Gigout, Eugène |
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BORN 23 Mar 1844, Nancy, Meurthe-et-Moselle - DIED 9 Dec 1925, Paris GRAVE LOCATION Paris: Cimetière de Montmartre, 20 Avenue Rachel (division 18) |
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Eugène Gigout started his musical career as a chorister at the cathedral of Nancy. In 1857 he entered the École Niedermeyer de Paris where Clément Loret and Camille Saint-Saëns were his teachers. He became a teacher at that school himself and he succeeded Alexandre Guilmant at the organ class of the Conservatoire in 1911. For 62 years he was the organist of the Saint Augustine Church in Paris. Gigout composed many works for the organ, but also other compositions. He married Caroline-Mathilde Niedermeyer (1842-1890), the daughter of the composer Louis-Abraham Niedermeyer. By this marriage the composer Léon Boëllmann was his nephew. Gigout died in 1925 in Paris. Related persons • was teacher of Messager, André • was pupil of Saint-Saëns, Camille |
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 The grave of Eugène Gigout at the Montmartre Cimetière, Paris. Picture by Androom (05 Nov 2017) |
Sources • Eugène Gigout - Wikipedia (EN) |
