Édith Lejet
Encyclopedia
Édith Lejet is a French
composer
and music educator.
(harmony), Marcel Bitsch
(counterpoint and fugue), Jean Rivier
and Andre Jolivet
(composition) at the Paris Conservatory. She lived at the Casa Velasquez in Madrid
from 1968 to 1970. She began teaching harmony at the Sorbonne
(1970–1972) and then became professor at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris. In 2004 she was appointed professor of composition at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.
French people
The French are a nation that share a common French culture and speak the French language as a mother tongue. Historically, the French population are descended from peoples of Celtic, Latin and Germanic origin, and are today a mixture of several ethnic groups...
composer
Composer
A composer is a person who creates music, either by musical notation or oral tradition, for interpretation and performance, or through direct manipulation of sonic material through electronic media...
and music educator.
Biography
Lejet studied with Marcel Beaufils (aesthetic), Henri ChallanHenri Challan
Henri Challan was a French composer and music educator. He had a long association with the Conservatoire de Paris where he was both a student and a faculty member. He was a pupil of Jean Gallon and Henri Büsser and was appointed a professor of harmony in 1936. That same year he won both the first...
(harmony), Marcel Bitsch
Marcel Bitsch
Marcel Bitsch was a French composer, teacher and analyst. He studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and also was professor of counterpoint there. In his latter years he concentrated on teaching and analysing the music of J. S...
(counterpoint and fugue), Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier
Jean Rivier was a French composer of classical music.He composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments....
and Andre Jolivet
André Jolivet
André Jolivet was a French composer. Known for his devotion to French culture and musical thought, Jolivet's music draws on his interest in acoustics and atonality as well as both ancient and modern influences in music, particularly on instruments used in ancient times...
(composition) at the Paris Conservatory. She lived at the Casa Velasquez in Madrid
Madrid
Madrid is the capital and largest city of Spain. The population of the city is roughly 3.3 million and the entire population of the Madrid metropolitan area is calculated to be 6.271 million. It is the third largest city in the European Union, after London and Berlin, and its metropolitan...
from 1968 to 1970. She began teaching harmony at the Sorbonne
Sorbonne
The Sorbonne is an edifice of the Latin Quarter, in Paris, France, which has been the historical house of the former University of Paris...
(1970–1972) and then became professor at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris. In 2004 she was appointed professor of composition at the Ecole Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.
Honors
- Prize Bleustein-Blanchet in 1967 of Vocation
- Florence Gould Prize (Academy of Fine Arts, Paris)
- William and Nomma Copley Foundation Award (Chicago)
- Prize Herve Dugardin (SACEM, Paris)
- Second Grand Prix de RomePrix de RomeThe Prix de Rome was a scholarship for arts students, principally of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It was created, initially for painters and sculptors, in 1663 in France during the reign of Louis XIV. It was an annual bursary for promising artists having proved their talents by...
in 1968 - Music Awards Board of SACEM in 1979.
- Honorary Professor at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris (Cité de la Musique)
- Professor of composition at the Ecole Normale de Musique Alfred Cortot in Paris
- Nadia and Lili Boulanger Prize (Academy of Fine Arts, Paris) in 2003
Works
Lejet has composed orchestral pieces, chamber music and solo works and vocal music. Selected works include:- Quatre Mélodies sur le Poème de Cante Jondo de Federico García LorcaFederico García LorcaFederico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca was a Spanish poet, dramatist and theatre director. García Lorca achieved international recognition as an emblematic member of the Generation of '27. He is believed to be one of thousands who were summarily shot by anti-communist death squads...
for alto and piano, 1965 - Musique pour Trompette et de Quintets Cuivres 1968
- Le Journal d'Anne Frank for female and instruments, 1968–70
- Monodrama, Concerto for Violin and Orchestra, 1969
- Quatuor de Saxophones, 1974
- Harmonie du Soir, for strings, 1975–77
- Espaces Nocturnes, 1976
- L'Homme qui avait perdu Sat voix, musical play for five voices and eleven instruments, 1984
- Ressac for Orchestra, 1985
- Ceremony for Saxophone Ensemble, 1986
- Les Rois-Mages, oratorio, 1987–89
- Les Mille-Patte, musical tale for children's choir and instruments, 1989
- Sept Chants Sacrés, for female choir and organ, 1990
- Améthyste for Strings, 1990
- Trois Eaux-Fortes for piano, 1990–92
- Océan Pathétique, Hommage au peintre Maurice Denis, 1994
- Almost a Song for viola and guitar (1995)
- Echoes in the Valley, 1995
- Trois Chants pour un Noël for children's choir and instruments, 1995
- Missa Brevis, 1996
- Triptych for Organ, 1997
- Des Fleurs en Forme de Diamants, guitar concert, 1997
- Psaume de Joie, 1998
- Deux Poèmes de Rimbaud for soprano, clarinet, saxophone, marimba and harp, 1999
- Parcours en duo for saxophone and percussion, 2001
- Diptyque for organ and strings, 2002–03