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Pierre Jamet (21 April 1893 in Orléans – 17 June 1991 in Gargilesse-Dampierre) was a French harpist and pedagogue. A pupil of Alphonse Hasselmans at the Conservatoire de Paris, he became professor of harp there from 1948 to 1963, succeeding Marcel Tournier.

He is the father of harpist Marie-Claire Jamet.

Selected discography

• Les Introuvables de Manuel de Falla, 4CD, EMI, 1996. With Victoria de Los Angeles, Aldo Ciccolini, Consuelo Rubio and Ana-Maria Iriarte.
• Jean-Philippe Rameau, Rossignols amoureux, extract of Hippolyte et Aricie, with soprano Leïla Ben Sedira, 78 rpm, 1940.
• Hommage à Albert Roussel, 33 rpm, Decca , 1958. With Christiane Verzieux, José Maria Sierra and Christian Lardé.
• Concerto en si bémol majeur pour harpe et orchestre by Haendel/Impromptu op. 86 de Gabriel Fauré/Impromptu op. 21 by Albert Roussel, 33 rpm, Decca

References

1. Govea, Wenonah Milton (1995). Nineteenth- and Twentieth-century Harpists: A Bio-critical Sourcebook. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 121–138. ISBN 978-0-313-27866-2.
2. "Remembrances of Pierre Jamet in His Centennial Year". Swanson Harp Company. Retrieved 2023-03-08.

External links

• Portrait of Pierre Jamet on the site A.I.H-A.H.

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