Jeannine Richer

Jeannine Paulette Albertine Richer (6 June 1924 – 18 August 2022) was a French composer and music educator who taught music theory and published four books before she began composing.

Richer was born in Caudebec-en-Caux, France. She studied at the Paris Conservatory and the International Center of Music Research. Her teachers included Max Deutsch, Jean Etienne Marie, and Arnold Schoenberg. After she graduated, Richer taught music theory in Paris at the Ecole Normale de Musique until 1972.

Richer’s works were published by Chappell & Co., Editions Musicales Transatlantiques, Furore-Verlag, G. Billaudot, Henry Lemoine, and M. Eschig. They included: