Maurice Vaute

Maurice Vaute (27 April 1913 – 21 June 2000) was a Belgian composer of classical music, conductor and music teacher.

Biography

Maurice Vaute was born on 27 April 1913 in Roisin and studied at the Conservatories of Mons and Brussels (harmony, fugue, saxophone, etc.). He was a music teacher as well as an orchestra and choir conductor. His compositions are deposited as "Fonds Maurice Vaute" in the library of the Brussels conservatory. He died in Chimay.

Style Initially, he was influenced by Maurice Ravel, Claude Debussy, and Joseph Jongen, his teacher. Later, his compositions were atonal.

Compositions

Symphonic works Auprès de toi - aria, 1936 Arlequins-fantaisie Gavotte ancienne Menuetto allegretto Triptyque for strings and harpsichord Deux mouvements pour les temps venus Trinôme for orchestra, soli and wind trio Concerto for saxophone alto and orchestra Symphonie de danses for orchestra and saxophone trio Espace, intensité (symphonie libre) Les heures, Trois mouvements symphoniques 1. Prélude 2. Rondo giocoso 3. Postlude Concerto for piano and orchestra Concerto for violin and orchestra Rondo pastoral

Ballet Le reflet dans la Meuse (argument de Malfère) Melos

Solo instruments Lied for cello and piano, Souvenance Moderato allegro for trumpet and piano Aube, for clarinet and piano (lied) or string quartet Improvisata for saxophone alto and piano Cantilène variée for saxophone alto and piano (Editions Maurer Bruxelles) Divertissement à quatre voix for trumpets Invention 84 for violin and piano

Piano Scherzo Rondo amabile Cinq minutes contemplatives, Première suite,(Ed. Armiane, Versailles) Deuxième suite (Vieille chanson, Danse naïve (Ed. Armiane, Versailles), Mélopée) Troisième suite (Ed. Maurer, Bruxelles) Sonatine Cadence, Distique, Epigramme Moto perpetuo Offrande for organ or piano (Ed. Armiane, Versailles) La complainte de l'agneau Menuet

Orchestra and choral works Fantaisie sur une chanson de Colin Muset (Moyen-âge) Chanson des brises (Bouilhet, French poet 1823-1869)

Chamber music Impromptu for double wind quartet Wind quintet and piano on a Russian theme Impromptu for saxophone quartet Quatre inventions à trois voix for flute, clarinet and bassoon Choral et divertissement for saxophone quartet String quartet "Stances d'aujourd'hui" Third saxophone quartet "Nocturne (Ed. Maurer Bruxelles), Aubade, Allegretto nobile" Dinanderie for saxophone alto, soli, flute, clarinet, violin, cello, piano, arrangement for two pianos

Choir Barque d' or (4 voix d'hommes), poem by Van Lerberghe Les fleurs (4 voix mixtes), poem by Ovide Dieu Les trois arbres au bout du monde (4 voix mixtes and piano), poem translated from iroquoian by E. Lambotte Le long du quai (4 voix mixtes), poem by Sully Prudhomme Cantique (4 voix mixtes and piano), poem by Emile Verhaeren Psychanalyse (4 voix mixtes), poem by Constant de Horion Paysage (4 voix mixtes), poem by Simone Simon Chant deuxième du "Sacre" poem by Charles Plisnier Le pêcheur de lune (4 voix mixtes), poem by S. Bodard Chanson (4 voix mixtes et clavecin), poem by Charles d' Orléans Le joli mai (4 voix mixtes et piano), poem by Valère Gilles Villanelle (4 voix mixtes et piano), poem by M. Hemon Voici la maison douce (4 voix mixtes et piano), Les heures du soir, poem by Emile Verhaeren L'enfant devant la mer (4 voix de femmes, string orchestra and English horn), poem by Elise Vaute-Croix Cinq chansons à 4 voix mixtes, atonal (poems by Maeterlinck, Carême, Druet, Verhaeren en Libbrecht Six chants à 2 et 3 voix (poems by Carême, Ley, Simon) Quatre "Noëls Wallons" Six chants à 2 et 3 voix for secondary schools Et les blés (4 voix mixtes), poem by Druet Fables et chansonnettes pour jeunes (text by Ki Wist alias Jacques Henriquez) Poésies d'enfants (4 voix mixtes), atonal

Lieder (voice and piano) La lune blanche, poem by Verlaine Spleen, poem by Marguerite Denée Chanson triste, poem by J.M.Deronchène Intimité, poem by Denise Malray-Ticx J'ai perdu ma peine, poem by Simone Simon Prière, poem Suzette Bodard Aix-en-Provence, poem by Georges Jean Bartel Instants, poem by Denise Malray-Ticx Hommes de tous pays, poem by Laure Rolland Le démon des orages, poem by Jean-Louis Vanham Partage, poem by Vanham (atonal) Ciel gris, ciel noir, poem by Maurice Carême Testament, poem by Lisa Chastelet Le petit âne gris, poem by Louis Lecomte (atonal) Le petit frère, text by Madeleine Ley Les parfums roux, poemby Vanham (atonal) Dis-moi qui c'est, poem by Ki Wist, alias Jacques Henriquez Chant de Noël, from Les chansons et les heures de Marie-Noël

Music theory 21 morceaux de solfège à 5 clés (voice and piano)

Harmony and fanfare Auprès de toi - aria for fanfare Entracte commémoratif - Marche de concert for fanfare Poème pastoral, (arr. for harmony and solo horn) Prélude en rondo voor fanfare Pavane pour le teddy - fantasy for fanfare of harmony Pour un anniversaire - Marche de concert for fanfare and harmony Menuetto allegretto for fanfare and harmony Danse des villageois - uittreksel from ballet "Le reflet dans la Meuse" for harmony and fanfare

Light music Saxophone alto and piano (Ed. Buyst, Bruxelles) Two soli: Parfum d'une rose and Atlantic Jenny Pseudonym: Jean Morivaut Toute belle, piano and accordion Belle promenade, piano and accordion Sans souci Simple histoire, Fox trott Comprendras-tu, slow fox