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Louis Vierne
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French organist and composer (1870–1937)
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Louis Vierne was a French composer, organist, music educator, and music arranger. Born in Poitiers in 1870, he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles. His teachers included Charles-Marie Widor, César Franck, and Charles Colin. Vierne was employed by the Conservatoire de Paris and the Schola Cantorum de Paris. He taught students such as Nadia Boulanger, Omer Létourneau, and Alexander Schreiner.
Vierne was blind and played the pipe organ. His works include symphonies and classical music. He received the award of Knight of the Legion of Honour. He died in Paris in 1937 from a myocardial infarction. He is buried at Montparnasse Cemetery. His sibling was René Vierne.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- France
- Active from
- 1870
- Active to
- 1937
Discography
- Vierne et Tournemire (aux grandes orgues Gonzalez de la cathédrale de Soissons)1962
- Symphonie en la / Spleens et détresses1969
- Symphony no. 2 for Organ1973
- Vierne à Notre-Dame1973
- 24 pièces de fantaisie1988
- 2e et 3e symphonies pour orgue1988
- Cinquième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue, op. 47 / Sixième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue, op. 591988
- Jennifer Bate plays Vierne1988
- Messe Solennelle1988
- Premiere Symphonie pour Grand Orgue, op. 14 / Deuxième Symphonie pour Grand Orgue, op. 201988
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14,767
- Total plays
- 107,146
Tags
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) was a French organist and composer. Vierne was born on 8th October 1870. He was born nearly blind and showed an early aptitude for music. Like Gabriel Fauré, he was an assistant to the organist Charles-Marie Widor at Saint-Sulpice in Paris, and from 1900 was principal organist at Notre-Dame de Paris. Vierne was considered one of the greatest musical improvisers of his generation, although most of his works were never written down. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Loui
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Louis
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Poitiers
- Place of death
- Paris
- Sibling
- René Vierne
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles
- Employer
- Schola Cantorum de Paris
- Languages spoken
- French
- Student of
- César Franck
- Genre
- classical music
- Instrument
- pipe organ
- Image
- Vierne 1910.JPG
Show 9 more facts
- place of burial
- Montparnasse Cemetery
- Commons category
- Louis Vierne
- date of birth
- 1870-10-08
- date of death
- 1937-06-02
- medical condition
- blindness
- manner of death
- natural causes
- name in native language
- Louis Vierne
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- P8168
- Canning Basin
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