- Ignace Leybach
Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach (
17 July 1817 ,Gambsheim ,Alsace –23 May 1891 ,Toulouse ) was a teacher, pianist and organist, and a composer of salon piano music.He had his early training as an organist with Joseph (?) Wackenthaler, the organist and "maître de chapelle" of the cathedral of
Strasbourg , and then was a pupil in Paris ofFriedrich Kalkbrenner and of Chopin. He was a famous pianist in his time, but is largely remembered for a single piece, his FifthNocturne , Op. 52, number 5, for solo piano; it is still in print. His "Fantasie elegante" improvised on familiar themes from Gounod's "Faust".From 1844 he was organist at the cathédrale Saint-Etienne, Toulouse, succeeding Justin Cadaux. He published a three-volume method for the organ for which he also wrote about 350 pieces. Leybach also wrote motets and liturgical music.
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* [http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/Choir/5920/Biografia/Leybach.html Oscar Thompson "Cyclopedia of Music and Musicians", 1949: Ignace Leybach]
* [http://www.musimem.com/gautier.htm "Théophile Gautier, sa famille et la musique"] note 18.
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