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Gaston Choisnel (Arranger)

Born: January 3, 1857 - Paris, France
Died: June 9, 1921 - Paris, France

The French organist and arranger, (Marie-Louis-) Gaston Choisnel, won second prize in harmony at the Paris Conservatoire in 1879. He succeeded Louis Vierne's uncle, Charles Colin, as organist of Saint-Denis-du-Saint-Sacrement from 1881 and held the post until 1914. After the death of Auguste Durand in 1909, his publishing house was reorganized as Durand a Compagnie, with Jacques Durand and Choisnel as directors.

 

Sources:
Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral by Rollin Smith (Pendragon Press, 1999)
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Aryeh Oron (May 2021)

Gaston Choisnel: Short Biography | Piano Transcriptions: Works

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