Yves Devernay

Yves Devernay (born May 9, 1937 in Tourcoing ; † December 10, 1990 there ) was a French composer and organist . From 1985 to 1990 he was titular organist of the Notre Dame de Paris organ .

Life

Devernay was born in Tourcoing in 1937. His uncle was the organist Édouard Devernay, titular organist of the Notre-Dame-des Victoires church in Trouville-sur-Mer . He studied at the Conservatory of Roubaix with Jeanne Joulain and in 1958, after studying for a year in Lille, switched to the organ class of Rolande Falcinelli at the Conservatory of Paris. In 1961 he received the first prize in the organ subject and continued his studies with Marie-Claire Alain . In 1971 he won the Grand Prix de Chartres .

He became a professor at the Conservatories of Roubaix and Valenciennes . In 1985 he was appointed titular organist of the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral , together with Olivier Latry , Philippe Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Leguay . He was also titular organist of Saint-Christophe in Tourcoing since 1962.

literature

• Association Les orgues de Saint-Christophe (ed.): In Mémoriam Yves Devernay (1937–1990) . Tourcoing.

Discography

• HOMAGE À YVES DEVERNAY - Inauguration du Grand Orgue de Notre-Dame de Paris on December 4th 1992. - CD Réf .: JM 003 ADD

1. Improvisation "neo-classique" (sortie de vêpres 24 janvier 1988); 2. O. Messiaen (1908-1992): "Transports de joie" (sortie de messe 11 mars 1990); 3. Improvisation: paraphrase on un thème de Nabucco de Verdi (concert privé 31 mars 1987); 4. F. Liszt (1811–1886): Prelude et fugue sur BACH (sortie de messe 20 mars 1988). Production: VISUAL Communication.

Web links

• Works by and about Yves Devernay in the catalog of the German National Library
• French homepage about Yves Devernay
• Page about Devernay on the Notre-Dame-de-Paris Cathedral homepage (French)

predecessor	Office	successor
Pierre Cochereau	Titular organist at the Notre Dame de Paris organ 1985–1990	Olivier Latry , Philippe Lefebvre and Jean-Pierre Leguay , Vincent Dubois