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23 de oct. de 2022 · Life. Born: 8 October 1870, Poitiers, France. Died: 2 June 1937, Paris, France. Biography. Pupil of Franck and Widor at the Paris Conservatoire. Although blind, he became assistant organist to Widor at the church of St Sulpice and later organist at Notre Dame, where he died at the console. View the Wikipedia article on Louis Vierne.
Alternative Names/Transliterations: Louis Victor Jules Vierne, 루이 비에른, 루이 비에른느 Name in Other Languages: 路易·维尔纳 , 路易·維爾納 , לואי ויירן , ルイ・ヴィエルヌ , لويس فيرن , Луи Вьерн , Ludovicus Vierne , 路易·维埃纳 , Λουί Βιέρν , Լուի Վեռն , لویی ویرن , Луї В'єрн
The name of Louis Vierne (1870-1937) will be associated with organ music immediately. As did quite a few other 19th-century organists/composers he used the i...
After completing school in the provinces, Louis Vierne entered the Paris Conservatory. From 1892, Vierne served as an assistant to the organist Charles-Marie Widor at the church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. Vierne subsequently became principal organist at the cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris, a post he held from 1900 until his death in 1937.
French. Biography. Performances. Born on October 8th 1870, French organist and composer Louis Vierne was born blind with a congenital cataract condition. At the age of six his sight imporved enough that he could recognise people, see objects at short range and read large type at close range. Aged six, he began to study solfège and piano.
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) is one of the most important French romantic composers for the organ. He used the instrument as a means to perform ‘symphonic’ music, inspired by the new possibilities of the new organs built at the time, for instance by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. The blend of styles in his organ music is unique.
11 de feb. de 2018 · To love the music of Louis Vierne is to know to find him at Notre Dame, even looking past his legendary death during his final concert. “Vierne was so identified in this grandiose context, and so totally involved there that he became the soul of the Cathedral,” Maurice Duruflé wrote. At some point, Vierne became even more of a god-like figure.
