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René Gerber
Born: 29th June 1908, Travers, Switzerland
Died: 21st October 2006, Bevaix, Switzerland
Nationality: Swiss
René Gerber was a Swiss composer. A student of Paul Dukas and Nadia Boulanger, among others, he taught at the Collège Latin (Neuchâtel) and became the director of the Conservatoire de Musique de Neuchâtel.
An exponent of neoclassicism and “French clarity”, his compositions follow traditional forms. He composed symphonic music (including the orchestral suite "The Old Farmer's Almanach"), 15 concertos, chamber music, vocal music, piano music, a work for organ, two operas inspired by Shakespeare plays (Romeo and Juliet, Midsummer Night’s Dream).
The vast majority of his works, which currently represent more than twenty albums, have been produced and published by the Swiss label VDE-GALLO Records.
Read more at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/René_Gerber
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- Aucassin et Nicolette (1)
- Bassoon Concerto (1)
- Concert en si mineur, for chamber orchestra (1)
- Concertino for piano & string orchestra (1)
- Hommage à Ronsard (1)
- L'Ecole de Fontainebleau, for large orchestra (1)
- Laïs Corinthiaca, for chamber orchestra (1)
- Le Songe d'une nuit d'été (1)
- Pavane for flute and piano (1)
- Petit concert, for chamber orchestra (1)
- Pieces (6), Book 4: No. 1, Slow-fox (1)
- Suite française No. 1 (1)
- Suite française No. 2 (1)
- Symphonietta No. 2 for string orchestra (1)
- Trois danses espagnoles (1)
- Trois paysages de Breughel (1)
- Valse for flute and piano (1)
