Marie-Pierre Hamel

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Marie-Pierre Hamel (born February 24, 1786 in Auneuil , † July 25, 1879 in Beauvais ) was a French organologist and judge .

Life

Hamel was born in 1786 into a family of judges and initially also strove for a legal career: in 1817 he became a judge in Beauvais; in the same year he married Joséphine Rosalie Pain (1797–1872) on November 19, with whom he was to have eight children.

Hamel became known mainly through his knowledge of organ building. Exactly where he got his knowledge from is unknown, but it was generally recognized by his contemporaries: in 1826, for example, he directed the construction of the restoration of the organ in Beauvais Cathedral (V / P / 64; destroyed in 1940). During the Second Republic , he was accepted into the Commission des Arts et Edifices Religieux of the Ministry of Culture alongside François Benoist and Ambroise Thomas . In this function he wrote the acceptance reports for numerous new organs, including a. also for Cavaillé-Coll's organ in La Madeleine . In 1849 he published a Nouveau Manuel du facteur d'Orgues as the successor to François Lamathe Dom Bédos de Celles de Salelles . His ideal sound corresponded to that of the orgue classique, i.e. H. the French baroque organ; the imitation of the orchestra by the organ denies the peculiarities of the instrument. He died in Beauvais in 1879.

Works

  • Report on the travaux du grand orgue de l'Eglise de la Madeleine in Paris. Paris 1846.
  • Nouveau Manuel complet du facteur d'orgues Paris 1849
  • Les Remparts de St Nicolas u. JB Biot physicien in Mémoires de la Société Académique de l'Oise. 1852 and 1862

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personal data
SURNAME Hamel, Marie-Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organ expert and judge
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1786
PLACE OF BIRTH Auneuil
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 1879
Place of death Beauvais