Gabriel Bouillon
Gabriel Charles Bouillon (5 March 1898 – 1984) was a French classical violinist and music pedagogue. Biography Gabriel Charles Bouillon was born March 5, 1898, in Montpellier, France. Bouillon comes from a family of musicians. His brother Jo Bouillon was Josephine Baker's fourth husband. He studied in his hometown and with Jacques Thibaud in Paris. After that he taught violin at the Conservatoire de Paris. Among his pupils were Henryk Szeryng, , Horst Sannemüller, Charles Chaynes, Jean-Pierre Wallez and Suna Kan. He visited the retired composer Manuel de Falla three weeks before his death in Argentina and reported to the weekly newspaper ''Le Littéraire'' after his return to France about the unfinished oratorio '' Atlántida''. The manuscript was later completed by the Spanish composer Ernesto Halffter. Bouillon established his own string quartet in the 1930s. He died in Montpellier in 1984. Bibliography * Ludvig Ernst Bramsen: ''Musikkens hvem hvad hvor. Biografier'', ... [...More Info...]       [...Related Items...]     OR:     [Wikipedia]   [Google]   [Baidu]   |
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Montpellier Montpellier (, , ; oc, Montpelhièr ) is a city in southern France near the Mediterranean Sea. One of the largest urban centres in the region of Occitania (administrative region), Occitania, Montpellier is the prefecture of the Departments of France, department of Hérault. In 2018, 290,053 people lived in the city, while its Functional area (France), metropolitan area had a population of 787,705.Comparateur de territoire INSEE, retrieved 20 June 2022. The inhabitants are c |