Édouard Moullé

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Eugène-Édouard Moullé (born April 28, 1845 in Paris ; † September 9, 1923 there ) was a French piano maker , composer and publisher.

Moullé took over the piano production from his father Eugène. He produced high quality pianos on a small scale. Moullé was friends with numerous well-known musicians, including Emmanuel Chabrier and Gustave Charpentier , who also played one of his instruments. The folk songs he has collected and published in two extensive volumes are of lasting importance . In 1890 he published a collection of 50 folk songs from Brittany , in 1904 one of 33 Spanish folk songs and in 1910 a volume of love songs from the 17th and 18th centuries. Moullé composed smaller piano pieces and set numerous songs to music.

Works (selection)

  • Cinquante chants popular recueillie dans la Haute-Normandie et harmonisés by E. Moullé . Texts revus et corrigés by M. Donnay . Paris: Moullé, around 1890.
  • Trente-trois Chant Populaires de l'Espagne. Suivis de 2 Habaneras et d'une danse pour piano a 4 Mains . Harmonisés by Édouard Moulle; Traductions et adaptations par Louis De Peyre . Paris: É. Moulle, editor, around 1904.
  • Chansons tendres harmonisées by Edouard Moullé. Paris: Rouart, Lerolle, around 1910.
  • Plantons Les Romarins .
  • Souvenir .
  • Pièce Humoristique .
  • Polonaise herroïque .
  • Aeolian Valse .

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Constant Pierre: Le Conservatoire national de musique. Paris: Impr. Nationales, 1900
  2. ^ Paul Frank and Wilhelm Altmann : Kurzgefassttes Tonkünstler-Lexikon. For musicians and friends of music . Regensburg 1936, p. 411
personal data
SURNAME Moullé, Édouard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Moullé, Eugène-Édouard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French piano maker, composer and publisher
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1845
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH September 9, 1923
Place of death Paris