Jean-Jacques Grunenwald

Jean-Jacques Charles Grunenwald , también conocido por su seudónimo Jean Dalve (2 de febrero de 1911 - 19 de diciembre de 1982), fue un organista , compositor , arquitecto y pedagogo francés .

Grunenwald was born in 1911 in Cran-Gevrier (now part of Annecy), Haute-Savoie. He studied at the Paris Conservatory, where he received first prizes in organ (1935, class of Marcel Dupré) and composition (1937, class of Henri Busser). Two years later, Grunenwald won the prestigious Second Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata, La farce du Mari fondu. Additionally to his musical education, Grunenwald was enrolled at the École National des Beaux-Arts in Paris, where he graduated in 1941 with a diploma in architecture.

In 1955, Grunenwald became organist at St-Pierre-de-Montrouge in Paris. Two years later, he began a recording of the complete organ works of J. S. Bach on 24 LPs, which he completed in 1962. This recording was made at Soissons Cathedral with its Gonzales organ.

From 1957 to 1961, he was professor of organ at the Schola Cantorum in Paris and from 1961 to 1966 an organ teacher at the Conservatoire de musique de Genève. Among his students were Jean-Pierre Decavèle, Raffi Ourgandijan, and Louis Robilliard.

In January 1973, Grunenwald succeeded his former teacher, Marcel Dupré, as titular organist at St. Sulpice in Paris. He held this post until his death in 1982 at age 71.

As an internationally acknowledged concert organist, he played more than 1,500 recitals worldwide.

His catalog of compositions contains numerous organ and piano works, chamber music, orchestral works, oratorios, as well as music written for several films, such as Monsieur Vincent (1947).

He was married to Sonia Appel (1913–2011) until his death in the 7th arrondissement of Paris at the age of 71 on 19 December 1982. He, along with other members of his family, are buried in the Appel-Fourgeaud-Virenique-Grunenwald vault in the Père Lachaise Cemetery.

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• Jean-Jacques Grunenwald at IMDb