Jean Marie Berveiller French composer

Composer

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 and organist

Organist

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Jean Berveiller studied the pipe organ

Pipe organ

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 with Marcel Dupré

Marcel Dupré

Marcel Dupré , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Marcel Dupré was born in Rouen . Born into a musical family, he was a child prodigy. His father Albert Dupré was organist in Rouen and a friend of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, who built an organ in the family house when...

. He wrote four jazz-inspired organ compositions: Suite (1947), Cadénce: Étude de concert, Épitaphe (1951), and Mouvement (1953). All these works were dedicated to Jeanne Demessieux

Jeanne Demessieux

Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:...

, who frequently performed Berveiller's compositions in her organ recitals. Jeanne Demessieux

Jeanne Demessieux

Jeanne Marie-Madeleine Demessieux , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:...

dedicated her organ cycle, Sept Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit, opus 6, to Jean Berveiller.

Compositions

Organ Solo:

• Suite (Paris: Durand, 1950)
• Épitaphe (Paris: Durand,