Vierne, Louis

Louis Vierne
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Name	Vierne, Louis Gender: M
Birthname	Louis Victor Jules Vierne
born on	8 October 1870 at 18:00 (= 6:00 PM )
Place	Poitiers, France, 46n35, 0e20
Timezone	LMT m0e20 (is local mean time)
Data source	BC/BR in hand Rodden Rating AA Collector: Scholfield
Astrology data	15°15' 06°06 Asc. 02°55'

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Louis Vierne (circa 1910)

Biography

French organist and composer, nearly blind due to congenital cataracts, who had an elegant, clean style of writing that respected form above all else. His output for organ includes six organ symphonies, 24 Fantasy Pieces (which includes his famous Carillon de Westminster), and Vingt-quatre pièces en style libre, among other works. There are also several chamber works (sonatas for violin and cello, a piano quintet and a string quartet for example), vocal and choral music, and a Symphony in A minor for orchestra.

Among his pupils were Augustin Barié, Edward Shippen Barnes, Lili Boulanger, Nadia Boulanger, Marcel Dupré, André Fleury, Isadore Freed, Henri Gagnebin, Gaston Litaize, Édouard Mignan, Émile Poillot, Adrien Rougier, Alexander Schreiner, and Georges-Émile Tanguay.

The government of France made Vierne a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1931.

Vierne suffered either a stroke or a heart attack (eyewitness reports differ) while giving his 1750th organ recital at Notre-Dame de Paris on the evening of 2 June 1937.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

• associate relationship with Widor, Charles-Marie (born 21 February 1844)

• friend relationship with Dupré, Marcel (born 3 May 1886)

• (has as) student relationship with Boulanger, Lili (born 21 August 1893)

• (has as) student relationship with Boulanger, Nadia (born 16 September 1887)

• (has as) student relationship with Fleury, André (born 25 July 1903)

• (has as) student relationship with Litaize, Gaston (born 11 August 1909)

• (has as) student relationship with Mignan, Édouard (born 17 March 1884)

• (has as) student relationship with Poillot, Émile (born 10 March 1886)

Events

• Relationship : Marriage 20 April 1899
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• Death by Disease 2 June 1937 (Stroke or heart attack, age 66)
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Source Notes

Sy Scholfield provided birth certificate (acte n° 575) from the online Vienne archives. Marriage data in margin.

Categories

• Traits : Mind : Child prodigy

• Diagnoses : Body Part Problems : Eyes (Nearly blind due to congenital cataracts)

• Personal : Death : Illness/ Disease

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Composer/ Arranger

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Instrumentalist (Organist)

• Vocation : Entertain/Music : Music teacher

• Notable : Extraordinary Talents : For Music (Gifted)