Maurice Le Boucher
Maurice Georges Eugène Le Boucher (25 May 1882 – 9 September 1964), was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Le Boucher was born in Isigny-sur-Mer. In 1904, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a student of Gabriel Fauré.
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Maurice Le Boucher
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- Born
- 1882 · Isigny-sur-Mer.
- Died
- 1964 · Paris.
- Nationality
- France
- Occupation
- organist · composer
- Fields
- opera
- Movements
- classical music
- Education
- Conservatoire de Paris
- Honours
- Prix de Rome
- Languages
- French
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Maurice Georges Eugène Le Boucher (25 May 1882 – 9 September 1964), was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Le Boucher was born in Isigny-sur-Mer. In 1904, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a student of Gabriel Fauré.
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In 1907, Le Boucher won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome. Later, he became professor at the École Niedermeyer and organist at St. Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris. He wrote an Organ Symphony in E major, which was published in 1917 by Éditions Leduc, Paris. He wrote a drama on Oscar Wilde la Duchesse de Padoue which was published by Salabert in 1931. In 1920, he was appointed as director of the Montpellier Conservatory, a post he held for 22 years. His students included André David. Le Boucher died in 1964 in Paris.
Maurice Le Boucher studied at Conservatoire de Paris. André David is recorded as having studied under Maurice Le Boucher. The recorded working language is French. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera. Distinctions recorded are Prix de Rome.
• Symphonie pour orgue en Mi Majeur (1917) • Ballade en Ré Mineur, clarinet and orchestra (clarinet and piano) • La Duchesse de Padoue (libretto by P. Grosfil after Wilde) (1931)
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- 1.Arnold, Corliss Richard. Organ Literature: Biographical Catalog. Scarecrow Press. 496. 1995-01-01. 978-1-4616-7025-4.
- 2.Broad, Stephen. Olivier Messiaen: Journalism 1935–1939. Routledge. (unpaginated). 2016-05-06. 978-1-317-08592-8.
- 3.Auzolle, Cécile. La création lyrique en France depuis 1900: contexte, livrets, marges. Presses universitaires de Rennes. 209-224. 2015. 978-2-7535-4172-6.
- 4.Hanauer, Claus-Dieter. L'amour Français Französische Trompetenmusik. naxosmusiclibrary.com. 20. November 2008.
- 5.Maurice Le Boucher (1882-1964). data.bnf.fr.
- 6.Salomé, Théodore. Douze pièces nouvelles pour orgue ou piano-pédalier: op. 59. Alphonse Leduc. 80. 1894.
- 7.Gee, Harry R. Clarinet Solos de Concours, 1897-1980: An Annotated Bibliography. Indiana University Press. 55. 1981. 978-0-253-13577-3.
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