Abel Decaux
Abel-Marie Decaux (born February 11, 1869 in Auffay , † March 19, 1943 in Paris ) was a French organist, composer and music teacher.
Life
From 1890 Abel Decaux studied composition with Jules Massenet at the Paris Conservatory , harmony with Théodore Dubois and Albert Lavignac and organ with Charles-Marie Widor and organ with Alexandre Guilmant at the Schola Cantorum .
He then became organist at the Paris Church of St. Gaervet and organ teacher at the Schola Cantorum. From 1903 to 1923 he was organist at the Sacré-Cœur de Montmartre basilica , where in 1919 he inaugurated the Cavaillé-Coll organ, which was moved from Ibarritz Castle, with Marcel Dupré and Charles-Marie Widor .
From 1923 to 1935 Decaux taught at the Eastman School of Music , after his return to France he was a teacher at the "César Franck" organ school. His most important composition is Claire de Lune (1900), a four-part piano work that shows elements of atonal music even before Schönberg . It was recently recorded on CD by Marc-André Hamelin (2006) . His Fughette sur Ave Maris Stella appeared in the Les Maitres Contemporains de l'Orgue collection .
Web links
- CV on Universalis.fr
- Sheet music and audio files by Abel Decaux in the International Music Score Library Project
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Decaux, Abel |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Decaux, Abel-Marie |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, organist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1869 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Auffay |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 19, 1943 |
| Place of death | Paris |