Henri Letocart
Henri Letocart (born February 6, 1866 in Courbevoie , † 1945 in Paris ) was a French organist, composer and an important advocate for the renewal of liturgical song in his home country.
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Henri Letocart studied from 1879 to 1885 at the École Niedermeyer, founded by Louis Niedermeyer in 1865, with Eugène Gigout , after which he attended the Paris Conservatory , where César Franck was his organ teacher and Ernest Guiraud his composition teacher. He then succeeded Léon Boëllmann as organist on the choir organ of the Paris church of Saint-Vincent-de-Paul .
From 1900 Letocart was organist at the newly built Charles Mutin organ and from 1920 to 1933 Kapellmeister at the Saint-Pierre de Neuilly church . Letocart composed works for the organ and the harmonium. A collection of pieces appeared under the title La lyre catholique . Has remained aware of the meditation from the year 1910. His bedeutendster student was André Fleury .
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| SURNAME | Letocart, Henri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Letocart, Victor Jean Félix Henri (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 6, 1866 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Courbevoie |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1945 |
| Place of death | Paris |