Édouard Devernay

Édouard Devernay (8 November 1889 – 5 July 1952) was a French musician, composer and organist, titular of the Grandes Orgues of Notre-Dame des Victoires in Trouville-sur-Mer.

Édouard Devernay at the pulpit of Notre-Dame des Victoires de Trouville-sur-Mer

Biography

Born in Roubaix, Édouard Devernay began his musical studies at the Roubaix conservatory where he obtained the First Prizes in solfeggio, piano, harmony and counterpoint in the class of Julien Koszul. He then joined the organ class of the Royal Conservatory of Brussels.

In 1912, the town of Trouville-sur-Mer opened a recruitment competition for the Notre-Dame des Victoires pulpit that he won. He then came to settle in Normandy.

Wounded at Verdun during WWI, he composed his first symphony for organ: Marche pour la Victoire during his convalescence.

In 1931, he won the First Prize in musical composition of the SACEM for a lyrical drama, Au temps du bon Roy Henri.

He died in Trouville on 5 July 1952.

He was Yves Devernay's uncle.

Compositions
  • Organ pieces
    • 2 Symphonies
    • 1 suite
    • Various pieces
  • Pieces for piano
    • Cloches d'octobre
    • Cortège rustique des Moissonneurs
  • Vocal works
  • Opérettas:
    • Monette et ses cousins, Operetta in 3 acts on a libretto by Yvandré
    • le Soleil de Bali
  • Lyrical:
    • Au temps du bon Roy Henri, lyrical drama in 1 act

Discography
  • Yves Devernay at the grandes orgues de la Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris - CD Mitra Digital Réf: 16 214: Miracle de la Tempête (Édouard Devernay)
  • Édouard and Yves Devernay at Trouville - CD Phyllomène Réf.: 2010091507/1 - Nicole and Mathilde Marodon Cavaillé-Coll, Jacques Vandeville (organ, singing, oboe)

Bibliography
  • Athena sur la Touques n° 97 (Sept 1988): Trouville 1914. "Cahiers" written for his family during his stay at the military hospital of Lyon in November 1916.
  • Athena sur la Touques n° 181 (Sept 2009) ISSN 0758-5470: Édouard Devernay, compositeur et organiste à Trouville (Claude Baumann)
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