Félicien Wolff

Félicien Wolff was a French organist and composer, born 21 July 1913 in Elbeuf in Normandy and died on 16 February 2012.

Collegiate Church of Saint-André, Grenoble

He was the brother of the biologist and academic Stephen Wolff. He was from 1930 to 1934 student at the Paris Conservatory in the class of Paul Dukas (composition), Marcel Dupré (organ) and Maurice Emmanuel (music historian). Around 1950, he was appointed professor of piano at the Conservatory of Grenoble, under the direction of Eric-Paul Stekel who strongly encouraged him in his composition. The entirety of his work is published today in Delatour France. He was for more than thirty years titular organist of the Collegiate Church of Saint-André, Grenoble.[1]

He died on 16 February 2012 at the age of 98 years.[2][3]

References
  1. Cf. Gilles-Marie Moreau, Le Saint-Denis des Dauphins : histoire de la collégiale Saint-André de Grenoble, (L'Harmattan, 2010) p293.
  2. Avis de Monsieur Felicien WOLFF.
  3. Site internet de Félicien Wolff.
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