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Louis Aubeux (1917 – 8 July 1999) was a French ecclesiastic and

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Life

Born in

Beaulieu-sur-Layon Beaulieu-sur-Layon (, literally ''Beaulieu on Layon'') is a commune in the Maine-et-Loire department in western France. The composer and organist Louis Aubeux (1917–1999) was born in Beaulieu-sur-Layon. Geography The commune is traversed by t ...

, Aubeux studied at the

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. Auguste Fauchard,

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and

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were among his music masters. He was ordained priest on 29 June 1942 and was titular organist of the Saint-Maurice d'Angers Cathedral from 1947 to 1998. An organ expert, he was in particular a corresponding member of the High Commission of Historical Monuments. He was also director of the ''Revue de Musique Sacrée'' and author of a book on the facture: ''L'Orgue - Sa Facture''. He also composed some pieces for the

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. Elizabeth Hériobé-Pineau was his assistant on the great organ for more than twenty years. Very brilliant, she was the only assistant to the titular. She played the harpsichord and piano. During this period, she organized about ten organ recitals per year, and brought in many organists (J.Beck, American organist, Canadian J.Boucher,

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, M.J. Chassegay, holder of the order of the cathedral of Le Mans, etc). Canon Aubeux also conducted a large choir (''chorale Plantagenêt'').Chorale Plantagenêt d'Angers
/ref> Elizabeth Hériobé-Pineau set up many oratorios (''

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'', ''

Israel in Egypt ''Israel in Egypt'', HWV 54, is a biblical oratorio by the composer George Frideric Handel. Most scholars believe the libretto was prepared by Charles Jennens, who also compiled the biblical texts for Handel's ''Messiah''. It is composed ent ...

'', a ''Missa Solemnis'', the ''

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'' etc). This choir was accompanied by the

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. Canon Aubeux had a tragic end, forgotten by all, despite his 50 years on the organ of the cathedral of Angers with a magnificent repertoire since he had a liturgical formation. His assistant, while he had been placed with the

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, continued to care for him until his death in

Angers Angers (, , ) is a city in western France, about southwest of Paris. It is the prefecture of the Maine-et-Loire department and was the capital of the province of Anjou until the French Revolution. The inhabitants of both the city and the prov ...

Publications

* ''L'Orgue - Sa Facture'', Angers, 1971.

References

External links

Le Panthéon des musiciens De juillet 1999 à décembre 1999
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