Maurice Le Boucher
French organist, composer and music educator (1882–1964)
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Maurice Georges Eugène Le Boucher (25 May 1882 – 9 September 1964), was a French organist, composer, and music educator.
25 May 1882
- Organist
- composer
- music educator
Maurice Le Boucher | |
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| Born | Maurice Georges Eugène Le Boucher 25 May 1882 Isigny-sur-Mer, Calvados, Normandy, France |
| Died | 9 November 1964 (aged 82) Paris, France |
| Education | Conservatoire de Paris |
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| Years active | 1910s–1942 |
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| Style | Classical |
Le Boucher was born in Isigny-sur-Mer. In 1904, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a student of Gabriel Fauré.[1] In 1907, Le Boucher won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome.[2] Later, he became professor at the École Niedermeyer de Paris and organist at Saint-Germain l'Auxerrois in Paris.[3] He wrote an Organ Symphony in E major, which was published in 1917 by Éditions Leduc, Paris. He wrote a drama on Oscar Wilde's La Duchesse de Padoue which was published by Salabert in 1931. In 1920, he was appointed as director of the Montpellier Conservatory, a post he held for 22 years. His students included André David.[4]
Le Boucher died in 1964 in Paris.[5]
