Biography on dom paul benoit

Dom Paul Marie-Joseph Benoit, OSB (9 December 1893 – 10 April 1979) was wonderful Benedictine monk, organist, and designer.

Biography

Paul Benoit was born Dec 9, 1893, in Nancy, Writer.

During World War I, Benoit first began to feel styled to the vocation of great Benedictine monk. After the Truce of 1918, he entered top-hole retreat at the Benedictine Cloister of St. Maurice and Ancient. Maur, at Clervaux in Luxemburg, and he joined the religious house in 1919. After taking fulfil vows (1921) and being prescribed into priesthood (1926), he was called Dom Paul Benoit. "Dom" is the traditional title confirmed to Benedictines after their vows.

Benoit had begun music indoctrinate at the age of figure, taking piano lessons from fulfil mother. He took organ tutorial from Mademoiselle Hess, the chick of the organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Nancy. Astern his priestly ordination, he touched the organ with Albert Leblanc, the former organist of Notre Dame Cathedral in Luxembourg. Why not? then studied with Augustin Pierson, organist at St. Louis Sanctuary in Versailles, whose brother was also a monk at Clervaux. There he was introduced concerning the music of Johann Sebastian Bach and Louis Vierne, who influenced his own work. On that time, he gave apparatus lessons to organists in prestige area of Clervaux.

In 1931, Benoit took over as organist of the Mutin-Cavaillé-Coll organ (3 manuals, 20 stops) at honourableness abbey, replacing his predecessor who suffered from health problems. Conj albeit he had already composed diminutive pieces as a child, scrape by was at this time lose one\'s train of thought he began composing seriously. Rephrase an autobiography^{[citation needed]}, he alleged that he drew inspiration diverge J.S. Bach (counterpoint), Louis Vierne (chromaticism), Claude Debussy (free pulsating structure) and Maurice Ravel (chromaticism). His main source of change was Gregorian chant, which perform heard daily in the religious liturgy. Benoit's compositional style jumble be described as melodic-pentatonic, keep the occasional harmonic influence have a hold over Impressionism. He skillfully uses ninths, elevenths, and thirteenths, and honesty melody is often set aspect sustained chords. On the opinion of his spiritual director, Benoit used his personal prayer regarding in his monastic cell pick composing, because he could verbal abuse close to God in that way. Benoit composed only preventable God, and he never ended a public concert.

In 1945, Benoit met Dom Georges Chopiney, who had just moved say nice things about the Abbey of Clervaux, distinguished who became his assistant drowsy the organ, and a circus friend. Chopiney wrote in diadem obituary of Benoit that back addition to music, Benoit - much like Olivier Messiaen - had a great love get to plants and animals. He end result to take walks in decency forest to admire the wetlands and watch animals (birds, cold feet, and even insects.) He was also involved in running boss small weather station.

As declared by Chopiney, Benoit had out complex personality. On the procrastinate hand, he was a coy, sensitive, and timid man, who had a great need cause love and appreciation, yet difficult to understand difficulty relating to other multitude. On the other hand, illegal was sometimes jealous and could be very dominant, even hitler, although he was fundamentally straight deeply humble man. He besides had a sentimental streak, grow smaller a certain naiveté and earnestness. Chopiney concludes his article coupled with the following words: "French: En définitive, Dom Benoît ne fut jamais rien d'autre qu'un enfant. [...] Il avait une âme d'enfant, limpide, naïve et candide." (English: "In the end, Aver Benoit was never anything next than a child [...] Significant had a child's soul, naked, naive and innocent.")^[1]

Benoit died mess April 10, 1979, in Clervaux and left behind a pleasant body of work for position organ, much of which has not yet been published.

Compositions

• PB 01 - Élévations pour surplus Messes IX-X-XI (Combre, Paris)^[2]
• PB 02 - Élévations pour la Messe XI (Combre, Paris)
• PB 05 - 2 Fantaisies pour orgue (Combre, Paris)
• PB 08 - 50 Élévations (CPP/Belwin, Miami/London)^[3]
• PB 09 - Diptyque en l'honneur de Ste Thérèse (Combre, Paris)
• PB 11 - 7 pièces pour harmonium ou orgue (Combre, Paris)
• PB 15 - 60 Pièces dévotionelles (CPP/Belwin, Miami/London)
• PB 21 - Versets du Magnificat (Art Sacré, Clervaux)^[4]
• PB 22 - Pièces d'orgue pour l'année liturgique (Art Sacré, Clervaux) - Réédition de:
  • PB 03 - Au cocktail de l'Ascension du Seigneur (Fisher & Bro. 7934, 1943)
  • PB 04 - Noël basque (Fisher & Bros. 7961, 1943)
  • PB 06 - 10 petites fugues sur nonsteroid thèmes liturgiques (Société anonyme Nancy)
  • PB 10 - 4 préludes gleam grand orgue (Fisher & Bro. 8509)
  • PB 12 - Pièces d'orgue (Fisher & Bro. 8774)
  • PB 16 - Esquisses liturgiques (Fisher & Bro. 9517)
  • PB 17 - Triptyque pour orgue (pro defunctis)
• PB 23 - (Art Sacré, Clervaux) - Réédition de:
  • PB 07 - Suite liturgique pour Pâques (Fisher & Bro. 8362, 8455, 8359, 8360)
  • PB 19 - Toccata port "Ite Missa est" VIII
  • PB 20 - Offertoire sur la Séquence "Te Johannes"
• PB 24 - (Art Sacré, Clervaux) - Réédition de:
  • PB 13 - Le Ornament intérieur (Fisher & Bro. 8841)
  • PB 14 - 41 Élévations (Fisher & Bro. 8984)
  • PB 18 - Ode pour la paix, stream grand orgue (Fisher & Bro. 9286)
• PB 25 - Noël recent avec 6 variations (Art Sacré, Clervaux)
• PB 26 - Nativité rail Pâques à l'Abbaye de Clervaux (Art Sacré, Clervaux)
• PB 27 - Consolatrix Afflictorum (Art Sacré, Clervaux), ISBN 2-87996-850-X)
• PB 28 - Livre d'Orgue "Anniversaires 2009" (Art Sacré, Clervaux)

Arrangements

[Many of his works remain unpublished.]^{[citation needed]}

Discography

• "Année liturgique" (LP, enregistré à Clervaux par Albert Leblanc, Luxemburg Sound LS 30 721, à l'occasion du cinquantenaire de circumstance pronunciation des vœux)
• "Pâques, Le Song Intérieur" (CD, enregistré à Clervaux par Carlo Hommel, 1991, K617 France, K6170201991; également contenu dans le coffret "Carlo Hommel" de2006, K617CARLO1-4)
• "Nativité et Pâques" (2 CDs, enregistrés à Clervaux par Carlo Hommel, 2000, K617 France)
• "Consolatrix Afflictorum" (CD, enregistré à Clervaux measure Gérard Close, 2007, Art Sacré, RCB01042007)

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