Marcel Lanquetuit
Marcel Lanquetuit (born June 8, 1894 in Rouen ; † May 21, 1985 ) was a French composer , organist , conductor , improviser and music teacher .
Life
Marcel Lanquetuit was born in Rouen in 1894. His father Charles (1860-1932) was a church musician at the Church of St-Godard de Rouen . Lanquetuit first learned to play the organ in his hometown with Albert and Marcel Dupré - from 1910 to 1914 he was organist on the choir organ of St-Godard - until he switched to Eugène Gigout at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1913 and won first prize in the gigouts organ class in 1914 won. In 1918 he married Marcelle Lacombe; the architect Pierre emerged from this marriage.
In 1920 he was titular organist of St-Godard, and in 1938 he succeeded Henri Beaucamp at Rouen Cathedral . He held the position until 1978. In addition, he occasionally represented Marcel Dupré on the organ of St-Sulpice during his concert tours. Lanquetuit himself made a concert tour of the United States in 1926 and performed in New York , Princeton and on the organ in the Wanamaker Department Store in Philadelphia . During the war years from 1939 to 1945 he also represented Dupré at the Paris Conservatory. He himself taught at the Rouen Conservatory. His students include Pierre Labric , Bernard Havel , Jean-Claude Touche , Odile Pierre , René Alix and Marie-Thérèse Duthoit (his successor in Rouen).
Lanquetuit died on May 21, 1985.
plant
Only a few works by Lanquetuit have survived; On the one hand, he preferred improvisation; on the other, a fire in his house in 1940 destroyed a large part of his work. His reputation as a composer is based primarily on a toccata in D major that was published by Alphonse Leduc in Paris in 1927 . It is dedicated to Albert Dupré; its continuous staccato chords are reminiscent of Marcel Dupré's Variations sur un Noël.
Awards
literature
- Jean-Jacques Lechartier: Témoignage sur un grand maître de l'orgue: Marcel Lanquetuit (1894–1985) . In: L'Orgue Normand . No. 10 , 1985 ( Online (PDF; 1.8 MB)).
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Henri Beaucamp | Titular organist of the organ in Rouen Cathedral 1938–1978 |
Marie-Thérèse Duthoit |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lanquetuit, Marcel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French composer, organist and teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 8, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rouen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1985 |