Henri Mulet

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Henri Mulet was a French organist and composer. He was born 17 October 1878 in Paris, France, and died 20 September 1967 in Draguignan, France

Most of his compositions were for the organ. His works for organ have been called "expressive in a post-Romantic manner."

Some of his works include:

Carillon Sortie (heard on NPR weekly as the theme for the organ music program Pipedreams).
Des Poèmes Symphoniques
Fantasie Pastorale
Petite Suite
Le Talion
Esquisses byzantines (1914–19) (his most often performed work)

He won first prize for cello in Delsart's class in 1893. He won second prize for organ in 1897. He studied organ with Guilmant and Widor. He served as an organist in several churches in Paris; he was a professor at the Ecole Niedermeyer and at the Schola Cantorum.

American organist Virgil Fox championed the works of Mulet and often performed a modified version of the last movement of Esquisses Byzantines, a toccata on the theme "Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I shall build my church. . ."

In 1937 Mulet burnt his manuscripts and left Paris for Provence.

He served as organist at the cathedral in Draguignan until 1958, and entrusted himself to the care of the monks at the abbey there. He had no children. He spent the last 30 of his 89 years in seclusion.

Original source of this article is the Henri Mulet page at the Classical Composers Database (from January 2004), which was written by Ioannis Dimitroulis.

Persondata
NAME	Mulet, Henri
ALTERNATIVE NAMES
SHORT DESCRIPTION	organist, composer
DATE OF BIRTH	17 October 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH	Paris, France
DATE OF DEATH	20 September 1967
PLACE OF DEATH	Draguignan, France