Pierre Froidebise

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Pierre Froidebise (born May 15, 1914 in Ohey ; † October 28, 1962 in Liège ) was a Belgian organist and composer .

Life

Pierre Froidebise, the son of a pharmacist, received piano lessons from early childhood. During his high school years he had contact with the priest Camille Jacquemin, who was an organ teacher at the seminary in Floreffe and who had studied with Vincent d'Indy . Jacquemin mediated Froidebise at this time to Charles Tournemire . In 1934 Froidebise began his studies at the Brussels Conservatory , where his teachers included Léon Jongen , Jean Absil and Paul de Maleingreau (organ).

After completing his studies, he settled in Liège in 1942 and became organist at the Church of St. Jacques and at the seminary. A few months later he became a lecturer in harmony at the Liège Conservatory, a position that he held until the end of his life.

In 1943 he received a Prix ​​de Rome (2nd prize). Pierre Froidebise's research in the field of early organ music is reflected in his recording “Anthologie de la musique d'orgue des Primitifs à la Renaissance”, which was awarded the Grand Prix du Disque in 1960 .

Froidebise's interests were in numerous artistic and cultural areas, from aesthetics , oriental literature or Gregorian chant to serial music . He was in contact with Olivier Messiaen , René Leibowitz and Pierre Boulez . His enthusiasm and influence carried over to his students, who included Célestin Deliège , Henri Pousseur and Philippe Boesmans .

His daughter Anne Froidebise (born November 4, 1950) was a professor of organ at the Liège Conservatory from 1992 to 2015.

Works (selection)

  • Sonata for violin and piano (1938)
  • Old Style Trio (1938)
  • Small suite for wind quintet
  • Cantata: " La lumière endormie " (1940)
  • Cantata: “ La Navigation d'Ulysse ” (1943), 2nd Prix de Rome
  • Petit livret d'orgue en style ancien (1957)
  • Ballet: " Le bal chez le voisin " (1957)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Curriculum vitae on the website of the Center Belge de Documentation Musicale ( Memento from November 29, 2014 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Anne Froidebise on: orguessainthubert (French)
personal data
SURNAME Froidebise, Pierre
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian composer and organist
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Ohey Belgium
DATE OF DEATH October 28, 1962
Place of death Liege