Édouard Devernay
Édouard Devernay was a French musician, composer and organist, titular of the Grandes Orgues of Notre-Dame des Victoires in Trouville-sur-Mer.Biography
Born in Roubaix, Édouard Devernay began his musical studies at the Roubaix conservatory where he obtained the First Prizes in solfeggio, piano, harmony and counterpoint in the class of Julien Koszul. He then joined the organ class of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.
In 1912, the town of Trouville-sur-Mer opened a recruitment competition for the Notre-Dame des Victoires pulpit that he won. He then came to settle in Normandy.
Wounded at Verdun during WWI, he composed his first symphony for organ: Marche pour la Victoire during his convalescence.
In 1931, he won the First Prize in musical composition of the SACEM for a lyrical drama, Au temps du bon Roy Henri.
He died in Trouville on 5 July 1952.
He was Yves Devernay's uncle.Compositions
- Organ pieces
- * 2 Symphonies
- * 1 suite
- * Various pieces
- Pieces for piano
- * Cloches d'octobre
- * Cortège rustique des Moissonneurs
- Vocal works
- * Mass for 4 voices
- * Three poems by Baudelaire: Recueillement, Paysage, Brume et Pluie
- * Mélodies on verses by Albert Samain, Paul Verlaine, Théophile Gautier, Victor Hugo
- Opérettas:
- * Monette et ses cousins, Operetta in 3 acts on a libretto by Yvandré
- * le Soleil de Bali
- Lyrical:
- * Au temps du bon Roy Henri, lyrical drama in 1 act
Discography
- Yves Devernay at the grandes orgues de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris - CD Mitra Digital Réf: 16 214: Miracle de la Tempête
- Édouard and Yves Devernay at Trouville - CD Phyllomène Réf.: 2010091507/1 - Nicole and Mathilde Marodon Cavaillé-Coll, Jacques Vandeville
