Maurice Thiriet

French composer (1906–1972)

Maurice Thiriet (French: [tiʁjɛ]; 2 May 1906 – 28 September 1972) was a French composer of classical and film music.

## Biography[edit]

Born in Meulan, Yvelines, Maurice Thiriet attended the Paris Conservatory from 1925 to 1931, studying counterpoint and fugue with Charles Koechlin, and orchestration and arrangement under Alexis Roland-Manuel. Thiriet's career revolved mainly around film music, completing around seventy scores from 1942 to 1960. A fellow composer Maurice Jaubert, whose life was cut short during World War II, is often cited as a major influence on Thiriet's outlook.

Besides his cinematic output, Thiriet also composed several concert works, including a concerto for the flute, twelve ballets, and three operas. His compositional style, which Jaubert and Roland-Manuel influenced, is characterized by taught construction and modest, nearly impressionistic harmonization, often bearing a neo-classical grace similar to that of the music of Francis Poulenc and Jean Françaix. Thiriet's work was also presented in the art competition during the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] Thiriet also wrote La Nigérienne, the former national anthem of Niger, in 1961.

## List of works[edit]

### Stage and dramatic[edit]

* La Bourgois de Falaise – opera (1937)
* Psyché – ballet (1950)
* Herakles – ballet (1953)
* Œdipe-roi – sur le texte de Jean Cocteau for speaker and orchestra (1940–41) and on stage (1963)
* La véridique histoire du docteur – opéra comique (1937)
* La Locandiera – opéra-bouffe (1960)
* L'œuf à la coque – ballet (1949)
* Deuil en 24 heures – ballet (1953)
* La nuit vénitienne – ballet (1939)
* La chaloupée – ballet (1960)
* La chambre noire – ballet-bouffe (1955)
* La précaution inutile (sur des thèmes de Rossini) – ballet (1946)
* La reine des iles – ballet (1955)
* Le maure de Venise – ballet (1958)
* Les amants de Mayerling – ballet (1960)
* Les jeux de l'amour et du placard – ballet-opérette (1953)
* Messaline – théatre (1947)
* Vogue la galère – théatre (1952)

### Orchestra[edit]

* Le Livre pour Jean (1929)
* Rhapsody on Inca Themes (1935)
* Poem, for strings (1936)
* La Nuit Fantasque (1941)
* Les visiteurs du soir (1947)

### Concertante[edit]

* Introduction, Chanson et Ronde, harp and orchestra (1936)
* Flute Concerto, flute and string orchestra (1959)

## Selected filmography[edit]

* Once Upon a Time (1933)
* Southern Mail (1937)
* Adrienne Lecouvreur (1938)
* The Most Beautiful Girl in the World (1938)
* The Wolf of the Malveneurs (1943)
* Vautrin (1943)
* Pamela (1945)
* The Eternal Husband (1946)
* Not So Stupid (1946)
* Le Bataillon du ciel (1947)
* Eternal Conflict (1948)
* Three Boys, One Girl  (1948)
* Mystery in Shanghai (1950)
* Passion (1951)
* The House on the Dune (1952)
* The Air of Paris (1954)
* La Tour, prends garde ! (1958)
* Eyes of Love (1959)

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Maurice Thiriet". Olympedia. Retrieved 21 August 2020.

## Sources[edit]

^ Mark Brill "Maurice Thiriet" in The Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians

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