Camille Andrès
Camille Andrès (* 1864 in Ingersheim (Haut-Rhin) , † 1904 in Paris ) was a French organist and composer .
Andrès attended the music school of Louis Niedermeyer , where he graduated as an organist, and then studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with Léo Delibes and Théodore Dubois . In 1891 he received an honorable mention in the competition for the Prix de Rome behind his classmates at the École Niedermeyer Charles Silver and Alix Fournier , who received first and second prizes.
After the death of Émile Bernard in 1902, he was his successor at the great Cavaillé-Coll organ in the Notre-Dame-des-Champs church on Rue Montparnasse. He was succeeded in 1904 by René Vierne , the brother of the composer Louis Vierne . Andrès published a collection of choral songs under the title Les Ruisseaux .
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| SURNAME | Andrès, Camille |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ingersheim (Haut-Rhin) |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1904 |
| Place of death | Paris |