Pierre Dandrieu

Pierre Dandrieu was a French priest, composer and organist.

Life

Pierre Dandrieu was baptised in Angers. After studying with Lebègue, he held the organ of, now destroyed, on the île de [la Cité] in Paris, for more than 40 years. His nephew Jean-François Dandrieu succeeded him to this same gallery in 1733.
Dandrieu died in Paris on 20 October 1733.

Works

Pierre Dandrieu published around 1714 a book of 42 and various pieces for the organ or harpsichord, published again between 1721 and 1733 :
Several of these pieces were later taken back and reworked, and published in 1759, more than 20 years after the nephew's death.
He also published 3 arias in Recueils d'airs sérieux et à boire at Ballard, in Paris: Mes yeux par leur langueur extrême, L'amour s'est fait pour la jeunesse and Petits oyseaux sous ces feuillages.