Alphonse Boog

Alphonse Boog (born March 29, 1872 in Battenheim , † November 11, 1949 in Riedisheim ) was a French composer, educator and historian from Alsace .

As the son of a weaver, Boog grew up in Alsace and sang in the local church choir at the age of six; at the age of twelve he began to take organ lessons and was employed as an assistant organist in the village church. At first, however, he aimed at a teaching career; After completing his training at the primary school teacher training college in Colmar , Boog took a position in Rixheim in 1894 , but soon asked for leave of absence to work for two years at the Strasbourg Conservatory a . a. To study organ and music theory. In 1896 he returned to the teaching profession and worked for years as an organist in Ottmarsheim , Waltenheim and Dietwiller .

In 1914 he was appointed rector of the boys' school in Riedisheim ; in the same year he was appointed organist in the parish of Sainte-Afre von Riedisheim and at the same time became director of the church choir. As part of these activities he took a seat in various ecclesiastical bodies of the Catholic Church in Alsace and appeared as a composer; His works mainly include sacred music and some secular male choir songs.

In 1935 Boog resigned from his post as rector, but remained active as a choir director and organist until 1946. Boog has particular merit through his historical research on the history of Riedisheim, which he collected in his local history of the village of Riedisheim and published for the first time in 1938.

Boog died in 1949 at the age of 77; In his honor, the Riedisheim community had a memorial erected in 1959 and a public square named after him.

Web links

• Portrait on the website of the municipality of Riedisheim