Eugène Wintzweiller
Eugène Wintzweiller (13 December 1844[1] – 6 November 1870) was a French composer, winner of the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1868.
Life
[edit]Born in Wœrth (Alsace), Wintzweiller was the son of Louis Wintzweiller, a teacher in his native town, and Madeleine Hirsch.[1] He first studied with Joseph Wackenthaler, then organist (1833–1869) at Strasbourg Cathedral, who sent him to the École Niedermeyer in Paris, a school of classical and religious music, which then trained church organists, choir conductors and kapellmeisters. A scholar of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg, he studied there at the same time as Gabriel Fauré. He obtained his first piano runner-up in 1861,[2] a second prize for piano[3] and an honorable mention for the organ in 1862.[4]
Wintzweiler studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in Ambroise Thomas' and François Benoist's class. He obtained a first prize in counterpoint, a runner-up in fugue, a second organ runner-up in 1867,[5] and a first organ runner-up in 1868.[6]
He obtained a Second First Grand Prix de Rome in musical composition on 4 August 1868,[7] shared with Alfred Pelletier-Rabuteau. He began his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome in January 1869 and ended it in June 1870.[8]
Wintzweiler died in Arcachon.
Selected works
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b Woerth - Etat civil - Registre de naissances 1844 - 4 E 550/3
- ^ "Distribution des prix de l'École de musique religieuse de Paris". Le Ménestrel. 20 August 1861. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
- ^ "Distribution des prix de l'École de musique religieuse de Paris". L'Ami des Livres. August 1862. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
- ^ "Distribution des prix de l'École de musique religieuse de Paris". Le Ménestrel. 20 August 1862. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
- ^ "Conservatoire Impérial de Musique". Le Moniteur des Pianistes. 20 July 1867. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
- ^ "Concours du Conservatoire". Le Moniteur des Pianistes. 20 July 1868. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
- ^ Diplôme d'Eugène Wintzweiller, Second premier Grand Prix de Rome de composition musicale, 4 août 1868. on France Archives.
- ^ Eugène Wintzweiller on www.villamedici.it
- ^ Nina
- ^ La Chanson du fou
- ^ Joli Papillon
External links
[edit]- Prix de Rome 1860-1869 on www.musimem.com
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- 1844 births
- 1870 deaths
- 19th-century French classical composers
- 19th-century French male musicians
- Conservatoire de Paris alumni
- French classical organists
- French male classical composers
- French Romantic composers
- Prix de Rome for composition
- Musicians from Bas-Rhin
- French male classical organists
- 19th-century French organists