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Léon Boëllmann (September 25, 1862October 11, 1897) was a French composer of Alsatian origin, known for a small number of compositions for organ. His best-known composition is ''Suite gothique'' (1895), still very much a staple of the organ repertoire, especially its dramatic concluding Toccata. ==Biography== Boëllmann was born in Ensisheim, Haut-Rhin, the son of a pharmacist. In 1871, at the age of nine, he entered the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse (L'École Niedermeyer) in Paris, where he studied with its director, Gustave Lefèvre, and with Eugène Gigout. Boëllmann there won first prizes in piano, organ, counterpoint, fugue, plainsong, and composition.〔Felix Aprahamian, "Boëllmann, Léon," ''New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', 2: 841.〕 After his graduation in 1881, Boëllmann was hired as "'organiste de choeur'" at the Church of St. Vincent de Paul〔The organ was built by one of the most noted makers of the nineteenth century, Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.〕 in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, and six years later he became cantor and "''organiste titulaire''," a position he held until his early death, probably from tuberculosis. In 1885, Boëllmann married Louise, the daughter of Gustave Lefèvre and the niece of Eugène Gigout, into whose house the couple moved. (Having no children of his own, Gigout adopted Boëllmann.) Boëllmann then taught in Gigout's school of organ playing and improvisation. As a favored student of Gigout, Boëllmann moved in the best circles of the French musical world, and as a pleasing personality, he made friends of many artists and was able to give concerts both in Paris and the provinces.〔Havard de la Montagne.〕 Boëllmann became known as "a dedicated teacher, trenchant critic, gifted composer and successful performer...who coaxed pleasing sounds out of recalcitrant instruments." Boëllmann also wrote musical criticism for ''L'art musical'' under the pseudonym "le Révérend Père Léon" and "un Garçon de la salle Pleyel."〔Aprahamian.〕 Boëllmann died in 1897, aged only 35. After the death of his wife the following year, Gigout reared their three orphans, one of whom, Marie-Louise Boëllmann-Gigout (1891–1977), became a noted organ teacher in her own right.〔Denis Havard de la Montagne, "Léon Boëllmann," (Musimem.com ); Aprahamian.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Léon Boëllmann」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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