Jean FERRAT
Jean Ferrat (Jean Tenenbaum) (December 26, 1930 at Vaucresson, Hauts-de-Seine) is a songwriter, musician and singer French. Last of four children in a modest Jewish family that moved to Versailles in 1935, he studied at the Collège Jules Ferry. During the war, his father was deported by the Nazis and died in Auschwitz. He must leave school to work to help support his family. Already at that time, he was attracted by music and theater. In early 1950, he joined a theater group, composed a few songs and plays guitar in a jazz band. It goes without much success but few hearings, did not discouraging, decided to devote himself exclusively to music. Thus in 1956, he set to music of Elsa's eyes, a poem by Louis Aragon he is an admirer. This is Andre Claveau, then in vogue, for the song and brings to Jean Ferrat some notoriety. It occurs when the Parisian cabaret La Colombe Michel Valette, opening for Guy Béart. In 1958 he released his first 45 laps, but found little success. A young singer, Christine Sèvres, taking up some of his songs. He married her in 1961. It is the encounter in 1959 by Gérard Meys, who became his editor and friend, who revived his career, he signed with Decca and the following year, her second 45 laps with the song Ma Vie en Rose, which is its first success and goes on the radio. Jean Ferrat 2004Sa meeting with Alain Goraguer, who will sign his first arrangements under the name of Milton Lewis, will also be decisive, it will become the appointed arranger of songs by Jean Ferrat. His first 33 rpm was released in 1961 and awarded the prize of SACEM. He then began a long career, beset by problems with censorship. Indeed, Jean Ferrat has always been a singer engaged. He wrote his lyrics set to music or those of his fellow poets, and George Henry Gougaud Coulonges. (See discography for more). In 1962, he met Isabelle Aubret. A real thunderbolt friendly place between two artists. Ferrat he wrote "Two children in the sun," one of the major titles of the singer, and offered him the first leg of the tour when it starts. He also wrote and composed a song for Daniel Guichard: "Boy". Jean Ferrat lives in the town of Antraigues-sur-Volane (around Vals-les-Bains) in Ardeche, and his delight in fact the song "The Mountain". Google machine translation: Jean FERRAT's original bio |
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| Jean FERRAT Arr : Alain CREPIN Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : French light music |
Set Wind Band (FERR04980-BA) : € 139,94 Full score (FERR04980-CO) : € 39,14 |
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| Jean FERRAT Arr : Jean-Philippe ICHARD Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : String orchestra |
Set Wind Band (FERR04889-BA) : € 100,29 Full score (FERR04889-CO) : € 27,96 |
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| Jean FERRAT Arr : Daniel ZEMP Publisher : Robert Martin Genre : Orchestra Group : Wind band Style & options : French light music |
Set Wind Band (FERR02461-BA) : € 221,56 Choirs (FERR02461-CH) : € 64,66 Full score (FERR02461-CO) : € 44,73 |
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