Jean Barraqué

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Jean Barraqué (born January 17, 1928 in Puteaux near Paris , † August 17, 1973 in Paris) was a French composer .

Barraqué is an important representative of serial music . The list of works that he himself considered valid and that he was able to complete is very narrow.

Works

  • Retour for piano (1947-48)
  • Sonate pour violon seul (Sonata for violin, 1949)
  • Sonate pour piano (Sonata for piano, 1950–52)
  • Séquence for voice (dramatic soprano), percussion and various instruments (1950–55). Texts by Friedrich Nietzsche. French translation by Henri Albert (1950–1955).
  • Le Temps Restitué for soprano, choir and orchestra based on a text from The Death of Virgil by Hermann Broch , 1956–57, 1967–68 (orchestration)
  • … Au delà du hasard for four instrumental groups and one vocal group (1958–59). Text by Jean Barraqué based on a quote from Hermann Broch
  • Concerto for six instrumental groups and two instruments (vibraphone and clarinet), 1962–68
  • Chant après Chant for six percussionists, vocals and piano. Texts by Jean Barraqué and Hermann Broch (»The Death of Virgil«, 2nd book; French translation by Albert Kohn) (1965–66)

Unrecognized works

  • Musique de scène for 4 clarinets (bass clarinet), 3 saxophones (alto, tenor, baritone saxophone), 2 trumpets, 2 trombones, tuba, percussion (3 musicians), xylophone, vibraphone, celesta, bell and piano. Incidental music to eight theatrical miniatures by Jean Thibaudeau. The work also contains two recitations L'aventurier and Le pauvre homme . Music from 1958–59. World premiere by the sirene opera theater , Vienna 2017, under the title Die Reise . This work was expanded by Barraqué and reworked to ... au delà du hasard .

Personal life

Jean Barraqué was in a relationship with the French philosopher Michel Foucault from 1952 to 1956 . Both were part of the Parisian avant-garde. [1]

literature

  • Heribert Henrich: Jean Barraqué, in: Hanns-Werner Heister / Walter-Wolfgang Sparrer (ed.): Composers of the Present, Munich: ed. Text + criticism 1992 ff.
  • Heribert Henrich: The work of Jean Barraqués. Genesis and invoice . Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1997. ISBN 978-3761813867
  • Heinz-Klaus Metzger, Rainer Riehn (eds.): Jean Barraqué. Volume 82 of the series Music Concepts , Edition Text + Criticism, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-88377-449-9

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personal data
SURNAME Barraqué, Jean
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Puteaux near Paris
DATE OF DEATH 17th August 1973
Place of death Paris