Émile Bourdon
Joseph Antoine Émile Bourdon was a 20th-century French organist and composer.
Biography
Bourdon was the son of Magdelaine Louise Villate de Peufeilhoux and Victor-Louis-Gabriel Bourdon. Later, he became a pupil of Alexandre Guilmant in the Conservatoire de Paris, Bourdon was a condisciple and friend of Marcel Dupré.He was the organist of the great organ of the Saint Nicholas Cathedral of Monaco from 1922 to 1968, before canon Henri Carol succeeded him.
In addition, he was professor of organ at the Académie de Musique Fondation Prince Rainier III until 1968.
His wife Jeanne Barbezat died on 17 August 1974, and Bourdon himself died on 11 July of that year.
Works
Bourdon is the author of several pieces for pipe organ including:- Dix Pièces Op. 7 :
- # Offertoire pour la Fête de l'Assomption
- # Carillons
- # Méditation sur un Psaume d'Introït
- # Sortie sur l'Hymne Veni Creator Spiritus
- # Bénédiction nuptiale
- # In memoriam
- # Sur l'Alleluia de la Fête de saint Louis
- # Légende pour la Toussaint
- # Triptyque sur la Prose de la Fête-Dieu
- # Toccata sur deux noëls
- Six Pièces :
- # Thème développé
- # Final en Ré
- # Complainte
- # Communion sur "Dic nobis, Maria" de la prose de Pâques
- # Allegro symphonique
- # Elégie
- Première symphonie Op.10
- Marche Solennelle Op. 19
- Dix nouvelles pièces pour orgue, Op. 18
- # Offertoire en l’honneur de Ste Thérèse de l’Enfant Jésus
- # Elegie
- # Intermezzo
- # Canzonetta
- # Pastorale
- # Fantasie rhapsodique pour une Fête patronale
- # Menuet
- # Pièce sur des Graduels
- # Final Romantique en Si
- # Alleluias de Pâques
- Cortège Nuptial Op. 38, dedicated to H.R.H. Prince Rainier III and to Madame la Princesse Grace de Monaco, for the celebration of their marriage on 19 April 1956
- Sacred motets.