Édouard Mignan
Illustration — Mignan at the console of the grand organ of La Madeleine Édouard Charles Octave Mignan (17 March 1884 — 17 September 1969) was a French organist and composer. He was born in Orléans and 14 years old he became the organist of église Saint Paterne. He studied organ in Paris with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1912.
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Édouard Mignan
Unattributed · Bibliothèque nationale de France · Public domain
- Born
- 1884 · Orléans.
- Died
- 1969
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- organist · composer
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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He was organist at Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin from 1917 to 1935. He succeeded Henri Dallier as organist of la Madeleine in 1935 and held that post until 1962. He died in Paris at the age of 85.
Édouard Mignan studied at Conservatoire de Paris. The recorded working language is French. Positions recorded include organist. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
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Édouard Mignan, a composer and organist, was born in 1884 and died in 1969. Both events are recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France and the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek.
Les logistes du prix de Rome en composition en 1913. De gauche à droite: Claude Delvincourt, Lili Boulanger, Marc Delmas et Édouard Mignan.
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Édouard Mignan died.
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- 1.Smith, Rollin. Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral. Pendragon Press. 199. 1999. 1-57647-004-0.
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