Louis Andlauer (7 September 1876 – 18 July 1915) was a French composer and

organist An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...

Biography

Born in

Honfleur Honfleur () is a commune in the Calvados department in northwestern France. It is located on the southern bank of the estuary of the Seine across from Le Havre and very close to the exit of the Pont de Normandie. The people that inhabit Hon ...

, the son of Auguste Andlauer, (pupil of

Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens Jacques-Nicolas (Jaak-Nicolaas) Lemmens (3 January 1823 – 30 January 1881), was an organist, music teacher, and composer for his instrument. Biography Born at Zoerle-Parwijs, near Westerlo, Belgium, Lemmens took lessons from François-Josep ...

, and organist at ,) Louis Andlauer won a First prize of organ in the classes of

Alexandre Guilmant Félix-Alexandre Guilmant (; 12 March 1837 – 29 March 1911) was a French organist and composer. He was the organist of La Trinité from 1871 until 1901. A noted pedagogue, performer, and improviser, Guilmant helped found the Schola Canto ...

and

Charles-Marie Widor Charles-Marie-Jean-Albert Widor (21 February 1844 – 12 March 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher of the late Romantic era. As a composer he is known for his ten organ symphonies, especially the toccata of his fifth organ sympho ...

in 1901. Louis Andlauer wrote organ and harmonium pieces, three masses, a

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, religious

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s and several songs. Organist and director of music at the Parisian church of Saint-Éloi, he was also a substitute for

Louis Vierne Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French organist and composer. He was the organist of Notre-Dame de Paris from 1900 until his death. As a composer, much of his output was Organ (music), organ music, including six ...

from 1912 to 1914 at the organ of

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. During the Great War he became a sergeant in the , and was killed at the front line on 18 July 1915 at

Marœuil Marœuil (; ) is a commune in the Pas-de-Calais department in the Hauts-de-France region of France. Geography Marœuil is a large farming and light industrial village situated northwest of Arras, at the junction of the D55, D56 and the D60E r ...

(Pas-de-Calais).

Bibliography

* Biographical notes in

Joseph Joubert Joseph Joubert (; 6 May 1754 in Montignac, Dordogne, Montignac, Périgord – 4 May 1824 in Paris) was a French moralists, French moralist and List of essayists, essayist, remembered today largely for his ''Pensées'' (''Thoughts''), which w ...

, ''

Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue ''Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue'' is an eight-volume collection of books edited by abbot Joseph Joubert and published by Éditions Maurice Senart from 1912. These books provide a selection of organ music pieces previously unpublished and co ...

'', Paris, Senart, 1912, vol. 1, (p. 1)

References

External links

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Deux Pieces Breves No.1 - Louis Andlauer
on YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Andlauer, Louis 1876 births People from Honfleur 1915 deaths French classical organists French composers of sacred music 20th-century French composers French male composers 20th-century French male musicians French military personnel killed in World War I French male classical organists