Henri Édouard Dallier (20 March 1849 – 21 December 1934) was a French organist.

Career

Born in

Reims Reims ( ; ; also spelled Rheims in English) is the most populous city in the French Departments of France, department of Marne (department), Marne, and the List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, 12th most populous city in Fran ...

, Dallier studied organ with

César Franck César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic music, Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of h ...

at the

Conservatoire de Paris The Conservatoire de Paris (), or the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (; CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Ja ...

and obtained First prize in organ and fugue in 1878. He became "titulaire du grand orgue" of Saint-Eustache in 1879 and in 1905 he succeeded

Gabriel Fauré Gabriel Urbain Fauré (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. ...

as the organist of la Madeleine.

Compositions

*''Cantilène'', piano, 1874 *''Six grands préludes pour la Toussaint, Op. 19'', organ (Leduc, 1891) *''Contemplation'', violin, piano/harp and organ (Leduc, 1891) *''Messe nuptiale'' (Leduc, 1894) *''In Deo caritas'', organ (Leduc, 1895) *''Symphony No.1, Op. 50'' (1908) *''Cinq invocations'', organ (Lemoine, 1926) *''Fête joyeuse'', trumpet and piano *''Fantaisie-Caprice'', oboe and piano

External links

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Detailed biography, Prix de Rome

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1849 births 1934 deaths Musicians from Reims French classical organists Prix de Rome for composition Conservatoire de Paris alumni Academic staff of the Conservatoire de Paris Recipients of the Legion of Honour French male classical organists {{organist-stub