Achille Philip
Achille Philip (born October 12, 1878 in Arles , † November 1959 in Béziers ) was a French organist and composer.
Philip studied at the Conservatoire de Paris , where he received prizes in counterpoint and fugue and in 1908 the Prix Trémont . From 1904 to 1950 he was professor of harmony at the Schola Cantorum , then director of the Conservatory of Saint-Germain-en-Laye .
Alexandre Guilmant's organ student was from 1903 to 1950 organist at the Abbey Church of Val-de-Grâce , where he performed Bach's St. John and St. Matthew Passions and Mozart's Requiem every year. He also held positions as an organist at Saint-Jacques-du-Haut-Pas (1913), at the Hôpital Militaire in Val-de-Grâce (until 1950), at Saint-Léon , Saint-Francois-Xavier and from 1951 at Saint-Aphrodise in Béziers. He mainly composed organ works.
Works
- Prelude et Fugue (1902)
- Adagio et Fugue (1904)
- Song (1911)
- Toccata et Fugue Orgue (1911)
- Variations on le Noël "Il est né le petit enfant"
- Pièce en si mineur (1911)
- Cinq Petites Pièces Faciles sur des Noëls Provençaux
- Postlude: Carillons
literature
- Alex and Janine Béges: Achille Philipe, organiste et compositeur , Béziers, Société de Musicologie du Languedoc, 1980
swell
- Rollin Smith: Louis Vierne: organist of Notre Dame Cathedral , Pendragon Press 1999, ISBN 1576470040 , p. 204
- Pupils of Felix Alexandre Guilmant - short biography
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Philip, Achille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 12, 1878 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Arles |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 1959 |
| Place of death | Beziers |