Joseph-Ermend Bonnal
Joseph-Ermend Bonnal (born July 1, 1880 in Bordeaux ; † August 14, 1944 there ; also Ermend-Bonnal , pseudonym Guy Marylis ) was a French composer and organist.
Joseph-Ermend Bonnal received his first musical training from his father, a violinist. He then studied piano with Charles-Wilfrid Bériot , harmony with Antoine Taudou , composition with Gabriel Fauré and organ with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne at the Paris Conservatory . He also assisted Charles-Marie Widor at Saint-Sulpice , Albert Périlhou at Saint-Séverin and Charles Tournemire at the Ste-Clotilde Basilica .
In 1901 Ermend-Bonnal became organist at the Saint-Médard church and later at the Notre Dame church in Boulogne-sur-Seine. In 1920 he was offered a position as professor of organ at the University of Strasbourg , but decided to take over the management of the Bayonne Conservatory, which he headed until 1941. His most famous student was the composer Maurice Ohana . In 1942 he succeeded his teacher Tournemire at the Cavaillé-Coll organ in Ste-Clotilde.
The focus of Ermend-Bonnal's musical work was on organ music ( Paysages Euskariens , 1930; Media Vita , Orgelsinfonie, 1932), but also included all other musical genres from piano pieces for children to symphony. Of his chamber music works, two string quartets and one string trio should be mentioned. He also composed ragtimes , one steps and tangos under the pseudonym Guy Marylis .
Web links
- Rollin Smith: Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral , Pendragon Press, 1999, ISBN 9781576470046 , p. 184
- Literature by and about Joseph-Ermend Bonnal in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Bonnal, Joseph-Ermend |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ermend-Bonnal; Guy Marylis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, organist and music teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1880 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 14, 1944 |
| Place of death | Bordeaux |