About Édouard Mignan
Lived 1884 – 1969 (aged 85). Édouard Mignan was a French organist and composer.
Édouard Charles Octave Mignan (17 March 1884 — 17 September 1969) was a French organist and composer.
He was born in Orléans and 14 years old he became the organist of église Saint Paterne. He studied organ in Paris with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1912. He was organist at Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin from 1917 to 1935. He succeeded Henri Dallier as organist of la Madeleine in 1935 and held that post until 1962.
He died in Paris at the age of 85.
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French musician (1884–1969)
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Édouard Mignan was born on 17 March 1884 in Orléans.
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Édouard Mignan died on 17 September 1969.
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Édouard Mignan was an organist and composer.
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Édouard Mignan was French.
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