Mignan, Édouard

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Name
Mignan, Édouard Gender: M
Édouard Charles Octave Mignan
born on 17 March 1884 at 10:00 (= 10:00 AM )
Place Orléans, France, 47n55, 1e54
Timezone LMT m1e54 (is local mean time)
Data source
BC/BR in hand
Rodden Rating AA
Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data s_su.18.svg s_piscol.18.svg 27°14' s_mo.18.svg s_scocol.18.svg 29°19 Asc.s_gemcol.18.svg 24°25'



Édouard Mignan (circa 1960)

Biography

French organist and composer, who started his career as the organist of the église Saint Paterne at age 14. He studied organ in Paris with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1912. He was organist at Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin from 1917 to 1935. He succeeded Henri Dallier as organist of la Madeleine in 1935 and held that post until 1962. He died in Paris on 17 September 1969, aged 85.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

  • (has as) teacher relationship with Vierne, Louis (born 8 October 1870)

Events

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate (acte n° 304) from the online Orléans municipal archives. Marriage and death data in margin.

Categories

  • Personal : Death : Long life more than 80 yrs (Age 85)
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger
  • Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Organist)