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French organists

41 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Achille PhilipPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Camille Casimir Achille Philip (12 October 1878 - 12 November 1959) was a French organist, composer, conductor and pedagogue.
Alexandre GeorgesPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Alexandre Georges (1903)
Alexandre GuilmantPerson · Music memorabiliaFélix-Alexandre Guilmant (French pronunciation: [feliks alɛksɑ̃dʁ ɡilmɑ̃]; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer.
André IsoirPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Jean-Marie Isoir (20 July 1935 – 20 July 2016) was a French organist and pedagogue.
André MessagerPerson · Music memorabiliaAndré Charles Prosper Messager (lang; 30 December 1853 – 24 February 1929) was a French composer, organist, pianist and conductor.
César FranckPerson · Music memorabiliaCésar Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium.
Charles GounodPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Gounod in 1860 soon after his greatest success, Faust
Charles TournemirePerson · Music memorabiliaCharles Arnould Tournemire (22 January 1870 – 3 or 4 November 1939) was a French composer and organist, notable partly for his improvisations, which were often rooted in the music of…
Charles-Louis HanonPerson · Music memorabiliaCharles-Louis Hanon (2 July 181919 March 1900) was a French piano pedagogue and composer.
Christophe MoyreauPerson · Music memorabiliaChristophe Moyreau (4 April 1700 – 11 May 1774) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist.
Claude BalbastrePerson · Music memorabiliaClaude Balbastre (8 December 1724 – 9 May 1799) was a French composer, organist, harpsichordist and fortepianist. He was one of the most famous musicians of his time.
Clément LoretPerson · Music memorabiliaClément Loret (10 October 1833 – 14 February 1909) was an organist, music educator, and composer of Belgian origin, French naturalized.
Édouard DevernayPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Devernay playing the choir organ of Notre-Dame des Victoires (Trouville-sur-Mer)
Errol ParkerPerson · Music memorabiliaErrol Parker (né Raphaël Schecroun; 30 October 1925 – 2 July 1998) was a French-Algerian jazz pianist who played with Django Reinhardt, James Moody, Don Byas and Kenny Clarke, among others.
Fernand de La TombellePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Fernand de La Tombelle
François CouperinPerson · Music memorabiliaFrançois Couperin (lang; 10 November 1668 – 11 September 1733) was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist.
Gabriel FauréPerson · Music memorabiliaGabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher.
Gabriel PiernéPerson · Music memorabiliaHenri Constant Gabriel Pierné (16 August 1863 – 17 July 1937) was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Giovanni de MacquePerson · Music memorabiliaGiovanni de Macque (Giovanni de Maque, Jean de Macque) (1548/1550 – September 1614) was a Netherlandish composer of the late Renaissance and early Baroque, who spent almost his entire life…
Guillaume LasceuxPerson · Music memorabiliaGuillaume Lasceux (3 February 1740 - 1831) was a French organist, improviser and composer.
Henri BüsserPerson · Music memorabiliaPaul Henri Büsser (16 January 1872 – 30 December 1973) was a French classical composer, organist, conductor and teacher.
HervéPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis-Auguste Florimond Ronger (30 June 1825 – 3 November 1892), who used the pseudonym Hervé, was a French singer, composer, librettist, conductor and scene painter, whom Ernest Newman,…
Jacques ThomelinPerson · Music memorabiliaJacques Thomelin (c. 1635 – 28 October 1693), also named Jacques-Denis or Alexandre-Jacques-Denis, was a 17th-century French composer and organist.
Jean YannePerson · Music memorabiliaJean Yanne (born Jean Roger Gouyé; 18 July 1933 – 23 May 2003) was a French actor, screenwriter, producer, director and composer.
Jean-Paul-Égide MartiniPerson · Music memorabiliaJean-Paul-Égide Martini, also known as Jean-Paul-Gilles Martini (31 August 1741 – 14 February 1816) was a French composer of German birth during the classical period.
Jean-Yves Daniel-LesurPerson · Music memorabiliaDaniel Jean-Yves Lesur (19 November 1908 – 2 July 2002) was a French organist and composer. He was the son of the composer Alice Lesur.
Jeanne DemessieuxPerson · Music memorabiliaJeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux (14 February 1921 – 11 November 1968) was a French organist, pianist, composer, and teacher.
Jules MassenetPerson · Music memorabiliaJules Émile Frédéric Massenet (12 May 1842 – 13 August 1912) was a French composer of the Romantic era best known for his operas, of which he wrote more than thirty.
Léon BoëllmannPerson · Music memorabiliaLéon Boëllmann (French pronunciation: [leɔ̃ bɔ.ɛlman]; 25 September 1862 – 11 October 1897) was a French composer, known for a small number of compositions for organ.
Louis ArchimbaudPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Archimbaud (November 1705 – 13 May 1789) was a Comtadin composer. He was one of the last representatives of the Baroque style of French organ school.
Louis CouperinPerson · Music memorabiliaLouis Couperin (lang; c. 1626 – 29 August 1661) was a French Baroque composer and performer.
Marcel DupréPerson · Music memorabiliaMarcel Jean-Jules Dupré (3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.
Maurice DurufléPerson · Music memorabiliaMaurice Gustave Duruflé (11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French composer, organist, musicologist, and teacher. He is particularly well known for his Requiem (1947).
Michel CorrettePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Michel Corrette
Michel Richard DelalandePerson · Music memorabiliaMichel Richard Delalande [de Lalande] (15 December 1657 – 18 June 1726) was a French Baroque composer and organist who was in the service of King Louis XIV.
Pierre CochereauPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre Eugène Charles Cochereau (9 July 1924 – 6 March 1984) was a French organist, improviser, composer, and pedagogue.
Pierre LabricPerson · Music memorabiliaPierre André Labric (born 30 June 1921) is a French organist, pedagogue, and composer.
Raoul de PugnoPerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Raoul Pugno in 1897
René ViernePerson · Music memorabiliaRené Ambroise Jean Eugéne Vierne (11 March 1878 – 29 May 1918) was a French organist and composer. He was the younger brother of Louis Vierne, who was also a composer.
Thierry MechlerPerson · Music memorabiliaThierry Mechler (born 1962) is a French organist and organ and improvisation teacher at the Hochschule für Musik und Tanz Köln.
Xavier DarassePerson · Music memorabiliaIllustration — Xavier Darasse (right) giving a piano lesson, 10 December 1965

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