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Ibert

American  
[ee-ber] / iˈbɛr /

noun

  1. Jacques François Antoine 1890–1962, French composer.


Ibert British  
/ ibɛr /

noun

  1. Jacques ( François Antoine ) (ʒak). 1890–1962, French composer; his works include the humorous orchestral Divertissement (1930)

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There’s something heartening about audiences in shorts and T-shirts leaping to their feet in a concert hall to cheer well-turned showpieces by Ravel, Barber and Jacques Ibert.

From New York Times • Aug. 8, 2022

The eminent French composer Jacques Ibert contributed a vibrant score to “Macbeth,” but it lacks a specific relationship to the images; indeed, it appears that Ibert wrote without having seen the footage.

From The New Yorker • Dec. 7, 2015

The group plunged into the core of the repertory, such as it was: mainly mid-20th-century works by French composers like Pierre Lantier, Jacques Ibert and Alfred Desenclos.

From New York Times • Jan. 31, 2010

Last week some 2,500 Americans listened to an Ibert opera and saw the composer in person.

From Time Magazine Archive

Then came a stranger, Jacques Ibert, with three pieces from his ballet suite, Les Rencontres, given its U. S. premiere a fortnight ago by the Boston Symphony.

From Time Magazine Archive

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