André Pirro
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André Pirro (February 12, 1869 - November 11, 1943) was a French musicologist and an organist.
Born in Saint-Dizier, Pirro learned to play the organ from his father Jean Pirro. In Paris where he became and organist and a choirmaster for the Collège Stanislas de Paris. He studied with César Franck and taught music history at the Schola Cantorum. Pirro published his academic thesis on the Aesthetics of Bach in 1907, followed by Descartes of the music'. His famous pupils include Vladimir Fédorov, Dragan Plamenac, Armand Machabey, Marc Pincherle and Jacques Chailley.
[edit] Publications
- L'Esthétique de Jean-Sébastien Bach (Paris, 1907),
- L'orgue de Jean-Sébastien Bach (Paris, 1895),
- Jean-Sébastien Bach (Paris, 1906),
- Dietrich Buxtehude (Paris, 1911),
- Schütz (Paris, 1913),
- Jean-Sébastien Bach, auteur comique (Madrid, 1915),
- Les Clavecinistes : étude critique (Paris, 1924),
- La Musique à Paris sous le règne de Charles VI, 1380-1422 (Strasbourg, 1930),
- La Musique française du Moyen-Age à la Révolution (Paris, 1940),
- Histoire de la Musique de la fin du XI ème siècle à la fin du XVI ème (Paris, 1940),
- de nombreux articles dans les revues françaises et étrangères,
- 14 notices biographiques pour les Archives des maîtres de l'orgue (Paris, 1897-1909).
[edit] References
- André Pirro French Wikipedia article.
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