Édouard Ignace Andlauer (15 December 1830 – 14 December 1909) was a French composer and

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Life

Andlauer was born in

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(Alsace) where his father was a schoolteacher. From a very early age, he showed aptitudes for music. After receiving his first musical instruction in his father's home, he took organ lessons from

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, organist of the Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Strasbourg, and piano lessons with

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. His musical talent developed rapidly and he entered the

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, directed by

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, as student of

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, and

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. He won the first prize for

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and organ.. At the end of his studies, on 1 September 1848 at the age of just 18, he obtained, in competition, the vacant position of organist at

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. In addition to his position as organist, he headed the ''Société chorale'' from 1857 to 1861. A distinguished teacher, Andlauer trained many students. One of them, Balthasar Waizenecker, entered the new School of Religious Music in Paris founded in 1853 by

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, where he won the first prizes; later followed by the two Dürrenwachter brothers, organists in

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and

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, as well as Ducret, organist in

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. Among Andlauer' were also Clément Lippacher, organist at the Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile in Paris, composer of the ballet ''Viviane'', operettas ''Joséphine vendue par ses sœurs'' and ''Les Papillons'', and a series of compositions including the sacred drama ''Le Christ''; P. Young (Jung) of New-York, composer of ''The Roman Hymnal'' and ''English and Latin Hymnus'', Miss Numann and Miss Scherrer. Andlauer contributed to the

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concerts, arranged since 1849 by the professors of the Municipal Music School, in which world-renowned artists took part,

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, Levassor, Schwaederlé, Wuille, Rucquoi, Mme Jaëll, Gleichauff, Nosscck. He has composed works for organ, piano and voice. Several of his organ pieces have become popular, such as his organ fantasy, ''Marienthalerlied: '', in honour of the Virgin of Marienthal. He founded the ''Cécilia'', directed for many years the singing of the circle of young people, ''L'Aloysia'', and accepted, in 1879, the position of piano master at the school of municipal music and often made organ evaluations. On the occasion of his jubilee, on 1 September 1899, Emperor

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awarded him the 4th class Order of the Crown. His son, Eugene, born in 1867, who also studied at the Brussels Conservatory, was an organist at the St. George's Church, Selestat (1888-1938).

Selected works

*1895: ''Impromptu'', for piano *1898: ''Fillette'', little waltz for piano

Notes and references

External links

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Notice d'Édouard Ignace Andlauer
{{DEFAULTSORT:Andlauer, Édouard Ignace 1830 births 1909 deaths People from Bas-Rhin Royal Conservatory of Brussels alumni French classical organists French male organists French Romantic composers 19th-century organists 19th-century French musicians 20th-century French male musicians 19th-century French male musicians Male classical organists