Jean-Maurice Bourges

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Jean-Maurice Bourges (Bordeaux, 2 December 1812 - Paris, 15 March 1881), distinguished musical critic, translator and composer who came early to Paris to study composition under Auguste Barbereau. He became joint-editor for Revue et gazette musicale de Paris from 1839, which acquired an excellent reputation in great measure owing to him.

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He made a translation of the words of St. Matthew Passion by Johann Sebastian Bach in 1843, [1] the oratorio Paulus by Mendelssohn in 1844 and Brandus' edition of Elijah (1851), [1] and several librettos of operas by Carl Maria von Weber until writing his own comic opera La Sultana in 1846, successfully produced at the Opéra Comique. [2] He died in 1881, after an illness of many years.

Selected works

Opera

Chamber music

  1. Sonate en Si bémol
  2. Sonate en Fa mineur
  3. Sonate en Ré majeur

Piano

Piano 4-hands

  1. Marche funèbre
  2. Grenade au temps des Maures
  3. Nuit de fête aux jardins du généralife
  4. Le jugement de Dieu
  1. Cortège-Ballet
  2. Les Noces d'Or
  3. Musette Tambourin
  4. Tertullia.
  1. 1er Fragment de Ballet
  2. 2e Fragment de Ballet
  3. Marche-Cortège pour une Féerie
  4. Procession de Pénitents, Marche
  5. Marche Noble

Vocal and choral

  1. Réveil de Matines, Chœur à 4 parties
  2. Motet Funèbre à 4 parties
  3. Les Cloches de Pâques, à 7 parties
  1. Les Anges des Orphelins
  2. Herminie chez les Bergers
  3. Le Réveil des Chasseurs
  1. L'Adieu des Compagnons, Chœur à 3 parties pour voix d'hommes sans accompagnement
  2. Sérénade à 3 voix d'hommes
  3. Adieu à l'Épousée, Chœur-Trio
  4. La Matineuse, Trio de salon
  5. Les Willis de Saintonge, à 3 parties

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References

  1. 1 2 Reichwald, Siegwart (2008-09-25). Mendelssohn in Performance. Indiana University Press. ISBN   978-0-253-00261-7.
  2. ↑ "Bourges, Jean-Maurice – Ernest Reyer" (in French). Retrieved 2022-01-25.
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