DIEMER, LOUIS-JOSEPH


Meaning of DIEMER, LOUIS-JOSEPH in English

born Feb. 14, 1843, Paris died Dec. 21, 1919, Paris French pianist and teacher who was one of the first advocates of early keyboard music and instruments. He was a student at the Paris Conservatoire from 1855 to 1861, and from 1863 he performed regularly, playing at the Alard, Pasdeloup, Colonne, Lamoureux, and Conservatoire concerts with great success; his repertoire included pieces written for him by Charles-Marie Widor, Camille Saint-Sans, and douard Lalo. He was appointed professor of piano at the Conservatoire in 1887; in 1889 he gave a series of harpsichord recitals at the Universal Exhibition whose favourable reception encouraged him to establish a Socit des Instruments Anciens. He edited a collection of early French keyboard pieces (Clavecinistes franais, 1928). Active also as a composer, he wrote both piano and chamber works. Among his students were Alfred Cortot and Robert Casadesus.

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