École Niedermeyer de Paris

The École Niedermeyer (English: Niedermeyer School) is a Paris school for church music.[1][2] It was founded in 1853 by Louis Niedermeyer as successor to the Institution royale de musique classique et religieuse, which had been established and run by Alexandre-Étienne Choron between 1817 and 1834.[3] Several eminent French musicians studied at the school, including Gabriel Fauré, André Messager and Henri Büsser.[4]

Group of teachers and students of École Niedermeyer, including Gabriel Fauré, Gustave Lefèvre, Eugène Gigout, André Messager, ca. 1871.

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  1. ^ Galerne, Maurice (1928). L'Ecole Niedermeyer. Sa création, son but, son développement (in French). Éditions Margueritat.
  2. ^ LAVIGNAC, Albert. ENCYCLOPEDIE DE LA MUSIQUE ET DICTIONNAIRE DU CONSERVATOIRE : technique, esthetique, ... pedagogie (in French). FORGOTTEN Books. ISBN 1-334-62835-1. OCLC 982413005.
  3. ^ "Louis Niedermeyer". www.musimem.com. Retrieved 2020-07-27.
  4. ^ Büsser, Henri. "L'Ecole Niedermeyer" (PDF). Revue des deux Mondes: 5–6.