René Barbier (composer)

René Auguste Ernest Barbier (born July 12, 1890 in Namur , Belgium, † December 24, 1981 in Brussels ) was a Belgian composer .

Life

Barbier graduated from the Royal Conservatory of Liège as a student of Paul Gilson and Sylvain Dupuis . Later he was senior professor at the Namur Conservatory until 1963.

He composed numerous compositions, including cantatas , an oratorio , two masses, symphonic poems, ballets , an operetta and concertos for piano and orchestra.

He was also the conductor of several orchestras.

Works

Works for orchestra

• 1914 Nox opus 7 for mezzo-soprano and orchestra
• 1916 Poème op.14 for violoncello and orchestra
• 1916 Variations expressive opus 14
• 1918 Pièce symphonique opus 17 for trumpet and orchestra
• 1919 Thyl Ulenspiegel banni opus 22 for mixed choir and orchestra
• 1920 La tempête opus 25 for tenor and orchestra
• 1920 La légende de Béatrice opus 27 for soloists, choir and orchestra
• 1922 Concerto n ° 1 for piano and orchestra opus 28
• 1923 Les génies du sommeil opus 29 for large orchestra
• 1933 La Tour de Babel opus 39 for reciter, soloists, children's choir, mixed choir, orchestra and organ
• 1933 Cinq madrigaux opus 41 for baritone and orchestra
• 1933 La mort de Prométhée opus 42 for reciter, 2 sopranos, 2 alto, 2 tenor, 2 bass and orchestra
• 1933 Concerto n ° 2 for piano and orchestra opus 43
• 1935 Les éléments opus 64
• 1938 Concerto for violoncello and orchestra opus 54
• 1940 Poco adagio e allegro brilliant opus 66 for clarinet and small orchestra
• 1940 La voix humaine opus 67 for reciter and small orchestra
• 1941 Diptyque opus 68
• 1947 La musique de perdition opus 75
• 1952 Le chemin de la croix opus 85 for reciter and orchestra
• 1956 Trois esquisses symphoniques opus 91
• 1957 Les pierres magiques opus 94
• 1961 Rouwklacht van het 9de uur - Lamentation de la 9e heure opus 100 for reciter, solos, choir and orchestra
• 1962 Trois mouvements symphoniques opus 104 for string orchestra
• 1963 Tableau symphonique opus 105
• 1964 Concerto for horn in F and orchestra opus 106
• 1967 Introduction et allegro symphonique opus 112 for large orchestra
• 1967 Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani, opus 113
• ô tilleul des aïeux for mixed choir and orchestra

Works for chamber music

• 1913 Réveil opus 8 for soprano or tenor and piano
• 1914 Sonate en ré opus 9 for violin and piano
• 1915 Soir opus 11 for medium voice and piano
• 1916 Sonata opus 12 for horn in F and piano
• 1917 Testament opus 15 for baritone and piano
• 1918 L'épopée belge opus 21 for mezzo-soprano and piano

Works for piano

• 1918 Triptyque opus 16

Works for wind orchestra

• 1936 Les carions d'el'Wallonie opus 47 for baritones (unison) and wind orchestra
• 1941 Fête carillonnée opus 68 No. 2
• 1946 Introduction et fantaisie rapsodique sur deux airs wallons opus 71
• 1947 Marche de l'empereur opus 72 for fanfare orchestra
• 1947 Marche de l'ommegang 1947 opus 72
• 1947 Ommegang de Bruxelles opus 72 for fanfare orchestra
• 1947 Jeu de la Rose opus 73
• 1948 hymn olympique opus 84 for mixed choir and wind orchestra
• 1955 Pegase opus 87
• 1955 Calliope opus 89 for wind orchestra
• 1956 Introduction opus 90 for fanfare orchestra
• 1956 Marche mosane opus 92
• 1957 Adagio opus 82 for fanfare orchestra
• 1959 Pièce concertante opus 95 for alto saxophone and wind orchestra
• 1962 Te Deum laudamus opus 102 for mixed choir, fanfare orchestra and organ
• 1969 Ouverture concertante opus 114 for wind orchestra
• 1971 Evocation sonore de l'Ardenne opus 115

Stage works

• 1912 Yvette opus 1 - Opera -
• 1913 La fete du vieux tilleul
• 1923 La sultane à Paris opus 33 - Operetta -

Vocal music

• 1914 Jesu Salvator opus 5 for mixed choir and organ

measure up

• 1919 Missa , opus 20 for 3 equal voices and organ
• 1934 Missa , opus 45 for 2 unequal voices and organ
• 1935 Mass basse opus 49 for organ or harmonium

Web link

• Sylvain Vouillemin: Barber, René . ( Memento from June 17, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) In: Center Belge de Documentation Musicale (CeBeDeM) 1983, 1990, 2009 (Dutch)