Gaston Litaize

Gaston Litaize ( born August 11, 1909 in Menil -sur- Belvitte ( Vosges ); † 5 August 1991 Bruyeres ( Vosges ) ) was a French composer, organist and music teacher.

Life

The blind from birth Gaston Litaize studied at the National Institution des Jeunes Aveugles in Paris, and later at the Paris Conservatoire with Marcel Dupré, Georges Caussade, Henri Busser and Maurice Emmanuel. In addition, he was a private student of Louis Vierne. In 1938 he won the Second Prix de Rome large ( Seconde Grand Prix de Rome ) in composition, which was then awarded the first time a blind musician. 1946 he was appointed titular organist at St. François -Xavier in Paris and professor of organ at the Institution Nationale des Jeunes Aveugles. He made numerous concert tours as an organist and directed the church music programs of the French Radio Orchestra. Gaston Litaize died shortly before his 82nd birthday in August 1991 in Bruyeres ( Vosges ).

Compositions

Organ solo

  • Douze Pièces (1931-1937)
  • Grand- Messe pour tous les temps (1948 )
  • Noël basque (1949 )
  • Cinq Pièces liturgiques (1951 )
  • Passacaille sur le nom de Flor Peeters (1953 )
  • Vingt- quatre Preludes for Organ liturgiques without pedal (1953-1955)
  • Fugue sur l' Introit; Da pacem (1954 )
  • Thème sur le nom de varié Victor Gonzales (1957 )
  • Messe de la Toussaint (1964 )
  • Prélude et danse fuguée (1964 )
  • Epiphany (1984 )
  • Deux Trios ( 1984): Divertissement à trois
  • Pièce en trio

Organ and other instruments

  • Passacaille - for organ and orchestra (1947 )
  • Cortège - for 3 Trumpets, 3 Trombones and Organ ( 1951)
  • Pentecôte - triptyque, for two organs (1984 ): vigile
  • Nocturne
  • Séquence
  • Andantino
  • Scherzo

Other compositions

  • Récitatif et thème varié - for Clarinet and Piano ( 1947)
  • Missa solemnior - for four mixed voices and organ (1954 )
  • Missa Virgo gloriosa - for soprano, tenor and bass voices and organ (1959 )
  • Magnificat - six for mixed voices, congregation and organ (1967 )

Bibliography

  • Durand, Sébastien: Gaston Litaize (1909-1991): un vosgien aux doigts de lumière. Metz: Serpenoise, 1996 ISBN 2876923149. .
  • " Gaston Litaize. " L' Orgue: Cahiers et memoirs No. 34 (1985). Paris: Association des Amis de l' Orgue, 1985.
  • Sabatier, François: " Gaston Litaize ," in Guide de la musique d' orgue, edited by Gilles Cantagrel. Paris: Fayard, 1991: 528-530.
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