20th century
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Damase Jean-Michel
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Scherzo for flute and piano
Jean-Michel Damase: Scherzo for flute and piano, Op. 25 was written in 1957. The piece is recognized as a youthful masterpiece that helped define the post-war French woodwind aesthetic. The composition is dedicated to Gaston Crunelle, the influential Professor of Flute at the Paris Conservatoire, who taught many prominent flutists of that generation, like Jean-Pierre Rampal and James Galway.
It was commissioned as the morceau de concours (mandatory competition piece) for the 1957 flute examinations at the Paris Conservatoire.
The Scherzo is designed as a technical hurdle with several specific challenges: The work is famous for its use of irregular and shifting meters, particularly 7/8, which was a modern "twist" for Conservatoire students in 1957 .Additionally, it demands extreme crispness in double-tonguing and rapid finger coordination across the entire range of the instrument.
For the 29-year-old Jean-Michel Damase, 1957 was a year of professional consolidation and critical success.
By 1957, Damase was the "golden boy" of the French establishment, having won the Grand Prix de Rome (1947) and the Grand Prix de la Critique (1954). His invitation to write for the Conservatoire exit exams in 1957 signaled his official entry into the ranks of the nation's most trusted pedagogues.
In 1957, while the "Darmstadt School" was promoting rigid total serialism, Damase remained a defiant traditionalist. The Scherzo reflects his commitment to tonality, charm, and craftsmanship, drawing more from the spirit of Poulenc and Françaix than from the avant-garde.
Jean-Michel Damase (piano), 2010 recording at Eglise Pierre Nicole, Paris, 2016 release by Wyastone Estate Ltd.
Scherzo
Damase Jean-Michel
Jean-Michel Damase (1928-2013) was a French pianist, conductor and composer who was famous for his bon vivant lifestyle and lyric composition style that was similar to tonal traditions of Fauré, Poulenc and Ravel.
Born in a family of musicians (his mother Micheline Kahn was a renown harpist who premiered compositions of Caplet, Fauré, Ravel, Vierne), he was considered a child prodigy, composing first three songs at age of 9. Later he studied piano with Armand Ferté and composition with Henri Büsser and Marcel Dupré at the Paris Conservatoire where he won the first prize in piano (1943) and composition (1947).
Damase made a successful career as a concert pianist, winning the Grand Prix du Disque for his recordings of Gabriel Fauré’s nocturnes and barcarolles. Gradually he devoted more time for composing and teaching at the École Normal de Musique de Paris. Among his most popular compositions: ballet “Balance à trois”, opera “L'héritière”, and Double concerto for flute, harp and string orchestra.
Although Damase was rather prolific composer, his music is not known outside his native France.