Jean-Claude Touche
Jean-Claude Touche (born August 7, 1926 in Paris , † August 29, 1944 there ) was a French organist and composer.
Life
Jean-Claude Touche, son of the violinist and professor at the Paris Conservatory , Firmin Touche , had lessons with organists such as Georges Quettier , André Fleury and Marcel Lanquetuit as a child . At the Conservatory he studied harmony with Maurice Duruflé and attended Marcel Dupré's organ class , which he graduated with first prize in 1944.
At the beginning of the war he was assistant to Henri Milan and later to Jean Fellot on the choir organ of St-Augustin , then assistant to the organist Clotilde Formysin-Rigaux at St-Louis-d'Antin .
In 1943 he passed an assistant test and signed up for service in the French Red Cross . During the fighting for Paris on August 25, 1944, he was wounded four days later, on August 29. At his funeral on September 1, 1944, his teacher Marcel Dupré played the organ in the Saint-Augustin church .
Two organ works by Touche have survived: Thème et variations sur Veni creator and a Pastorale .
Web links
- Portrait of Jean-Claude Touche (French)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Touche, Jean-Claude |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 7, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 29, 1944 |
| Place of death | Paris |