Charles Jay

Charles Jay (born May 29, 1911 in Antwerp , † September 11, 1988 in Amiens ) was a French composer.

Life

Jay attended the conservatory in his native city and studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Noël Gallon and Henri Busser . In 1939 he was drafted into the war and in 1940 he was taken prisoner of war. After his return in 1941 he continued his studies and in 1945 won the Second Second Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata La Farce du contrebandier based on a text by Guy de Téramond . In the same year, his Missa Jubilantis, composed in 1944, was premiered in Reims Cathedral.

In 1949 he took over the management of the École municipale de musique of Amiens as the successor to Pierre Camus , which achieved the rank of Conservatoire National de Région under his direction . Here he taught music analysis, harmony, counterpoint and orchestra conducting until his retirement in 1980. In 1966 he was named a Knight of the Legion of Honor.

Jay composed an opera and several ballets, orchestral and vocal works, chamber music and music educational works, including the seven-part Leçons de solfège and Plaisirs du piano . He also published a Théorie de la musique .

Works

• Scherzo fantasque , symphonic poem
• Esquisses symphoniques
• Burlesque for saxophone, harp and orchestra
• Suite médiévale
• Lumière et Joie , Messe, 1971
• Exaltation "Hommage à Jules Verne" , 1985
• Suite médiévale
• Suite pour orchester d'harmonie
• S'allume ma mémoire , 1987
• Cantate pour une fête for choir and orchestra
• Choral for choir and orchestra
• "Heureux ceux qui sont morts" for choir and orchestra
• Missa Jubilantis for mixed choir, children's choir, orchestra and organ
• Icare , lyrical scene
• La farce du contrebandier , buffo opera in one act
• Les Oiseaux , ballet
• Le rêve de Sophie , ballet
• Incidental music for L'étang vert by Charles Merlet
• Incidental music for La part du diable by Yves Denis

Web links

• Charles Jay on musimem.com (French)