Jeanine Rueff facts for kids

Jeanine Rueff (born February 5, 1922 – died around September 1999) was a talented French composer and music teacher. She wrote many pieces of music and helped many students learn about music.

Her Early Life and Studies

Jeanine Rueff was born in Paris, France. She loved music from a young age. She studied at the famous Conservatoire de Paris, which is a top music school. There, she learned from many great teachers like Tony Aubin and Henri Busser.

In 1948, Jeanine Rueff won second place in a very important competition called the Grand Prix de Rome. This award showed how talented she was as a young composer.

Her Career as a Teacher

Jeanine Rueff started working at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1950. She helped teach saxophone and clarinet classes. Later, in 1960, she became a teacher for "solfège" sight singing. This means she taught students how to read and sing music just by looking at the notes.

From 1977 to 1988, she taught harmony. Harmony is about how different musical notes sound good together. One of her most famous students was Jean-Michel Jarre, who became a very well-known electronic music artist.

Her Musical Compositions

Jeanine Rueff also wrote a lot of her own music. In 1945, she won another award, the Prix Favareille-Chailley-Richez, for a jazz piano piece. She composed a short opera called Le Femme d'Enée in 1954. She also wrote a concerto for four saxophones and a Symphonietta in 1956.

Her music is still played today. For example, a group called Saxallegro recorded her piece Chanson et Passepied in 1997. In 1999, some of her pieces for bass trombone were used in an international music competition.

Jeanine Rueff passed away in 1999. A saxophone group played a concert to remember her and her wonderful contributions to music.

What Kind of Music Did She Write?

Jeanine Rueff wrote many pieces for different instruments. She especially loved writing for the saxophone, but also for instruments like the clarinet and cornet. Her compositions for the saxophone are often used in music contests. This means young musicians around the world still play her challenging and beautiful pieces.