Jean Rivier (Composer)
Born: 21st July 1896, Villemonble, France
Died: 6th November 1987, La Penne-sur-Huveaune, Marseille, France
Nationality: French
Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style.
The son of Henri Rivier, a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments.
Rivier served as Professor of Composition at the Paris Conservatory from 1948 until his retirement in 1966. During the period 1948–1962, he shared this position with famous composer Darius Milhaud. Three of his notable students at the Paris Conservatory were Gareth Walters, Pedro Ipuche Riva, and Gerd Boder.
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- Affettuoso e Jocando for four Flutes (1)
- Ballade for Flute and Piano (1)
- Capriccio for woodwind quintet (1)
- Comme une Tendre Berceuse for Flute and Piano (1)
- Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet & string orchestra (2)
- Duo for Flute and Clarinet (2)
- Flute Concerto (1)
- Grave et Presto for saxophone quartet (4)
- Oiseaux tendres for solo flute (3)
- Oisseaux Tendres for solo flute (1)
- Petite Suite (1)
- Sonatine (1)
- Sonatine for Flute and Piano (1)
- String Quartet No. 1 (1)
- String Quartet No. 2 (1)
- Virevoltes for Flute Solo (1)
- Vocalise for voice and piano (1)