About Albert Renaud
Lived 1851 – 1924 (aged 72–73). Albert Renaud was a French organist and composer.
Albert Félix Joseph Renaud (1855 – 28 May 1924) was a French organist and composer who served for many years as organist at the parish church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, near Paris.
Life and career Saint-Germain-en-Laye parish church, where Renaud was organist from 1891 to 1924.
Born in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, Renaud studied at the Conservatoire de Paris under César Franck, Camille Saint-Saens, Charles Gounod and Jules Massenet and began his career by succeeding his father Félix as choirmaster of the Church of Saint-Sulpice in Paris.
After a spell as organist at Rennes Cathedral, he returned to Paris in 1878 as organist of the Church of Saint-François-Xavier. In 1891 he became organist at the parish church of Saint-Germain-en-Laye, serving until his death. In 1903 he oversaw the refurbishment of the church's Cavaillé-Coll organ, marking the completion of the work with a concert on 27 October at which Alexandre Guilmant and Eugène Gigout also played.
His successor at Saint-Germain-en-Laye was Albert Alain, father of organists Jehan, Olivier and Marie-Claire Alain.
Compositions Renaud's best known work is his Toccata in D minor (Op. 108, No. 1), which he dedicated to Alexandre Guilmant. Guilmant played it during a recital at the St. Louis World's Fair in 1904.
List of works For organ Quatre pièces d'orgue (Op. 101, No. 1 (Entrée, processional), No. 2 (Angelus), No. 3 (Pastorale) and No. 4 (Marche funèbre)) Improvisations - soixante pièces classées par tons pour orgue ou harmonium (Op. 106) Deux toccatas (Op. 108, No. 1 (in D minor) and No. 2 (in D major)) Quatre pièces d'orgue (Op. 116, including No. 1 (Offertoire in E minor) and No. 3 (Communion in F major)) Esquisses - trente pièces pour orgue ou harmonium (Op. 120) Grand choeur, Op. 123 (No. 1 in D major)
Opera Le petit chaperon rouge (1885)
Ballet Roknedin (1892)
Other Un voyage à Venise (1896)
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French organist
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Albert Renaud was born in 1851 in 6th arrondissement of Paris.
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Albert Renaud died in 1924 in Paris.
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Albert Renaud was an organist and composer.
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