Augustin Charles Barié (15 November 1883 – 22 August 1915) was a French composer and

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Biography

Barié was born in Paris as the only son of architect Charles-Maximin Henri Barié and Victorine Eugénie Petit and was blind from birth; however, he had large hands which spanned an eleventh, allowing him to play the difficult organ works of composers such as

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with relative ease. He studied at the

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under Adolphe Marty and

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, then went on to study with Alexandre Guilmant at the

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. In 1906, he was awarded the Conservatory's ''premier prix''. He then became organist at St Germain-des-Prés in Paris, as well as professor of organ at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles. Barié was a celebrated improviser, one of a long line of French Romantic virtuoso organists, and he wrote mostly for organ, including a ''Symphony'' (Op. 5) and ''Trois Pieces'' (Op. 7). On 12 December 1912, he married his fiancée Jeanne-Marie Victoire Joséphine Favier (born 12 March 1886 in

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). On 9 March 1914, their only son Jehan Charles Victor was born in the

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. His career was cut short when he died of a

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in Antony, France at the age of 31. His son survived him until 1917, and his widow died on 5 October 1954 in Domessin. The family are buried together in Chambéry, where they once lived.

Recordings

*''Germaine Labole & Augustin Barié - Œuvres d'Orgue'', Julian Bewig, organ (classicophon.com, 2008) *''La Toccata'', André Marchal - Institut des jeunes aveugles, 1975 FY P1 *''L'Œuvre pour orgue'', Marie-Thérèse Jehan - Solstice SOCD-17 *''Intégrale de l'œuvre pour orgue'', Véronique Le Guen - B000GIWTPA

Media

References

* Cantagrel, Gilles. "Barié, Augustin". ''

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'' Online.

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