Henri Dallier

Henri Édouard Dallier (born March 20, 1849 in Reims , † December 23, 1934 in Paris ) was a French composer and organist.

Life

At the age of 16, Dallier became the organist of the choir organ of the Notre-Dame de Reims cathedral ; Jules Grison was the organist of the main organ at the time . As early as 1867 he composed his first organ sonata. In 1870 he applied for the first time to participate in the competition for the Prix ​​de Rome without formal training , but was rejected. In 1872 he entered the Conservatoire de Paris , where he took organ lessons from César Franck and composition lessons from François Bazin . In 1878, when he took part in the Prix de Rome for the fourth time, he received an honorable mention with the cantata La fille de Jephté . In the same year he received first prize in the organ competition at the Conservatoire.

Then Dallier took over the position of organist at the Paris church of St-Eustache , which he held until 1905. From 1879 he had a large organ built by Joseph Merklin at his disposal. His reputation as an important organist soon spread, and he was among others. a. invited to the inauguration of the Cavaillé-Coll organ of the parish church of Notre-Dame d'Auteuil (with Charles-Marie Widor ) and to the opening concert at the concert organ in the Palais du Trocadéro for the World Exhibition of 1889 . Camille Saint-Saëns dedicated his third Prelude et fugue to him in 1895 .

When Gabriel Fauré had to give up his position as organist at La Madelaine as the new director of the Conservatoire de Paris , Dallier was his successor at the four-manual Cavaillé-Coll organ of the church. In this capacity he played at the funeral ceremonies of both Camille Saint-Saëns in 1921 and Gabriel Fauré in 1924.

In addition to his work as an organ virtuoso and composer, Dallier also devoted himself to teaching. At the Ecole Niedermeyer counted Joseph Noyon to his students. From 1908 to 1928 he was professor of harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris.

In addition to organ works, Dallier also composed piano pieces, chamber music (including a string quartet and a piano quintet), a symphony and choral works. The Detroit Chamber Trio recorded a Trio Dalliers from 1898 in 2005 .

Works

• Calypso , cantata, 1872
• Rebecca à la Fontaine , cantata, 1877
• La fille de Jephté , cantata, 1878
• Six grand prèludes pour la Toussaint for organ, 1891
• O filii et filiae , Offertory, 1896
• Les vedanges de Champagne for five-part choir
• Symphony , 1905
• Deux Offertoires for Organ or Harmonium, 1914
• Cinq Invocations for large organ, 1925
• Paraphrases liturgiques
• Pastorale pour Noel , 1928

Web links

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predecessor	Office	successor
Gabriel Fauré	Titular organist of the La Madeleine organ 1905–1934	Edouard Mignan