Félix Danjou

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Jean-Louis-Félix Danjou (born June 21, 1812 in Paris , † March 4, 1866 in Montpellier ) was a French organist, composer and musicologist.

Danjou studied at the Conservatoire de Paris with François Benoist and had organ lessons with the organist of the Saint-Gervais church , Jean-Nicolas Marrigues . In 1830 he became organist at the Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux church , and in 1834 at Saint-Eustache . From 1840 to 1847 he worked as an organist at the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral , where he was best known for his efforts to reform church music. In 1845 he founded the Revue de la musique religieuse, populaire et classique with François-Joseph Fétis , Stéphen Morelot and Jean-Joseph Bonaventure Laurens .

After study trips to France, Belgium and Germany, he became artistic director of the organ building company Daublaine-Callinet . In 1848 he withdrew from his musical activities and went first to Marseille, later to Montpellier, where he directed the magazine Messager du Midi .

Danjou composed church music works, including several masses, a Tantum Ergo, motets and organ works. As a result of his research in the Bibliothèque Royale , he published an extensive collection of texts on French history. He also wrote pamphlets on libraries and organ building and was a collaborator in the Encyclopédie du XIXe siècle and the Dictionnaire de la Convention .

Works

Fonts

  • Archives curieuses de l'histoire de France depuis Louis XI jusqu'à Louis XVIII, ou Collection de pièces rares (...) , 30 volumes, 1834–41
  • De l'état et de l'avenir du chant ecclésiastique en France , 1843
  • Manufacture d'orgues , 1844
  • Exposé succinct d'un nouveau système d'organisation des bibliothèques. Publié par un bibliophile , 1845
  • You paganisme dans la société et dans l'éducation , 1852

Compositions

  • Chants sacrés de l'offce divin Répertoire de musique religieuse , 3 volumes, 1835
  • Recueil de tous les plains-chants du rit de Paris en faux-bourdon d 4 voix , 8 volumes
  • Mass brève d 3 voix a cappella , 1848
  • 2 messes d 4 voix et orgue ,
  • Tantum ergo d 4 voix pour bass solo et orgue

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personal data
SURNAME Danjou, Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Danjou, Jean-Louis-Félix (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organist, composer and musicologist
DATE OF BIRTH June 21, 1812
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH March 4, 1866
Place of death Montpellier