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Gaston Bélier

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Gaston Bélier (1863 – 1938) was a French organist and composer.

Career

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A student of Eugène Gigout at the Conservatoire de Paris, he was titular organist at the Saint-Maclou of Pontoise Cathedral from 1892 to his death in 1938, and substitute organist at the église Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes [fr] in the 17th arrondissement of Paris.[1] From 1927 he was involved in the renovation and extension of the organ of La Madeleine in the 8th arrondissement.[2] In 1930 he participated in Victor Gonzalez [fr]'s reconstruction of the organ of the Carmelite monastery of St. Joseph of Pontoise.

Composition

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Like his colleagues Albert Renaud and Marcel Lanquetuit, Bélier is mostly known today for his Toccata pour grand orgue in D minor published by M. Senart in Paris in 1912. He also composed a Elevation for Organ, available on IMSLP.

Discography

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Philippe Bardon[3] (on the organ of Saint-Maclou): Un récital d'orgue à Pontoise (EMA 9509), with works by J. S. Bach, Nicolas de Grigny, Michel Corrette, W. A. Mozart, Felix Mendelssohn, César Franck, Gaston Bélier, Jehan Alain and Olivier Messiaen.

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