Pierre Camonin


Pierre Camonin was a French organist, composer and improviser.

Biography

Born in Bar-le-Duc, Camonin was a student of Marcel Ciampi for the piano at the conservatoire de Paris. He studied pipe organ with Louis Vierne and Marcel Dupré. He was ordained a priest in 1929.
He was a vicar-organist at Ligny-en-Barrois, then organist in charge of the great organs of the Verdun Cathedral alongside the maître de chapelle, canon Ferdinand Tourte. Its titulariate extended from 1935 until his death. Vincent Warnier was appointed co-titular in 1997. Several substitutes generally provided the low masses.
Among the students of Canon Pierre Camonin who made a career as organist is Dominique Bréda, organist at St Léon in Nancy.
Pierre Camonin died in Verdun, Meuse.

Works

  1. Prelude to a canticle by Charles Bordes
  2. Offertoire on Tota pulchra es
  3. Élévation on Ave Maria
  4. Communion on Salve Regina
  5. Toccata on Salve Mater
  1. Vêpres de Noël
  2. Variations on Minuit sonne au clocher blanc
  3. Variations on O Dieu, que n'étais-je en vie
  4. Variations sur un noël alsacien
  5. Trois noëls
  1. Allegro maestro
  2. Andante cantabile
  3. Allegro final