Guillaume Lasceux (3 February 1740 - 1831) was a French organist, improviser and composer.
Born in Poissy, Lasceux began his career as an organist in the parish of St-Martin of Chevreuse in 1758. He moved to Paris in 1762 to study music composition for five years with Charles Noblet, organist and harpsichordist of the Opera. He succeeded him to the Mathurins in 1769. In the same year, he was appointed organist at St-Aure, and 10 years later, at the Minimes convent, Place Royale , with similar posts at the College of Navarre and the Magloire Seminary .
In 1769, he replaced Claude-Nicolas Ingrain on the organ of the Saint-Étienne-du-Mont church, of which he officially became titular in 1774. During the Revolution, he lost most of his posts and had to earn a living by accompanying the theophilantropic ceremonies in Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, converted into a "Temple of Branch piety". He resumed his organist's post in 1803, after the restoration of Catholic worship there, and retired on 2 January 1819.
Recognized as a virtuoso on the organ, harpsichord or forte-piano, Lasceux became famous for his improvisations inspired by the Last Judgement.
His work includes vocal pieces, chamber music and numerous organ pieces.
Michel Corrette was a French composer, organist and author of musical method books.
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Jean Victor Arthur Guillou was a French composer, organist, pianist, and pedagogue. Principle Organist at Saint Eustache in Paris, from 1963 to 2015, he was widely known as a composer of instrumental and vocal music focused on the organ, as an improviser, and as an adviser to organ builders. For several decades he held regular master classes in Zurich and in Paris.
André Raison was a French Baroque composer and organist. During his lifetime he was one of the most famous French organists and an important influence on French organ music. He published two collections of organ works, in 1688 and 1714. The first contains liturgical music intended for monasteries and a preface with information on contemporary performance practice. The second contains mostly noëls.
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Michel Léon Chapuis was a French classical organist and pedagogue. He was especially known as an interpreter of the French and the German Baroque masters and dedicated to historically informed performances.
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Jean-Louis Florentz was a French composer.
Jeanne Angèle Desirée Yvonne Joulain was a French organist, concertist and music educator.
Noëlie Marie-Antoinette Pierront was a 20th-century French organist, concertist and music educator.
Jean-Patrice Brosse was a French harpsichordist and organist.
Adrien Rougier (23 June 1892 – 1 July 1993 was a French organist, organ builder, conductor and composer.
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