Henri Édouard Dallier (20 March 1849 – 21 December 1934) was a French organist.
Career
Born in
Reims, Dallier studied organ with
César Franck
César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck (; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in modern-day Belgium.
He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was pa ...
at the
Conservatoire de Paris
The Conservatoire de Paris (), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795. Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue ...
and obtained
First prize in organ and fugue in 1878. He became "titulaire du grand orgue" of
Saint-Eustache in 1879 and in 1905 he succeeded
Gabriel Fauré as the organist of
la Madeleine.
Compositions
*''Cantilène'', piano, 1874
*''Six grands préludes pour la Toussaint, Op. 19'', organ (Leduc, 1891)
*''Contemplation'', violin, piano/harp and organ (Leduc, 1891)
*''Messe nuptiale'' (Leduc, 1894)
*''In Deo caritas'', organ (Leduc, 1895)
*''Symphony No.1, Op. 50'' (1908)
*''Cinq invocations'', organ (Lemoine, 1926)
*''Fête joyeuse'', trumpet and piano
*''Fantaisie-Caprice'', oboe and piano
External links
*
Detailed biography, Prix de RomePortrait
1849 births
1934 deaths
Musicians from Reims
French classical organists
French male organists
Prix de Rome for composition
Conservatoire de Paris alumni
Conservatoire de Paris faculty
Recipients of the Legion of Honour
Male classical organists
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