Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Family and Formation
- 2 Langlais, and a Beginning
- 3 Messaien, and Friendships
- 4 Sonata
- 5 A Nietzsche Sequence
- 6 Musique Concrète
- 7 Foucault
- 8 The Death of Virgil
- 9 You
- 10 Time Regiven
- 11 … Beyond Chance
- 12 Since Debussy
- 13 Silence
- 14 Debussy
- 14a Citation: Hommage à Claude Debussy
- 15 Song After Song
- 16 Concerto
- 17 The Man Lying Down
- Notes
- Chronology
- Catalogue
- Writings
- Bibliography
- Index
- The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- 1 Family and Formation
- 2 Langlais, and a Beginning
- 3 Messaien, and Friendships
- 4 Sonata
- 5 A Nietzsche Sequence
- 6 Musique Concrète
- 7 Foucault
- 8 The Death of Virgil
- 9 You
- 10 Time Regiven
- 11 … Beyond Chance
- 12 Since Debussy
- 13 Silence
- 14 Debussy
- 14a Citation: Hommage à Claude Debussy
- 15 Song After Song
- 16 Concerto
- 17 The Man Lying Down
- Notes
- Chronology
- Catalogue
- Writings
- Bibliography
- Index
- The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué
Summary
The composer's titles are given in bold type; light face and italic are used for untitled works and arrangements. Concert and radio performances given during his lifetime are listed, while there is no such boundary on the inclusion of commercial recordings; an asterisk signals his presence. Manuscripts and sketches are held by the Bibliothèque Nationale de France [BNF] (all but juvenilia) and the Association Jean Barraqué [AJB] (juvenilia).
Acknowledged Works
Sonata for piano, 1950–52
Publication: Bruzzichelli (May 1966), reprinted by Bärenreiter.
First performance: Elisabeth Klein, Copenhagen, 24 April 1967.
Later performances: Claude Helffer, Paris, 30 April 1969 (French Radio recording)*; Helffer, Southampton, 5 May 1969; Helffer, Mexico City, 1 July 1969; Roger Woodward, London, 25 April 1971; Woodward, London, 17 December 1971 (BBC recording); Françoise Thinat, Orleans, 25 February 1972; Woodward, York, 18 October 1972; Woodward, London, 22 October 1972*; Woodward, Royan, 15 April 1973*; Woodward, Vienna, 30 May 1973; Woodward, Dartington, 12 August 1973.
Commercial recordings: Yvonne Loriod, Paris, 28–30 October 1957* (Véga C30 A180); Helffer, Copenhagen, 12–14 July 1969* (Valois MB 952); Woodward, London, 27–9 October 1972* (1973: EMI EMSP 551; reissued 1978: Unicorn UNS 263); Herbert Henck, Frankfurt, July 1996 (1999: ECM 1621); Pi-Hsien Chen, Frankfurt, 30 September 1996 (1997: Telos 006); Stefan Litwin, Cologne, 13–16 October 1997 (1998: cpo 999 569).
Etude in musique concrète, 1952–3
First performance: Marseilles, August 1956.
Commercial recordings: (1957: Barclay XBARCX 36048); (1998: cpo 999 569).
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- The Sea on Fire: Jean Barraqué , pp. 205 - 210Publisher: Boydell & BrewerPrint publication year: 2003