Édith Lejet
Édith Lejet is a French composer and music educator.Biography
Born in Paris, Lejet studied with Marcel Beaufils, Henri Challan, Marcel Bitsch, Jean Rivier and Andre Jolivet at the Paris Conservatory. She lived at the Casa Velasquez in Madrid from 1968 to 1970. She began teaching harmony at the Sorbonne and then became professor at the National Conservatory of Music and Dance in Paris. In 2004, she was appointed professor of composition at the École Normale de Musique de Paris Alfred Cortot.Honours
Solo instrument
- Cinq pièces brèves, for piano, unpublished, 7’
- Trois eaux-fortes, for piano, Amphion, 10’
- Fleurs d’opale, for piano, Lemoine, 6’
- Triptyque, for organ, Lemoine, 18’
- Ave Maria, for organ, J.M. Fuzeau, 3'21
- Métamorphoses, for harp, Transatlantiques, 4’
- De lumière et de cieux embrasés, for harp, Lemoine, 5’
- Deux soliloques, for horn, Amphion, 6’
- Volubilis, for cello, Amphion, 7’
- La Houle à l'assaut des récifs, for cello, Lemoine, 6’
- Palette, for percussion, Heugel, 3’
- Gémeaux, for guitar, Amphion, 5’30
- Contrastes et couleurs, for guitar, Transatlantiques, 2’45
- Lion, for guitar, Max Eschig, 3’30
- Balance, for guitar, Transatlantiques, 6’
- America, for guitar, unpublished, 5’30
- La Voix des voiles, for guitar, Max Eschig, 4’
Two instruments
- Musique pour trombone et piano, Billaudot, 5’
- Quatre pièces en duo, for double bass and piano, Alphonse Leduc, 5’
- Méandres, for saxhorn, tuba or bass trombone and piano, Billaudot, 5’30
- Saphir, for saxophone and piano, unpublished, 10’
- Emeraude et Rubis, for two flutes, Transatlantiques, 3’
- Jade, for alto saxophone and percussion, Salabert, 2’30
- Trois Petits préludes, for alto saxophone and piano, Lemoine, 10’
- Tourbillons, for clarinet and piano, Billaudot, 4’30
- Almost a song, for viola and guitar, Eschig, 7’
- Parcours en duo, for baritone saxophone and percussion, unpublished, 8’30
- Bruit de l'eau sur de l'eau, for two violins, Lemoine, 5’
Chamber music (small ensembles)
- Musique pour trompette et quintette de cuivres, Billaudot, 13’
- Quatuor de saxophones, Billaudot, 13’
- Aube marine, for saxophone quartet, Lemoine, 7’
- Echos dans la vallée, for violin, clarinet and piano, unpublished, 10’
Music for orchestra or instrumental ensembles
- Monodrame, for violin and orchestra, Billaudot, 18’
- Espaces nocturnes, for eight musicians, Radio-France, 17’
- Harmonie du soir, for 12 string instruments, unpublished, 15’
- Ressac, for orchestra, Leduc, 10’
- Cérémonie, for saxophone ensemble, Lemoine, 4’
- Améthyste, for 12 string instruments, unpublished, 9’30
- Des fleurs en forme de diamants, for guitar and 7 instruments, unpublished, 10’
- Diptyque, for organ and 12 string instruments, unpublished, 12’
- Toute la nature sort de l'or, for 15 instruments, unpublished, 7’
Music for voice and/or choir
- Quatre mélodies sur le Poème de Cante Jondo de Federico Garcia Lorca, for mezzo or soprano and piano, unpublished, 7’30
- Le journal d'Anne Frank, for female choir and 8 instrumentalists, Billaudot, 27'
- L'Homme qui avait perdu sa voix, for 4 singers and 11 instrumentalists, Radio-France, 35’
- Les Mille-pattes, for children choir and instruments, Lemoine, 13’
- Les Rois-mages, for 6 singers, mixed choir and 11 instrumentalists, Amphion, 60’
- Sept Chants sacrés, for 12 female singers and organ, unpublished, 15’
- Trois Chants pour un Noël, for equal voices choir with an instrumental accompaniment, unpublished, 7’30
- Missa brevis, for mixed choir and organ, unpublished, 12’
- Psaume de joie, for mixed choir, percussion et double bass, unpublished, 10’
- L'Herbier de Colette, for soprano and piano, unpublished, 20’
- Le Noël du grillon, for twelve female singers and three instruments, unpublished, 8'
