Pierre-Edmond Hocmelle
Pierre-Edmond Hocmelle (born September 18, 1824 in Paris , † November 12, 1895 in Asnières near Paris) was a French organist and composer.
Live and act
Hocmelle, blind from birth, studied at the Conservatoire de Paris from 1838 to 1850 . He attended the classes of Antoine Elwart , Simon Leborne and François Benoist and in 1844 won first prize in the organ class.
He then became organist at the Chapelle de Sénat ( Palais du Luxembourg ). In 1849 he succeeded Louis Séjan at the Church of St-Louis des Invalides . At St-Thomas d'Aquin ( Rue du Bac ) in 1851 he succeeded Louis Chollet as organist together with Joseph Franck , brother of César Franck . He later became organist at St-Philippe du Roule ( Rue du Faubourg Saint-Honoré ).
Hocmelle composed mainly organ works, as well as romances and operettas.
literature
- François-Joseph Fétis : Biography universelle des musiciens et bibliographie générale de la musique. 2nd Edition. 4th volume (Gibbons - Kazynsky). Firmin-Didot, Paris 1863, p. 340 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
- Martial Leroux, Christine Farge-Houssin: Histoires musicales des Hauts-de-Seine. Couronne d'Euterpe, Châtillon 1993, ISBN 2-9507683-0-X .
- Paul Vandevijvere: Dictionnaire des compositeurs francs-maçons. Primento, 2015, ISBN 978-2-8066-3166-4 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
Web links
- Sheet music and audio files by Pierre-Edmond Hocmelle in the International Music Score Library Project
- Hocmelle
- musimem.com
- musicsack.com
Individual evidence
- ↑ Karl Lüstner: Dead List of 1895 concerning the music. In: MONTHS FOR MUSIC HISTORY , Volume 28, 1896, p. 96 ( digitized version ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hocmelle, Pierre-Edmond |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hocmelle, Edmond; Bissy, Edmond de (pseudonym) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1824 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Paris |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 12, 1895 |
| Place of death | Asnières , Hauts-de-Seine department |