Clement Loret

Clément Loret (born October 10, 1833 in Dendermonde , Belgium , † February 14, 1909 in Colombes , Hauts-de-Seine , France ) was a Belgian organist , composer and music teacher .

Life

Clément Loret received music lessons from Jules Denefve in Mons until 1851 , where his parents had moved in 1846. From 1851 he then studied composition with François-Joseph Fétis and organ with Jacques-Nicolas Lemmens at the Brussels Conservatory . In 1853 he made his final diploma (premier prix) in the subject organ. In 1855 he came to Paris , where he initially held various positions as a church musician. In 1858 he became a professor of organ at the École Niedermeyer . His students included here u. a. Henri Letocart , Eugène Gigout and Gabriel Fauré . At the same time he was appointed organist at the Paris church Saint-Louis d'Antin , where Niedermeyer was Kapellmeister.

plant

Loret composed a number of organ works, including sonatas and etudes. Although he was overshadowed by his famous colleagues César Franck , Alexandre Guilmant and Charles Marie Widor , he can be counted among the most important French organists of his time.

literature

Orpha C. Ochse: Organists and Organ Playing in Nineteenth-Century France and Belgium . Indiana University Press, Bloomington 2000, ISBN 978-0-253-21423-2 , pp. 51 f. ( limited preview in Google Book search).

Web links

Sheet music and audio files by Clément Loret in the International Music Score Library Project
Annelies Focquaert: Loret, Clément , in: Study Center Vlaamse Muziek (SVM, English)

Remarks

↑ Occasionally there are different dates - as date of birth also October 12, 1833 (SVM), as date of death also February 28, 1909 (BNF).

Individual evidence

↑ Gilles Cantagrel (ed.): Guide de la musique d'orgue . Fayard, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-213-67139-0 (French, 1062 pp., Limited preview in Google book search [accessed January 20, 2020]).

personal data
SURNAME	Loret, Clement
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Belgian organist, composer and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH	October 10, 1833
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dendermonde
DATE OF DEATH	February 14, 1909
Place of death	Colombes

[2] Occasionally there are different dates - as date of birth also October 12, 1833 (SVM), as date of death also February 28, 1909 (BNF).

[guide-1] Gilles Cantagrel (ed.): Guide de la musique d'orgue . Fayard, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-213-67139-0 (French, 1062 pp., Limited preview in Google book search [accessed January 20, 2020]).