Gaston Belier

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Gaston Bélier (* 1863 ; † 1938 ) was a French organist .

Life

Bélier was organist at the parish church of Saint-Maclou de Pontoise, which was elevated to a cathedral in 1966 ( titular organist since 1892) and around 1927 at St. Ferdinand-des-Ternes in Paris ( 17th arrondissement ). In 1927 he was involved in the renovation and expansion of the organ of La Madeleine in Paris ( 8th arrondissement ). In 1930 he participated in the reconstruction of the organ of the Carmelite monastery of St. Joseph von Pontoise carried out by Victor Gonzalez .

As a composer he left a Toccata pour Grand Orgue , which was first made known to a wider public in 2006 as part of a recording by Philippe Bardon , Belier's successor as titular organist of Saint-Maclou.

Discography

  • Philippe Bardon (at the organ of Saint-Maclou): Un récital d'orgue à Pontoise (EMA 9509), with works by JS Bach, Nicolas de Grigny, Michel Corrette, WA Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Gaston Bélier, Jehan Alain and Olivier Messiaen

Remarks

  1. ^ Louis Eugêne-Rochesson: La Facture d'Orgues étudiée au point de vue Technique, Esthétique et Critique, vol. 1: Le Grand Orgue et les Organistes de l'Église Saint-Maclou de Pontoise . Impr. Moderne, Orléans, undated, pp. 49f.
  2. ↑ According to John Henderson (PDF, last update 2009; 86 kB), p. 10 ( Memento from March 10, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Antoine Kriéger: L'orgue Cavaillé-Coll de la Madeleine , online version at www.musimem.com

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personal data
SURNAME Belier, Gaston
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organist
DATE OF BIRTH 1863
DATE OF DEATH 1938