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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

Composer Ibert, 65, found it "intriguing to try to make stones speak."

From Time Magazine Archive

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