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

 

 

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libretto: Jean Anouilh | comédie lyrique | 4 acts | premiere: Bordeaux, Grand, 5 May 1961| unpublished edition for 2 pianos extant | Editions Henry Lemoine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