École Niedermeyer de Paris

The École Niedermeyer (English: Niedermeyer School) is a Paris school for church music.[1][2] It was founded in 1853 by Louis Niedermeyer as successor to the Institution royale de musique classique et religieuse, which had been established and run by Alexandre-Étienne Choron between 1817 and 1834.[3] Several eminent French musicians studied at the school, including Gabriel Fauré, André Messager and Henri Büsser.[4]

Group of teachers and students of École Niedermeyer, including Gabriel Fauré, Gustave Lefèvre, Eugène Gigout, André Messager, ca. 1871.

References
  1. Galerne, Maurice (1928). L'Ecole Niedermeyer. Sa création, son but, son développement (in French). Éditions Margueritat.
  2. LAVIGNAC, Albert. ENCYCLOPEDIE DE LA MUSIQUE ET DICTIONNAIRE DU CONSERVATOIRE : technique, esthetique, ... pedagogie (in French). FORGOTTEN Books. ISBN 1-334-62835-1. OCLC 982413005.
  3. "Louis Niedermeyer". www.musimem.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  4. Büsser, Henri. "L'Ecole Niedermeyer" (PDF). Revue des deux Mondes: 5–6.


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