Maurice Vaute (27 April 1913 – 21 June 2000) was a Belgian

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, 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 and, also orchestra and choir conductor. His compositions are deposited as "Fonds Maurice Vaute" in the library of the Brussels conservatory. He died in

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Style

Initially, he was influenced by

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, and

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, his teacher. Later, his compositions were

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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

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*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

Bibliography

*Thierry Levaux, ''Dictionnaire des compositeurs de Belgique'', Editions Art in Belgium, Conseil de la musique de la Communauté française, 2004, *Rik Decan, ''Qui est qui en Belgique francophone'', éditions BRD, Bruxelles, 1981, *''Fonds Maurice Vaute'', Bibliothèque du

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External links

Maurice Vaute bij de BNF

Website over Maurice Vaute

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