Theatre Music by Maurice Jarre

The distinguished film composer Maurice Jarre died recently. Rather than presenting one of his many film scores as a tribute, I've uploaded this LP of incidental music he composed for the stage. The music was for productions of the Théâtre National Populaire, which Jarre served as music director early in his career. The 1950 music for Le Prince de Hombourg, included here, was his first score. 

This record's presentation is exceptionally confusing. The LP has only a few bands and there are no breaks between most of the items. The back of the LP (see below) is opaque about the contents. When combined with my rudimentary command of French, I did have to struggle to figure out the various items. But I think I did straighten them out at last, and have separated the contents into 44 tracks for the download.

The autograph on the back cover below is by Gérard Philipe, a wonderful actor who died very young. Also in the cast are TNP director Jean Vilar, Huguette Forge, Maria Casares, and Monique Chaumette. The singer is André Schlesser. The orchestra is conducted by Serge Baudo.

The sound is good, except for two very brief patches. Hope you enjoy this unusual item - the music is quite worthwhile.