Edith Lejet, composer

TITLE	DATE DURATION	INSTRUMENTS	PUBLISHER	COMMISSION	FIRST PERFORMANCE
Le Journal d'Anne Frank Listen	1968-1970 27 mn	for female choir and 8 instrumentalists : Flute, Harpsichord, Harp, electric Guitar, Viola, Bass, Percussion (two players)	Billaudot Publisher	Radio-France	Recorded with the children choir of Radio-France, with Jacques Jouineau conducting (1970).
Les Rois-Mages	1987-1989 60 mn	Oratorio for 6 voices, choir and instrumental ensemble composed of Flute, Clarinet, Baritone Saxophone, Trumpet, Percussion (1 player), Guitar, String Quintet Text by Vincent Fournier	Amphion Publisher	Ministry of Culture	Premièred in Périgord, Castle of Bourdeilles (05-01-1990).
Sept Chants Sacrés Listen	1990 15 mn	2 versions : for female Choir and Organ, or 12 female voices and organ, on latin poems from the proper of the order of Saint-Benoït, about the creation.	Unpublished	Radio-France	First performance of Songs 1, 2, 3 and 7 at Saint-Claude ("Festival du Haut-Jura") on 18/06/2004 by the Benjamin Britten Choir conducted by Nicole Corti.
Trois Chants pour un Noël Listen	1995 7 mn 30	2 versions : for children Choir, Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Percussion, of for children choir and organ. Text by René David	Unpublished	Radio-France	Premièred in December 1995 at Auditorium Messiaen, "Maison de Radio-France" (Paris) CD MANDALA "MAN 5086"
Missa Brevis Listen	1996 12 mn	for mixed chorus (sopranos, altos, baritones) and organ	Unpublished		First performance in Fresnes in 1999, by the group " les chanteurs d'Eole ", Hermineh Yérissians conductor, Anne-Marie Blondel organ
Psaume de Joie	1998 10 mn	for a mixed chorus, Percussion (2 instrumentalists) and Double Bass.	Unpublished	"Société des Concerts de l'E.N.M.D." of Saint-Omer (Pas-de-Calais)	Premièred in 1998 at the Cathedral of Saint-Omer, François Bocquelet conductor
Le Noël du Grillon	2007 8 mn	12 females voices (double choir), english horn, cello and harp.	Unpublished		First performance in Saint-Joseph-de-Caluire (69) on 28/09/12, by the Choir " Calliope », conducted by Régine Theodoresco

PIECES FOR VOICE (without choir)

TITLE	DATE DURATION	INSTRUMENTS	PUBLISHER	COMMISSION	FIRST PERFORMANCE
Quatre Mélodies sur le Poème de Cante Jondo de Federico Garcia Lorca Listen	1965 7 mn 30	for Alto or Soprano and Piano	Unpublished		Rewarded in 1967: quadrennial Prize of Composition offered by the "Confédération des Travailleurs Intellectuels de France".
Deux Poèmes de Rimbaud Listen	1999 10 mn	for Soprano, Clarinet in B b, Tenor Saxophone, Marimba and Harp	Unpublished	Jean-Pierre Caens and the Aix-en- Provence Conservatory	Premièred in Aix-en- Provence in February 2000 with Michel Camatte conductor, Laure Florentin soprano
L'herbier de Colette Listen	2004-2006 19 mn	Soprano (lirico leggero) and Piano	Unpublished - contact the composer	Commissioned by the French State	Sandrine Piau (Soprano) and Christian Ivaldi (Piano), 15/09/2006, Varetz (Corrèze), on the occasion of the National Heritage Days.
Trois Poèmes d'après César Vallejo (Trilce n°43, 59 and 77)	2022 13 mn	Voice of Mezzo-soprano or dramatic soprano and piano	Unpublished - contact the composer	Commissioned by " Présence Compositrices ", resource and promotion center.	First performance during the 12th festival " Présence Compositrices ", 21/11/2022, in Toulon, auditorium of the Conservatoire TPM, by Julie Nemer and Marie-France Giret.

PIECES FOR SOLO INSTRUMENT

TITLE	DATE DURATION	INSTRUMENTS	PUBLISHER	COMMISSION	FIRST PERFORMANCE
Cinq Pièces Brèves pour Piano	1965 7 mn	Piano	Unpublished		First performance in Paris, Salle Cortot (12/03/1966), by André Gorog, a concert organized by the "Club des amis des arts et des lettres".
Trois Eaux- Fortes Listen	1990-92 10 mn	Piano	Amphion Publisher	Ministry of Culture	Premièred in France by Alain Raës during the "Musicales en Valois" Festival (1992) Recorded on CD by Michael Wladkovski (REM 311276 XCD) and by Sophia Vaillant (INDE 161).
Fleurs d'Opale Listen	1997 5-6 mn	Piano	Lemoine Publisher "Album 20-21, volume 3"	Lemoine	Recorded on CD by Geneviève Ibanez (Lemoine)
Triptyque Listen	1979 17 mn	Organ	Lemoine Publisher	Radio-France	First performance in Paris by Bernard Foccroule (12/05/1980)
Ave Maria	1985 3 mn 20	Organ	J.M. Fuzeau Publisher : 5 pièces pour l'orgue dans des thèmes grégoriens.		Recorded by Chantal de Zeeuw (CD CORIOLAN 318 301)
Métamorphoses Listen	1981 4 mn	Harp	Transatlantiques Publisher	Ministry of Culture	Recorded in a CD QUANTUM 6919 12.21.66 by Catherine Michel
Deux Soliloques	1991 6 mn	Horn	Amphion Publisher	Ministry of Culture
Volubilis Listen	1981 7 mn	Cello	Amphion Publisher	Paris Conservatory	Recorded on CD by Xavier Gagnepain (REM 311276 XCD)
Palette	1973 3 mn	Percussion	Heugel Publisher (See Alphone Leduc)	Boulogne Conservatory for educational purposes
Contrastes et Couleurs Listen	1983 2 mn 45	Guitar	Transatlantiques Publisher Collection Rafael Andia, Album "Panorama de la Musique Contemporaine pour Guitare"	Transatlantiques	Recorded on CD by Marianne Delmas- Mondin for Transatl- antiques Publisher
Trois Figures du Zodiaque	15 mn	Guitar
Gémeaux Listen	1978 5 mn 30	Guitar	Amphion Publisher		Premièred by Mike Dezavelle at Radio-France, "Pouvoirs de la Musique" (08/12/78)
Lion	1991 3 mn 30	Guitar	Max Eschig Publisher	"Royaume de la Musique"	First performance in August 1998 in Sao Paulo (Brazil), by Roger Eon.
Balance Listen	1982 6 mn	Guitar	Transatlantiques Publisher	City of Carpentras	Finale of the 5th International Competition of Guitar of Carpentras (15/05/83), recorded by Tania Chagnot (Altais Music AM0503)
America Listen	1987 5 mn 30	Guitar	Unpublished		First performance in Seville (Auditorium Manuel de Falla) on 20/09/87 by Betho Davezac
La Voix des Voiles	1989 4 mn	Guitar	Max Eschig Publisher	Commissioned by the Sablé Festival, to celebrate the poet Pierre Reverdy	Premièred by Betho Davezac in Sablé (20/08/89)
4 caprices pour violon	1990-1991	Violin	Unpublished	Educational pieces.	First performance in Conservatory of Laon on 08/02/2020
La houle à l'assaut des récifs Listen	2010 6 mn 15	Cello solo	Henry Lemoine Publisher		First performance in Paris on 18/12/2012, ENM - salle Cortot by Aurélienne Brauner
De Lumière et de cieux embrasés Listen	2010 5 mn	Harp	Henry Lemoine Publisher		First performance in Auditorium, Museum of the City of Strasbourg by Constance Luzzati on 20/01/11
Fulgurances Listen	2014-2015 3 mn 45	harp solo	Billaudot Publisher	Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud-Ouest.	First performance in CRR of Boulogne-Billancourt on 22/05/2015. Compulsory piece for harp exam (CEM)
Chemins croisés Listen	2015 2 mn 40	Celtic Harp	Billaudot Publisher	Communauté d'agglomération Grand Paris Sud-Ouest.	First performance in CRR of Boulogne-Billancourt on 07/06/2016. First cycle harp exam.

PIECES FOR TWO INSTRUMENTS

TITLE
DATE
DURATION
INSTRUMENTS PUBLISHER COMMISSION FIRST PERFORMANCE

Musique pour Trombone et Piano

1972

5 mn

Trombone and piano

Editions Françaises de Musique (now Billaudot)
Commissioned by the Paris Conservatory Prize competition june 1973.

Quatre Pièces en Duo

1975

5 mn

Double Bass and Piano

Hortensia Publisher (now Leduc)
Commissioned by the Paris Conservatory
Prize competition june 1975.

Méandres

1976

5 mn 30
Saxhorn, or Tuba, or Bass Trombone and Piano
Billaudot Publisher

Fernand Lelong collection "le Tuba"
Commissioned by the Paris Conservatory Prize competition june 1976.

Emeraude et Rubis

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1982

3 mn
two flutes
Editions Musicales Transatlantiques
Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture for educational purposes Audio-recording at Radio-France (01/03/1988) by Sandrine Charpentier and Aude Saglier.

Saphir

1982

10 mn
For alto and baritone Saxophone and Piano Unpublished Composed at Max Jezouin's request Premièred in Sèvres, auditorium of the conservatory, by Max Jezouin and Claude Jean (22/04/1983)

Jade

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1983

2 mn 30
Saxophone and Percussion
Salabert Publisher
Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture for educational purposes Fist performance at Angoulême CNR (25/05/1983).

Trois Petits Préludes

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1985

10 mn
Saxophone and Piano
Lemoine Publisher

Claude Delangle collection
Commissioned by the Ministry of Culture Fist performance at CRR of Boulogne-Billencourt (24/05/1985).

Tourbillons

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1986

3 mn
Clarinet and Piano
Billaudot Publisher " Album : clarinette 3, collection ' Panorama'
Billaudot Fist performance at conservatory of Barbezieux (02/05/1990).

Almost a Song

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1995

7 mn
Guitar and Viola
Max Eschig Publisher
Commissioned by the Paris Conservatory for its Bicentenary Premièred in New-York in March 1996
Recorded on a CD by Olivier Chassain and Pierre-Henri Xuereb (MET CD 1021, England)

Parcours en duo

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2001

8 mn
Baritone Saxophone and Percussion (4 kettledrums and vibraphone) Unpublished Commissioned by Jean-Pierre Caens first performance in Aix-en-Provence (March 2004) by Jean-Pierre Caens and Gisèle David

"Bruit de l'eau sur de l'eau..."

Listen

2009

4 mn 40
2 violins or 2 baroque violins
Lemoine Publisher
Commissioned by Trans'Art Premièred in Reims on July 10th, 2009 by Sarah and Deborah Nemtanu

Gravir

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2014

5 mn 00
trumpet and piano

or

alto saxophone and piano Unpublished Commissioned by Liberta Duet first performance in Laval (April 7 2015) by Antoine Candela and Christine Jeandroz

PIECES OF CHAMBER MUSIC

TITLE	DATE DURATION	INSTRUMENTS	PUBLISHER	COMMISSION	FIRST PERFORMANCE
Musique pour Trompette et Quintette de Cuivres Listen	1968 13 mn	1 trumpet soloist, 2 trumpets horn, trombone, tuba	E.F.M. now Billaudot	Commissioned by the trumpet player Pierre Thibaud	First performance during the Aix-en Provence Festival, by the Ars Nova Quintet (11/07/1968)
Quatuor de Saxophones Listen	1974 12 mn	Saxophone Quartet	E.F.M. now Billaudot	Commissioned by the Deffayet Quartet	Premièred in Bordeaux during the International Congress of Saxophones held in 1974
Deux Antiennes for brass quintet	1978 9 mn	1 horn, 2 trumpets, 1 trombone and 1 tuba	Unpublished	Commissioned by " les semaines musicales d'Orléans " (Francis Miroglio)	First performance at Saint-Pierre du Martroi (Orléans) by the Ars Nova Quintet (09/12/1978)
Aube Marine Listen	1982 7 mn	Saxophone Quartet	Lemoine Publisher	Commissioned by " Quatuor Contemporain "	Premièred in Nuremberg (Germany) in 1982 recorded by Quatuor Contemporain (long playing record BNL recording 111401)
Océan Pathétique Tribute to the painter Maurice Denis	1994 5 mn	Flute, Harp and String trio	Unpublished		First performance in Cologne (28 March 1995)
Echoes in the valley Listen	1995-2011 7 mn 30	Violin, Clarinet and Piano	Unpublished	Commissioned by the Verdehr Trio (Michigan State University)	Premièred in New Delhi in November 1995. New version (Echos dans la vallée) created on November 29, 2012, at Auditorium of the” CRR de Paris.
Les ombres du souvenir	2017 8 mn 20	Flute, viola and harp	Unpublished	Commissioned by the Trio " Les connivences sonores "	Creation in Reims on may, 15th, 2018 (Conservatory, Auditorium 2).
Etude pour octuor de violoncelles	2019 Around 5 mn	8 cellos	Unpublished	Commissionned by Conservatory of Music and Dance of Laon	First performance in Conservatory of Laon on 08/02/2020.

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The Publishers of Edith Lejet

- Alphonse Leduc
Wise Music Classical
10, rue de la Grange-Batelière, 75009 Paris
Phone : 33 (0)1 42 96 89 11
Fax : 33 (0)1 42 86 02 83
Email adress : alphonseleduc@wanadoo.fr
Web : http://www.alphonseleduc.com/
- Billaudot
14, rue de l'Echiquier, 75010 Paris
Phone : 33 (0)1 47 70 14 46
Fax : 33 (0)1 45 23 22 54
Email adress : info@billaudot.com
Web : http://www.billaudot.com/
- Durand / Salabert / Eschig / Amphion
gathered under the name: Universal Music Publishing
16, rue des fossés Saint-Jacques, 75005 Paris
Phone : 33 (0)1 44 41 50 90
Fax : 33 (0)1 44 41 50 91
Web : http://www.durand-salabert-eschig.com/
- Lemoine
27, boulevard Beaumarchais, 75004 Paris
Phone : 33 (0)1 56 68 86 65
Fax : 33 (0)1 56 68 90 66
Web : http://www.henry-lemoine.com/
- Radio-France
Noémie Larrieu
Phone : 33 (0)1 56 40 37 30
116, avenue du Président Kennedy, 75786 Paris Cedex 16
Email adress : noemie.larrieu@radiofrance.com
- Editions Musicales Transatlantiques
10, rue de la Grange Batelière, 75009 Paris
Phone : 33 (0)1 53 24 64 64
Fax : 33 (0)1 53 24 68 49
Email adress : transatlantiques@musicsales.co.uk

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