biography
pronunciation:
[veeairn]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1870–1937)
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| biography:
| Organist and composer, born in Poitiers, W France. He studied at L'Institut des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris (1880–90) and was influenced by Franck and Widor, whom he succeeded at Saint-Sulpice and at the Conservatoire, where he obtained the Prix d'Orgue in 1884. Organist par concours at Notre Dame de Paris, he took up this instrument again after the War on his return to Switzerland, but his style met with less success. He toured in Europe and the USA (1920–30). His spiritual and lyrical music includes melodies, five symphonies, a quartet with piano, and a symphonic poem based on ‘Les Djinns’ by Victor Hugo (1905). |
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