Nicolas de Grigny
Nicolas de Grigny (baptized September 8, 1672 in Reims ; † November 30, 1703 there ) was a French organist and composer .
Life
Nicolas de Grigny came from a family of organists. From 1693 to 1695 he was the organist at the Abbey Church of Saint-Denis near Paris, where he is said to have been taught by Nicolas Lebègue . After his marriage in 1695, de Grigny moved back to Reims, where he worked as an organist until the end of his life.
plant
The Livre d'orgue (“Organ Book”) has been preserved from his works . Consisting of two parts, the first comprises an organ mass , the second five hymns , including the Veni, Creator Spiritus .
Johann Gottfried Walther and especially Johann Sebastian Bach were admirers of the young de Grigny. Handwritten copies of his organ book have been preserved from both of them.
Discography (selection)
- La fair. Pierre Bardon at the Isnard organ in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
- Hymn. Pierre Bardon at the Isnard organ in Saint-Maximin-la-Sainte-Baume
- Nicolas de Grigny: l'œuvre intégrale pour orgue (complete organ works ). Marina Tchebourkina at the historic Great Organ of the Abbey Church of Saint-Michel-en-Thiérache and the Abbey Church of Sainte-Croix, Bordeaux. 2 CDs. Natives Éditions, 2015. (EAN 13: 3760075340148)
literature
- Denise Launay: Grigny, Nicolas de. In: MGG Online (subscription required).
Web links
- Works by Nicolas de Grigny in the catalog of the German National Library
- Sheet music and audio files by Nicolas de Grigny in the International Music Score Library Project
- More audio samples of de Grigny's music
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography on musicologie.org (French), accessed on July 5, 2017.
- ↑ Information on the “Organ Book” at medieval.org (English), accessed on July 5, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Grigny, Nicolas de |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | baptized September 8, 1672 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Reims |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 30, 1703 |
| Place of death | Reims |