Alexandre Eugène Cellier (17 June 1883, in Molières-sur-Cèze – 4 March 1968, in Paris) was a French organist and composer.
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Alexandre Eugène Cellier | |
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Born | (1883-06-17)June 17, 1883 Molières-sur-Cèze, France |
Died | March 4, 1968(1968-03-04) (aged 84) Paris, France |
Occupation(s) | composer |
Instrument(s) | organ |
Cellier studied organ with Alexandre Guilmant until 1908. In 1908 he won the first prize for organ at the Conservatoire de Paris. Before that he also studied with Henri Dallier and Charles-Marie Widor. He was the organist Titulaire of the Temple de l'Étoile in Paris from 1910 until his death in 1968. The organ he used was a 3-manual Cavaillé-Coll organ with 32 stops, which was extended by Mutin (Cavaillé-Coll) in 1914.
In Louis Vierne's biography Mes Souvenirs, he describes Alexandre Cellier as a "cultivated musician" with improvisation skills. He gave concerts abroad.[citation needed]
He wrote a book about organ registration and is known as the French translator of the texts of the Bach Chorales.
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