2:1319Suite symphonique "Paris": VI. Parade Foraine. Tempo giusto - Presto1:3320Bacchanale8:242016 · studio album
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Tracklist · 21 tracks · 55:19
1Chansons de Don Quichotte: I. Chanson du départ3:212Chansons de Don Quichotte: II. Chanson a Dulcinée2:483Chansons de Don Quichotte: III. Chanson du Duc1:414Chansons de Don Quichotte: IV. Chanson de la mort de Don Quichotte2:595Spanish Songs, op. 100: I. Proschay, Grenada!2:516Spanish Songs, op. 100: II. Zviozdochki1:527Spanish Songs, op. 100: III. Pervaya fstrecha3:098Spanish Songs, op. 100: IV. Ronda1:539Spanish Songs, op. 100: V. Chernookaya2:4910Spanish Songs, op. 100: VI. Son2:1311Iberia, Cahier 1: II. El puerto4:4012Triste estaba el rey David1:4313Con amores, la mi madre1:4914A la caza, sus, a caza1:4615Pámpano verde2:0716De Antequera sale el moro2:0617Alma, sintamos3:311812 danzas españolas: II. Oriental5:1519Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: I. Chanson romanesque2:0220Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: II. Chanson épique2:5421Don Quichotte à Dulcinée, M. 84: III. Chanson à boire1:502021 · studio album
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Tracklist · 16 tracks · 56:35
1Deux Mouvements: I. Allant4:232Deux Mouvements: II. Assez vif et rythmé2:473Trio: I. Allegro tranquillo5:414Trio: II. Andante sostenuto5:455Trio: III. Scherzando con moto4:296Trois pièces brèves: I. Allegro2:287Trois pièces brèves: II. Andante1:448Trois pièces brèves: III. Assez lent – Allegro scherzando2:589Deux Interludes: I. Andante espressivo3:1210Deux Interludes: II. Allegro vivo3:5911Cinq pièces en trio: I. Allegro vivo0:5512Cinq pièces en trio: II. Andantino2:1113Cinq pièces en trio: III. Allegro assai0:4614Cinq pièces en trio: IV. Andantino2:4315Cinq pièces en trio: V. Allegro quasi marziale1:2216Capriccio11:12Strauss: Don Quixote – Ibert: Le Chevalier Errant
2024 · studio album
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Tracklist · 18 tracks · 1:09:08
1Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Introduction6:022Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Don Quixote1:033Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Sancho Panza1:164Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 12:315Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 21:356Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 38:187Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 41:528Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 54:039Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 61:1510Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 71:1611Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 81:4512Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 91:0713Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Variation 104:2214Strauss - Don Quixote, op. 35 - Finale5:1415Ibert - Le Chevalier Errant - Les Moulins4:3716Ibert - Le Chevalier Errant - Danse de Galeriens4:3517Ibert - Le Chevalier Errant - L'Age D'or13:0318Ibert - Le Chevalier Errant - Les Comediens et Finale5:14Symphonie Concertante pour Hautbois - Capriccio - Le Jardinier de Samos - Suite Symphonique "Paris"
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Tracklist · 15 tracks · 1:02:13
1Symphonie Concertante pour Hautbois (1948-1949) - 1er mouvement9:342Symphonie Concertante pour Hautbois (1948-1949) - 2ème mouvement8:353Symphonie Concertante pour Hautbois (1948-1949) - 3ème mouvement7:514Capriccio pour cordes, petite harmonie et harpe (1937-38)10:525Le Jardinier de Samos (1924-1925) - Ouverture2:386Le Jardinier de Samos (1924-1925) - Air de danse2:067Le Jardinier de Samos (1924-1925) - Prélude du 2ème acte2:148Le Jardinier de Samos (1924-1925) - Prélude du 4ème acte2:099Le Jardinier de Samos (1924-1925) - Prélude du 5ème acte1:5410Suite Symphonique "Paris" (1932) - Le métro2:1511Suite Symphonique "Paris" (1932) - Faubourgs2:2412Suite Symphonique "Paris" (1932) - La mosquée de Paris1:5513Suite Symphonique "Paris" (1932) - Restaurant au Bois de Boulogne3:2114Suite Symphonique "Paris" (1932) - Le Paquebot "Ile de France"2:5115Suite Symphonique "Paris" (1932) - Parade Foraine1:34
Single · 2
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Escales / LiebestodSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAEscales (Part Three) BLiebestod (From “Tristan and Isolde”) | March 1949 | ||
| 1949 | EscalesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 2 tracksAEscales (Part One) BEscales (Part Two) | March 1949 |
Album · 4
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1993 | Saint-Saëns: Symphony no. 3 / Debussy: La Mer / Ibert: EscalesSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 10 tracks · 1:13:111Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": I. Adagio – Allegro moderato9:48 2Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": II. Poco adagio9:35 3Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": III. Allegro moderato – Presto7:31 4Symphony no. 3 in C minor, op. 78 "Organ": IV. Maestoso – Allegro7:47 5La Mer: I. De l'aube à midi sur la mer8:38 6La Mer: II. Jeux de vagues6:19 7La Mer: III. Dialogue du vent et de la mer8:05 8Escales (Ports of Call): I. Rome–Palermo: Calme6:38 9Escales (Ports of Call): II. Tunis–Nefta: Modéré, très rythmé2:46 10Escales (Ports of Call): III. Valencia: Animé6:04 | Compilation | 9 March 1993 | |
| 1994 | Escales / Flute Concerto / Paris / BacchanaleSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 16 tracks · 1:18:591Escales: I. Calme6:26 2Escales: II. Modéré. Très rythmé2:43 3Escales: III. Animé5:33 4Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: I. Allegro4:39 5Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: II. Andante7:04 6Concerto for Flute and Orchestra: III. Allegro scherzando8:05 7Hommage a Mozart4:42 8Suite symphonique "Paris": I. Le métro2:02 9Suite symphonique "Paris": II. Faubourgs2:36 10Suite symphonique "Paris": III. La mosquée de Paris1:37 11Suite symphonique "Paris": IV. Restaurant au bois de Boulogne3:16 12Suite symphonique "Paris": V. Le paquebot Ile-de-France2:00 13Suite symphonique "Paris": VI. Parade foraine1:40 14Bacchanale8:27 15Bostoniana6:23 16"Louisville" concert11:46 | Compilation | 1994 | |
| 2002 | Escales / Divertissement / HistoiresSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 25 tracks · 1:15:391Escales: Rome - Palermo (Calme)5:37 2Escales: Tunis - Nefta (Modéré très rythmé)2:44 3Escales: Valencia (Animé)5:28 4Quatuor à cordes: 1. Allegro risoluto5:28 5Quatuor à cordes: 2. Andante assai7:57 6Quatuor à cordes: 3. Presto2:10 7Quatuor à cordes: 4. Allegro marcato4:22 83 pièces brèves pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, cor et basson: 1. Assez lent2:32 93 pièces brèves pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, cor et basson: 2. Andante1:36 103 pièces brèves pour flûte, hautbois, clarinette, cor et basson: 3. Allegro2:07 11Entr'acte pour flûte et harpe3:26 12Divertissement: 1. Introduction1:12 13Divertissement: 2. Cortège4:48 14Divertissement: 3. Nocturne2:40 15Divertissement: 4. Valse2:55 16Divertissement: 5. Parade1:39 17Divertissement: 6. Finale1:40 18Histoires pour piano: 1. La meneuse de tortues d'or3:12 19Histoires pour piano: 2. Le petit âne blanc1:57 20Histoires pour piano: 3. Le vieux mendiant2:31 21Histoires pour piano: 4. La cage de cristal0:59 22Histoires pour piano: 5. La marchande d'eau fraîche2:49 23Histoires pour piano: 6. A giddy girl1:06 24Histoires pour piano: 7. Dans la maison triste2:05 25Histoires pour piano: 8. Bajo la mesa2:39 | Compilation | 1 January 2002 | |
| 2004 | Dvořák: Cello Concerto / Ibert: Concerto for Cello & Wind InstrumentsSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 6 tracks · 54:531Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: I. Allegro15:42 2Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: II. Adagio ma non troppo13:06 3Cello Concerto in B minor, op. 104: III. Finale. Allegro moderato13:53 4Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments: I. Pastorale3:14 5Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments: II. Romance4:11 6Concerto for Cello and Wind Instruments: III. Gigue4:47 | Compilation | 4 October 2004 |
Broadcast · 1
| Cover | Year | Title | Notes | First release |
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| 2016 | 2016-04-07: Harpa, Reykjavík, IcelandSearch SpotifySearch YouTube MusicTracklist · 1 track · 1:56:261Ravel og Dvořák1:56:26 | 7 April 2016 |
Stats & PK
Percentile within all 23,672 published artists.Put Jacques Ibert head-to-head →
| Metric | Value | Percentile |
|---|---|---|
| Wikipedia language versions | 34 | 92.3th |
| Spotify monthly listeners | — | no data |
| Release groups in DB | 28 | 89.8th |
| Studio albums | 21 | 96.7th |
| Awards recorded | 2 | 92.6th |
| Timeline events | 24 | 95.3th |
| Recording span (years) | 13 | 31.9th |
| Genres | 4 | 84.7th |
Awards & honours
| Year | Award | Category | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1919 | Prix de Rome | won | |
| — | Commander of the Legion of Honour | won |
Where this record comes from
portrait—Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ibert_Jacques_Photo1938.jpgaliases/urls—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a11feb37-7516-4303-a301-e03d238f6ec2discography—musicbrainz · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://musicbrainz.org/artist/a11feb37-7516-4303-a301-e03d238f6ec2core—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296828genre—wikidata · CC0 · retrieved 11 October 2026
https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q296828seed-list—wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ibertbiography—wikipedia-en · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ibertbiography—wikipedia-fr · CC BY-SA 4.0 · retrieved 10 October 2026
https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques_Ibert
Why this artist is in the database
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Tier rule: historic figure (34 language versions, career ended)
Image: Unknown photographer · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons
Wikidata: Q296828 · MusicBrainz: a11feb37-7516-4303-a301-e03d238f6ec2
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