Jean Rivier

Alexis Fernand Félix Jean Rivier (21 July 1896 – 6 November 1987) was a French composer of classical music in the neoclassical style. The son of , a co-inventor of Armenian paper, he composed over two hundred works, including music for orchestra, chamber groups, chorus, piano, and solo instruments. Rivier served as professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory from 1948 until his retirement in 1966. During the period 1948–1962, he shared this position with composer Darius Milhaud. Three of his notable students at the Paris Conservatory were Gareth Walters, Pedro Ipuche Riva, and Gerd Boder. Quote Compositions *3 Points Seches for piano *4 Fantasmes for piano *4 Sequences Dialogues (need instrumentation) *Alternances for piano *Andante espressivo ed allegro burlesco (three movements) for clarinet and piano *Aria for trumpet (or oboe) and organ *Brillances for 2 trumpets, 2 French horns, 2 trombones and 1 tuba *Capriccio (need instrumentation) *Comme une tendre berceuse for flute and piano *Concerto (arranged by Rene Decouais) (need instrumentation) *Concerto for alto saxophone, trumpet and string orchestra (1955) *Concerto for alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, 2 bassoons, tru