Henri Dallier
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César Franck
César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck was a composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher who worked in Paris during his adult life....
at the Paris Conservatory and obtained first prize in organ and fugue in 1878. He became "titulaire du grand orgue" of Saint-Eustache
Église Saint-Eustache, Paris
L’église Saint-Eustache is a church in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, built between 1532 and 1632.Situated at the entrance to Paris’s ancient markets and the beginning of rue Montorgueil, the Église de Saint-Eustache is considered a masterpiece of late Gothic architecture...
in 1879 and in 1905 he succeeded Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers...
as the organist of la Madeleine
Église de la Madeleine
L'église de la Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris. It was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army...
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Compositions
- Cantilène, piano, 1874
- Six grands préludes pour la Toussaint, Op. 19, organ (Leduc, 1891)
- Contemplation, violin, piano/harp and organ (Leduc, 1891)
- Messe nuptiale (Leduc, 1894)
- In Deo caritas, organ (Leduc, 1895)
- Symphony No.1, Op. 50 (1908)
- Cinq invocations, organ (Lemoine, 1926)
- Fete joyeuse, trumpet and piano
- Fantaisie-Caprice, oboe and piano