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Jolivet André
Aitken, Robert
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Arrieu, Claude
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Cinq Incantations for flute alone
Cinq Incantations for flute alone
A. Jolivet Cinq Incantations for solo flute was written in 1936, the year when Jolivet visited Algeria and along with O. Messiaen, Y. Baudrier and D. Lesur created so-called "Jeune France" movement, to express human's spirituality.
1. Pour accueillir les négociateurs - et que l'entrevue soit pacifique (To welcome the negotiators - and let the interview be peaceful);
2. Pour que l'enfant qui va naître soit un fils (So that the child who will be born is a son);
3. Pour que la moisson soit riche qui naîtra des sillons que le laboureur... (For the harvest to be rich which will be born from the furrows that the plowman...)
4. Pour une communion sereine de l'être avec le monde (For a serene communion of being with the world)
5. Aux funérailles du chef - pour obtenir la protection de son âme (At the chief's funeral - to obtain the protection of his soul).
The titles evoke a prehistoric, heathen world in which mankind is constantly in direct contact with the forces of nature. Man tries to win over the favourable disposition of these forces through his incantatory flute playing. For all his refined artistic devices, Jolivet succeeds here in restoring to the flute its original, primitive power.
The Incantations were first performed by flautist Jan Merry, a passionate champion of Jolivet’s and Charles Koechlin’s music, who also pursued an equally successful career as an electrical engineer.
The close association between the two friends Jolivet and Messiaen can be seen in the fourth Incantation. It contains a short passage that Messiaen would later quote in his work of 1951 for flute and piano: Le Merle noir (‘The Blackbird’).
In any discussion of the Incantations it is impossible to avoid a comparison with Density 21.5, the only work for solo flute by Jolivet’s teacher Edgard Varèse. Written at roughly the same time, there are clear parallels between the two works.
Referring to the Incantations Jolivet wrote: ‘J’ai tenté de rendre à la musique son caractère originel antique, lorsqu’elle était l’expression magique et incantatoire de la religiosité des groupements humains’ (‘I have tried to restore the original ancient character of music, as the magical and incantatory expression of the religiosity of human communities’).
2019, Naxos
1. Pour accueillir les négociateurs - et que l'entrevue soit pacifique
2019, Naxos
3. Pour que la moisson soit riche qui naîtra des sillons que le laboureur...
Jolivet André
André Jolivet (1905-1974) was a French composer and conductor, known as music’s most sophisticated primitivist. Jolivet liked to expand boundaries of such "primitive" instruments as flute and percussions and described his explorations as "restoring music's original ancient sense".
During his service in the French Army in WWII Jolivet became interested in primitive religion and magic which later developed his style, which sometimes combined exotic and esoteric components.
Even though he wrote concertos for traditional instruments like flute, violin or cello, he managed to come up with rather unusual sonic combinations inspiring many composers to follow these paths. Edgar Varèse has been acknowledged as Jolivet's teacher and mentor who inspired André to formulate his musical style, experimenting with atonality, sound-masses, and other unconventional acoustical properties.