"Sonatine pour Flute et Piano" - INSCRIBED TO JEAN WIENER

Paris: A. Durand & fils éditeurs. 1923. First Edition. Printed score of the important French avant-garde composer's Sonatine for flute and piano (op. 76, composed in 1922), inscribed on the title page to his friend and colleague Jean Wiener. Milhaud has penned: "À Jean Wiener / Souvenir des Concerts Wiener / D." 17 pp. [score]; 6 pp. [fl.]. [PN] D. & F. 10,279. Pages loose, as issued; original wrappers with some toning and wear to the edges, but structurally sound and overall in fine condition. 10.75 x 13.75 inches (27.3 x 35 cm).

The "Concerts Wiener" mentioned in Milhaud's inscription was a concert series begun in 1921 by Wiener with the aim of introducing a knowledgeable Parisian audience to the sounds of both jazz and avant-garde music. Some programs paired jazz, blues, and ragtime with Schoenberg, Stravinsky, and light theater music in a so-called "concert salade." 

Jean Wiener (1896 -1982) trained at the Conservatoire in Paris, where he studied alongside Darius Milhaud, and worked with Erik Satie. He then embarked on a career as concert impresario, composer and pianist. He was the house pianist at the Gaya bar, and later at Le Boeuf sur le Toit. In 1924 a chance encounter with Clement Doucet (who succeeded him at Le Boeuf) brought him into the world of popular music. Already a jazz enthusiast, Wiener found fame with Doucet in the music halls of Europe as a piano duet, under the name "Wiener and Doucet" in which they performed classical music, hot dance and jazz. He was of some significance in the promotion of new music, both by his friends in the Les Six (Milhaud, Poulenc, etc.), and by composers such as Schoenberg, Berg and Webern. His compositions involve the use of jazz informed by French wit and elegance. (14478)

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