Gabriel PIERNÉ - Lot 213

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Gabriel PIERNÉ - Lot 213
Gabriel PIERNÉ Gabriel PIERNÉ (METZ, 1863 - PLOUJEAN, 1937), ORGANIST, PIANIST, COMPOSER AND CONDUCTOR - La Croisade des enfants. Musical legend adapted from the poem by Marcel Schwob. Cotage A. J. ET C.IE 561 & A.J. & CIE 562. Paris, A. Joanin, [1904]. In-4, 305 x 235 mm, paperback. DISPATCH FROM GABRIEL PIÉRNÉ TO LUCIEN SOLVAY "... Lucien Pierre Auguste Constant Solvay (Saint-Josse-ten-Noode, 1851 - Ixelles, 1950), son of Théodore Jean Baptiste Solvay, virtuoso pianist and piano teacher to the Duke of Brabant and Fanny Van Helmont, the last direct descendant of the alchemist, Jean-Baptiste van Helmont. During his youth, he frequented the concert halls with his grandfather, Pierre Van Helmont, professor of viola at the Brussels Conservatory, and was an avid listener of the musical evenings organized by his father. He studied law at the ULB and also attended the Royal Academy of Fine Arts. He eventually became a journalist and poet. At the request of Emile Rossel, he became the first editor-in-chief of Le Soir in December 1887. Biographie nationale, T. 41, col. 739-748.
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