Édouard Mignan

Édouard Mignan (* 1884 in Orléans, † 1969) was a French organist and composer.

Life

Mignan was already at the age of fourteen years organist at the church of Saint Paterne city of his birth. He studied organ with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne and won the 1912 First Second Grand Prix de Rome.

In 1917 he became organist at the Church of Saint Thomas d' Aquin in Paris, 1935, he was the successor of the late Henri Dallier at the Cavaillé -Coll organ of La Madeleine. He held until 1962 this place.

Mignan was considered an excellent organ improviser. Among his pupils were, inter alia, Francis Ciappelletto and the Canadian organist Georges -Émile Tanguay. He composed orchestral suites, sacred choral works and motets and organ works, including the 12 Pièces nouvelles and Toccata Médiévale.

• Classic organist
• Composer of classical music ( 20th century)
• Organ improviser ( 20th century)
• French composer
• Person ( Orléans )
• Frenchman
• Born in 1884
• Died in 1969
• Man