Marius Gueit


Marius André Gueit was a 19th-century French organist, cellist and composer.

Biography

The son of a muleteer, he lost his sight at the age of 15 months. At first he was a student of the Institut National des Jeunes Aveugles , in Paris, where he taught from 1826 to 1832. Among the professors who taught at this school were the organists Guillaume Lasceux and Jean-Nicolas Marrigues.
From 1832 to 1840, Gueit occupied the post of organist of the church of Saint-Paterne of Orléans, succeeding Sébastien Demar. In this same city, Gueit was also cellist at the Musical Institut, ancestor of the modern conservatory.
He then returned to Paris, where he held the organ of the church of Saint-Denis-du-Sacrement, and became a teacher at the INJA.
Here he had for a pupil the Orleanese organist Henri Victor Tournaillon, entered in the INJA 16 November 1843.

Musical production

He published numerous collections for the organ. Some are written for "expressive organ", a recent instrument, which enjoyed a certain vogue.
We also owe him Trois motets au Saint-Sacrement, aw well as an Andante & Rondo for cello, avec accompagnement de Piano.
There is relatively little organ music from this period, which makes the survival of certain indications of registration, mixed with other more modern elements interesting.

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