Jean Berveiller
Jean Marie Berveiller (June 29, 1904 – October 21, 1976) was a French composer and organist.
Jean Berveiller was born in 1904 in
Le Boeuf sur le Toit. Although he followed a career in the financial business, he spent all of his free time in music. Berveiller was a talented organist and studied composition and harmony with Marcel Dupré for seven years. Among his compositions are several jazz-inspired organ compositions, which the French organist Jeanne Demessieux
frequently performed in her organ concerts. Demessieux dedicated her organ cycle, Sept Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit, opus 6, to Berveiller. Jean Berveiller died in 1976 in Paris.
Compositions
Organ solo
- Suite (Paris: Durand, 1950)
- Allegro (composed 1948)
- Intermezzo (composed 1945)
- Adagio
- Final
- Épitaphe (composed 1949. Paris: Durand, 1953)
- Cadence: Étude de concert (composed 1946. Paris: Durand, 1953)
- Mouvement (composed 1957. Amersfoort: Musiscript, 2003)
Other works
- Piano concerto (unfinished)
- César Franck: Rédemption - Interlude Symphonique, arranged for organ (Manuscript)
Bibliography
- "Jean Berveiller", in: John Henderson (ed.): A directory of composers for organ (2d ed.). Swindon: John Henderson, 1996.
- Biography "Jean Berveiller", in: Mouvement pour orgue. Amersfoort: Musiscript, 2003.
Recordings
- Guide de la Musique d'Orgue Recordings of works by Jean Berveiller.
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