Chez DAMASE

The Unofficial Website of Jean-Michel Damase

« Ce qui reste comme l'un des petits mystères du dernier demi-siècle d'histoire de la musique, c'est le fait que, malgré toute l'attractivité de sa voix musicale, l'œuvre de Jean-Michel Damase soit restée un secret si bien gardé ».
Christopher Morley
de ses notes sur le programme pour
Piano Music by
Jean-Michel Damase


Les œuvres les plus populaires à
Sheet Music Plus
Vacances (1990)
pour saxophone alto et piano

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Sonate en concert, Op 17 (1952)
pour flûte, piano et violoncelle (ad libitum)

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Trio (1962)
pour flûte, hautbois et piano

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Pavane variée (1992)
pour cor et piano

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Berceuse, Op 19 (1951)
pour cor et piano

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10 Études faciles et progressives (2002)
pour harpe

 

 

Stage Works

Opera, ballet and film scores

  • For additional information about the premiere of Ochelata's Wedding, click here
     
  • For information about the new production (May 2004) of L'Héritière by L'Opéra Municipal de Marseille, click here.
  • For information about the new production (June 2001) of Madame de... by the Grand-Théâtre du Genève, click here.

    TITLE

    GENRE

    DATE

    ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

    Balance à trois

    ballet

    1955

    Editions Musicales Transatlantiques | duration 21' | orch: 2.2.2.2 / 4.3.2.1 / 1timp / 1perc / 1hp / 1pno/cel / strings

    Colombe

    opera

    1958

    libretto: Jean Anouilh | comédie lyrique | 4 acts | premiere: Bordeaux, Grand, 5 May 1961| unpublished edition for 2 pianos extant | Editions Henry Lemoine

    Croqueuse de diamants, La

    ballet

    1950

    4 tableaux | premiere: Paris, Théâtre Marigny, Les Ballets de Paris de Roland Petit, 25 Sept 1950 | complete ballet included in film Black Tights (1960)

    Divertimento

    ballet

    1954

    divertissement choréographique | duration: 12' | Editions Salabert

    Escarpolette, L'

    opera

    1980

    comédie lyrique | duration: 40'

    Eugène le mystérieux

    opera

    1963

    feuilleton musical | 2 acts | libretto: M. Achard after E. Sue | premiere: Paris, Châtelet, 7 Feb 1964

    Eurydice

    opera

    1971

    comédie lyrique | 3 acts | libretto: Jean Anouilh | premiere: Bordeaux, Grand, 26 May 1972 | duration : 2 hrs 10' | Editions Henry Lemoine

    Fille mal gardée, La

    ballet

     

    original music: Louis Joseph Ferdinand Herold (1791-1833) & Peter Ludwig Hertel (1817-1899); new version in collaboration with Heinz Spoerli

    Héritière, L'

    opera

    1974

    2 acts and 7 tableaux | libretto L Ducreux, after adaptation by R & A Goetz of Washington Square by Henry James | premiere Nancy, France, Grand, 13 Mar 1974 | Editions Musicales Transatlantiques

    Madame de…

    opera

    1969

    roman musical | 1 act | libretto: Jean Anouilh after Louise de Vilmorin | premiere: Monte Carlo, Opera, 26 Mar 1970 | duration: 1 hr 30' | Editions Henry Lemoine

    Noce foraine, La

    ballet

    1961

    première: L'Opéra de Marseille | Editions Henry Lemoine

    Ochelata's Wedding

    opera

    2000

    comic opera | libretto: Jaston Williams & Joe Sears | premiere: OK Mozart Festival, 10 June 2000

    Père de Mademoiselle

    film score

    1953

    director: Robert-Paul Dagan | cast: Arletty, Suzy Carrier

    Piège de lumière

    ballet

    1952

    première: 23 December 1952; Grand Ballet du Marquis du Cuemo; Théâtre de L'Empire, Paris | 3 tableaux | duration: 45' | Editions Henry Lemoine

    Scoubidou; la poupée qui sait tout

    children's opera

    1987

    story Pierre Gripari | adaptation Gérard Caillet | for 12 instruments | Editions Salabert ©1988

    Silk Rhapsody

    incidental music; ballet

    1966

    1 act | duration: 20' | commissioned by International Silk Association for its 10th Congress, which took place in the form of a cruise of the Eastern Mediterranean | ballet première: 1968; Grand Ballet Classique de France; Théâtre des Champs-ÉlyséesEditions Henry Lemoine

    Tendre Eléonore, La

    opera

    1958

    opéra-bouffe | 1 act | libretto: L. Masson | premiere: Marseilles, Opéra, 18 Jan 1962

    Term of Trial

    film score

    1962

    director: Peter Glenville | cast: Laurence Olivier, Simone Signoret

     

     

     

     

    REMOVED FROM CATALOGUE

    Boucle, La

    ballet

    1957

    duration 20' | orch 2.2.2.2/4.3.2.1/1timp/1perc/1hp/1pno/1ce/ strings | Editions Musicales Transatlantiques

    Fondation de la cité

    ballet

    1960

    unpublished | manuscript lost

    Lady on Ice

    ballet

    1953

    produced by Roland Petit

    Matin de Faust, Le

    incidental music

    1965

    unpublished | manuscript lost

    Saut du Tremplin, Le

    ballet

    1944

    unpublished; destroyed

    Othello

    ballet

    1957

    unpublished | manuscript lost

    Prince du désert, Le

    ballet

    1955

    12' | 1 act | producer: Georges Skibine | orch 2.2.2.2 / 2.2.2.1 / 1timp / 1perc / 1hp / 1pf / 1cel / strings | Editions Musicales Transatlantiques