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Born: August 30, 1875 - Brinhòla (Brignoles), Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southern France
Died: April 16/17, 1958 - Frejús, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, southern France |
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Gustave Bret was a French conductor, composer, organist and critic, as well as director of Provencal choirs. He studied with Charles-Marie Widor and Vincent D'Indy,
Gustave Bret was organist of the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris. He was the first to perform all the organ works of César Franck in 1903-1904. One of his best-known works is the oratorio Les pellerins d'Emaus (The Pilgrims of Emaus), whose premiere took place in Amsterdam in 1903. Together with Albert Schweitzer, who many years later received the Nobel Peace Prize, he founded the Société J.S. Bach (Johann Sebastian Bach Society) in Paris in 1904/1905.
Gustave Bret was organist of the Cathedral of Frejús. Between his compositions of greater popularity is the music written to poems of Charles Baudelaire. |
