Noted organist and scholar Anthony Hammond tells the full story,
for the first time, of one of the great organists of the twentieth
century. Described by his teacher Marcel Dupre as "a phenomenon
without equal in the history of the contemporary organ," Pierre
Cochereau is considered one of the twentieth century's greatest
French organists.This book tells, for the firsttime, the full story
of of his extraordinary life and glittering, worldwide career. In
1955 Cochereau was appointed Organiste Titulaire at Notre-Dame de
Paris, where he restored the cathedral's musical glory and oversawa
far-reaching and controversial transformation of its organ. As a
recitalist, he toured South America, Australia, Asia, Canada, and
Europe in addition to twenty-five tours of the United States. He
was the first western organist to perform in the former Soviet
Union., played with many major orchestras under the batons of
distinguished conductors, participated in numerous music festivals
in Europe, made over eighty recordings, and was one of the founders
of the Chartres International Organ Competition. He was honored
several times for his achievements, including being named an
Officer of the Legion of Honor (1978). A tireless campaigner for
standards in music education, Cochereau also served as director at
many of France's prominent conservatories, including Le Mans,
Lyons, and Nice, which under his directorhsip became one of the
leading music schools in France. Biographer AnthonyHammond draws
from a variety of of prominent primary sources, notably Marcel
Dupre's papers in the Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris, but also from
Cochereau's surviving family and friends, and uses recordings and
previously overlooked archive films in the Institut National de
l'Audiovisuel, France to construct this definitive account and
critical appraisal of one of France's most distinguished organists.
Anthony Hammond is an English concert organist, improviser, and
musicologist who specializes in French Romantic and
twentieth-century organ music.
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