Amédée Gastoué
Amédée Henri Gustave Noël Gastoué (born March 13, 1873 in Paris , † June 1, 1943 in Clamart ) was a French musicologist and composer .
Gastoué studied with Albert Lavignac and Alexandre Guilmant . He was Kapellmeister at St. Jean-Baptiste de Belleville and teacher of Gregorian chant at the Schola Cantorum and the Catholic University in Paris. From 1934 to 1936 and from 1939 he was President of the Société Française de Musicologie .
He wrote a number of works on the history of church music , especially on Gregorian chant, and composed church music, orchestral works, chamber music as well as piano and organ works.
Works (selection)
- Histoire du chant liturgique à Paris . Poussielgue, Paris
- Des origines à la fin des temps carolingiens . Vol. 1, 1904
- Les origines du chant romain. L'antiphonaire grégorien . Picard, Paris 1907
- César Franck 1822-1890. Notice biographique . 1908
- L'art grégorien . Edition Alcan, Paris 1911
- L'orgue en France de l'antiquité au début de la période classique . Schola Cantorum, Paris 1921
- L'église et la musique . Grasset, Paris 1936
- Georges Bizet . Dumoulin, Paris 1938
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gastoué, Amédée |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gastoué, Amédée Henri Gustave Noël (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French musicologist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1873 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 1, 1943 |
| Place of death | Clamart |