Alphonse Gilbert
Alphonse Gilbert (born February 2, 1805 in Paris , † 1870 ibid) was a French composer and organist .
Gilbert began his training at the school of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame de Paris with Pierre Desvignes . From 1822 he studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with François-Joseph Fétis and Henri Montan Berton . With the cantata Orpheé he won the deuxième Second Grand Prix de Rome in 1827 .
He continued his composition studies with Berton until 1831 and then got a position as cellist in the orchestra of the Théâtre de l'Odéon . He then became the organist at the parish church Notre-Dame-de-Lorette , which had been built by the architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas shortly before and which received a three-manual Aristide Cavaillé-Coll organ in 1838 . Between 1845 and 1853 he worked here with César Franck .
As a composer, Alphonse Guiraud won first prize in a competition organized by the French Ministry of the Interior in 1847 for historical and religious chants.
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Prix de Rome 1820–1829 (French), accessed on May 10, 2019.
- ↑ Organ of the Eglise Notre-Dame de Lorette , accessed on May 10, 2019.
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| SURNAME | Gilbert, Alphonse |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer and organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 2, 1805 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1870 |
| Place of death | Paris |