André Fleury

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André (Édouard Antoine Marie) Fleury (born July 25, 1903 in Neuilly-sur-Seine , † August 6, 1995 in Le Vésinet ) was a French composer , pianist , organist and music teacher .

Life

André Fleury received his organizational training first as a private student of Henri Letocart , a student of César Franck , and later from André Marchal and Louis Vierne . At the Conservatoire de Paris Fleury was accepted into the organ class of Eugène Gigout and finally received a first prize in organ playing and improvisation with Gigout's successor Marcel Dupré in 1926. At the same time he studied composition with Paul Vidal . From 1920 Fleury was Eugène Gigout's assistant at the Paris Church of St. Augustin, and, in the same capacity, in Ste. Clotilde (for Charles Tournemire ). In 1930 he was appointed titular organist at St. Augustin, and in 1941 he was also appointed professor at the École Normale de Musique in Paris. After the end of the Second World War, Fleury and his wife left Paris for health reasons and settled in Dijon . In 1949 he succeeded Émile Poillot as titular organist at the cathedral and as professor of piano (later also organ) at the Dijon Conservatory. In 1971, at the invitation of Jean Guillou, he was appointed co-titular organist at St. Eustache in Paris and at the same time received a professorship for organ at the Schola Cantorum and the appointment as titular organist at the Cathedral in Versailles . André Fleury died in Le Vésinay in 1995 at the age of 92 and was buried in Arcy-sur-Cure.

As a composer, Fleury wrote numerous works for organ, many of which, however, have not yet been published. His career as a concert organist took him across Europe. He gave the first performances of the organ sonata by Darius Milhaud , the Scherzo op.2 by Maurice Duruflé , and the organ cycle La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen (after the world premiere by Jean Langlais , Daniel-Lesur and Jean-Jacques Grunenwald in Paris in 1935). Bernard Gavoty, Pierre Cochereau and Daniel-Lesur were among his most famous students .

Compositions

Organ solo

  • Allegro symphonique (1927)
  • Prelude et Fugue No. 1 (1928)
  • Vingt-quatre pieces pour orgue ou harmonium (1930–1933)
  • Prelude, Andante et Toccata (1931/1932)
  • Pièce sans titre (à Odette et Jean Degouy) (1933)
  • Postlude (dernière des 24 pièces - arrangé pour Grand Orgue) (1935)
  • Symphony No. 1 (1938/1943)
  • Pastoral (1941)
  • Divertissement sur un Noël (1941)
  • Variations sur Adeste Fideles (1942)
  • Pour la Pentecôte, Veni Sancti Spiritus (1943, unpublished)
  • Toccata sur l'Ite Missa Est pascal (1943 or 1944)
  • Versets sur le Veni Creator (1945)
  • Carillon sur le Victimae Paschali Laudes (1945)
  • Offertoire pour l'Ascension (1945)
  • Offertoire sur deux Noëls (1945 or 1946)
  • Sortie sur un vieux Noël (1945 or 1946)
  • Symphony No. 2 (1946/1947)
  • Variations sur Haec Dies (1946)
  • Postlude (en Ré) (1947, unpublished)
  • Paraphrase on l'Alleluia de la Messe de Pâques (1947)
  • Prélude à l'Introït (1947, unpublished)
  • Offertoire (1947)
  • Sortie pascale ( O Filii ) (1947)
  • Prelude sur l'Introït Resurrexi (1949)
  • Vexilla Regis (1949)
  • Mass for the fete de tous les saints (1954)
  • Prélude à l'Introït VXIème dimanche après la Pentecôte (1954)
  • Psaume pour les morts de la guerre (1954, unpublished)
  • Prelude et Fugue No. 2 (1957-1959)
  • Variations sur un Noël bourguignon (1959/1960)
  • Offertoire for une messe de la Sainte Vierge (Ave Maria) (1959)
  • Entrée pour le XVIème dimanche après la Pentecôte (1961)
  • Offertoire pour le XVIème dimanche après la Pentecôte (1961, unpublished)
  • Elévation pour le XVIème dimanche après la Pentecôte (1962, unpublished)
  • Communion pour le XVIème dimanche après la Pentecôte (1963, unpublished)
  • Postlude pour le XVIème dimanche après la Pentecôte (1965, unpublished)
  • Sept pièces (1967)
  • Fantaisie (Honos alit artes) (1969)
  • Prelude, Cantilène et Final (1981)
  • Transcription du Vézinet de Rameau (1983)
  • Versets sur l'hymne Lucis Creator (1990)
  • Pièce sans titre tampon (1993)

Organ with other instruments

  • Marche for trumpet and organ (1980, unpublished)
  • Méditation for cello and organ (1988, unpublished)

Piano solo

  • Trois pièces (1946/1947)
  • Quatre pièces brèves (1951, unpublished)
  • Trois pièces (1953)

Undated works

  • Versets sur l'hymne Lucis Creator for organ
  • Trois versets sur A Solis Ortus Cardine for organ
  • Transcription de la Berceuse extr. de Dolly (Fauré) for organ
  • Sujets de fugues, thèmes d'improvisation (P. Cochereau, M. Dupré)
  • Prélude à l'Introït / XVIème dimanche après la Pentecôte for organ
  • Mouvements de trio with piano
  • Magnificat du 8ème mode for organ
  • In memoriam Louis Vierne for organ
  • Finale of the Variations sur O Filii for organ
  • Esquisses d'une pièce en hommage à Jehan Alain for organ
  • Esquisse du 3ème mouvement d'un Tryptique pour orgue
  • Choeur "A Jésus ouvrier"

bibliography

  • André Fleury in conversation with Dorothee Hütte. In: Ars Organi . Volume 41, Issue 3, September 1993, pp. 127-140.
  • Frédéric Blanc and François Sabatier (eds.): André Fleury (1903–1995) . In: L'Orgue: Cahiers et memoirs No. 55, Association des Amis de l'Orgue, Paris 1996.

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personal data
SURNAME Fleury, André
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Fleury, André Édouard Antoine Marie (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH July 25, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Neuilly-sur-Seine
DATE OF DEATH August 6, 1995
Place of death Le Vésinet