Jeannine Paulette Albertine Richer (6 June 1924 – 18 August 2022) was a French composer and music educator who taught music theory and published four books before she began composing.
Richer was born in Caudebec-en-Caux, France. She studied at the Paris Conservatory and the International Center of Music Research. Her teachers included Max Deutsch, Jean Etienne Marie, and Arnold Schoenberg. After she graduated, Richer taught music theory in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique until 1972.
Richer's works were published by Chappell & Co., Editions Musicales Transatlantiques, Furore-Verlag, G. Billaudot, Henry Lemoine, and M. Eschig. They included:
Books
1962 – 60 Dictées: Très Faciles et Faciles 1962 – 65 Dictées: Faciles et de Moyenne Force 1969 – Cinquante Dictées Musicales 1958 – Vingt et une Leçons de Solfège
Compositions Chamber 3e Recueil d'Oeuvres, for string bass and piano Alchimies, for two violins Alpha Beta Gamma, for two Celtic harps Darissimo, for oboe En ce Temps-la, for 12 guitars La Guitar Contemporaine Le Lointain Trottoir d’en Face, for brass quintet Ligne Interrompue, for string bass Memoire, for piano, violin, and cello Piece, for flute Piege VI, for guitar Quartet for Saxophones Quartet for Trombones Rite, for 20 guitars Rives, for guitar String Bass Quartet Undecim, for brass ensemble
Electronic Le Crane (biblical text) Oiseaux Foux
Opera
Parade Cruelle
Orchestra
Confrontation Periodes, for oboe and string orchestra
Organ/Piano
Delta V Entrechoquements et Zones Silencieuses Hantise Miniatures Musiquemobile Orgue 88 Mineral Fragment I (organ) Sonorite Tremblements/Derapages Triangle, for two pianos
Theatre
Les Portes du Chemin
Vocal
Anonymes, for large chorus and ten instruments Vocal, for a capella chorus
References
External links
Listen to Histoire Revée by Jeannine Richer