Gaston Litaize

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Gaston Litaize (born August 11, 1909 in Ménil-sur-Belvitte ( Vosges ), † August 5, 1991 in Bruyères (Vosges)) was a French composer , organist and music teacher .

Life

Gaston Litaize, who was blind from birth , first studied at the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris, later at the Paris Conservatory with Marcel Dupré , Georges Caussade, Henri Busser and Maurice Emmanuel . He was also a private student of Louis Vierne . In 1938 he won the Second Great Rome Prize (Seconde Grand Prix de Rome) in composition, which was then awarded to a blind musician for the first time. In 1946 he was appointed titular organist at St. François-Xavier in Paris and professor for organ at the Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles . As an organist, he undertook numerous concert tours and directed the church music broadcasts on French radio. Gaston Litaize died shortly before the age of 82 in Bruyeres (Vosges) in August 1991.

Compositions

Organ solo

  • Douze Pièces (1931-1937)
  • Grand Fair pour tous les temps (1948)
  • Noël basque (1949)
  • Cinq Pièces liturgiques (1951)
  • Passacaille sur le nom de Flor Peeters (1953)
  • Vingt-quatre Préludes liturgiques for organ without pedal (1953–1955)
  • Fugue sur l'Introït; Da pacem (1954)
  • Thème varié sur le nom de Victor Gonzales (1957)
  • Fair basse pour tous les temps (1959)
  • Messe de la Toussaint (1964)
  • Prelude et danse fuguée (1964)
  • Epiphany (1984)
  • Deux Trios (1984):
    • Divertissement à trois
    • Pièce en trio
  • Arches - Fantaisie (1987)
  • Suite en forme de Messe (1988)
  • Reges Tharsis - Méditation sur l'offertoire de l'Epiphany
  • Offer vobis pacem (1991)
  • Diapason - Fantaisie sur le nom de Jehan Alain (1990)

Organ and other instruments

  • Passacaille - for organ and orchestra (1947)
  • Cortège - for 3 trumpets, 3 trombones and organ (1951)
  • Pentecôte - Triptyque, for two organs (1984):
    • Vigile
    • nocturne
    • Sequence
  • Diptyque - for oboe and organ:
    • Andantino
    • scherzo
  • Triptyque - for horn and organ
  • Sonata à deux - for organ four hands

Other compositions

  • Récitatif et thème varié - for clarinet and piano (1947)
  • Missa solemnior - for four mixed voices and organ (1954)
  • Missa Virgo gloriosa - for soprano, tenor and bass voices and organ (1959)
  • Magnificat - for six mixed voices, congregation and organ (1967)

bibliography

  • Durand, Sébastien: Gaston Litaize (1909-1991): un vosgien aux doigts de lumière. Metz: Serpenoise, 1996. ISBN 2876923149 .
  • "Gaston Litaize." L'Orgue: Cahiers et memoirs No. 34 (1985). Paris: Association des Amis de l'Orgue, 1985.
  • Sabatier, François: "Gaston Litaize", in Guide de la musique d'orgue , edited by Gilles Cantagrel. Paris: Fayard, 1991: 528-530.

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personal data
SURNAME Litaize, Gaston
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer, organist and music teacher
DATE OF BIRTH August 11, 1909
PLACE OF BIRTH Ménil-sur-Belvitte (Vosges)
DATE OF DEATH 5th August 1991
Place of death Bruyères (Vosges)