Antoine Calvière

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Antoine Calvière (also Guillaume Antoine Calvière ; * around 1695 in Paris ; † April 18, 1755 ibid) was a French organist and composer of the musical baroque .

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Antoine Calvière was a student of Philippe Isoré (organist at the Abbey of Saint-Denis ) in Paris. As early as 1706, the talented Calvière had applied for the position of organist in the church of Sainte-Madeleine-en-la-Cité, which is why his year of birth, given as 1695, is in some cases questioned, as he was only 11 years old - which, however, was higher Talent in this age would not be uncommon. From 1722 he was organist in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés church . At the same time he played as an organist in Sainte-Marguerite. From 1730 to 1755 he was the organist of the organ in the Notre-Dame Cathedral , from 1739 also in Sainte-Chapelle and (as the successor to Louis Marchand ) in the Chapelle Royal . Calvière composed, taught and was one of the most respected organists of his time. His compositions included organ works and motets . None of it has survived - apart from a piece for organ, which is archived in the library of the Brussels Conservatory.

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  1. ↑ Information on Philippe Isoré (16 ..- 1733) in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  2. ↑ Information on Pièce d'orgue - Antoine Calvière (1695–1755) in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
  3. ^ Jean-Paul Giraudet: Guillaume Antoine Calviere. March 25, 2013, accessed October 27, 2018 (French).
  4. ↑ Marcel Degrutère:  Calvière, Guillaume Antoine. In: Ludwig Finscher (Hrsg.): The music in past and present . Second edition, personal section, volume 3 (Bjelinski - Calzabigi). Bärenreiter / Metzler, Kassel et al. 2000, ISBN 3-7618-1113-6  ( online edition , subscription required for full access)
  5. ↑ Information on Antoine Calvière (1695-1755) in the database of the Bibliothèque nationale de France .
personal data
SURNAME Calvière, Antoine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Calvière, Guillaume Antoine
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organist and composer
DATE OF BIRTH around 1695
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH April 18, 1755
Place of death Paris