Maurice Le Boucher, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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French musician
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Place of Birth: Isigny-sur-Mer, Normandy, France
About Maurice Le Boucher
- Maurice Georges Eugène Le Boucher (25 May 1882 – 9 September 1964), was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. Le Boucher was born in Isigny-sur-Mer.
- In 1904, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris, where he was a student of Gabriel Fauré.
- In 1907, Le Boucher won the prestigious Grand Prix de Rome.
- Later, he became professor at the École Niedermeyer and organist at St.
- Germain-l'Auxerrois in Paris.
- He wrote an Organ Symphony in E major, which was published in 1917 by Éditions Leduc, Paris.
- He wrote a drama on Oscar Wilde la Duchesse de Padoue which was published by Salabert in 1931.
- In 1920, he was appointed as director of the Montpellier Conservatory, a post he held for 22 years.
- His students included André David. Le Boucher died in 1964 in Paris.
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