Eugène Wintzweiller (13 December 1844[1] – 6 November 1870) was a French composer, winner of the second Grand Prix de Rome in 1868.

Life

Born in Wœrth (Alsace), Wintzweiller was the son of Louis Wintzweiller, a teacher in his native town, and Madeleine Hirsch.[1] He first studied with Joseph Wackenthaler, then organist (1833–1869) at Strasbourg Cathedral, who sent him to the École Niedermeyer in Paris, a school of classical and religious music, which then trained church organists, choir conductors and kapellmeisters. A scholar of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg, he studied there at the same time as Gabriel Fauré. He obtained his first piano runner-up in 1861,[2] a second prize for piano[3] and an honorable mention for the organ in 1862.[4]

Wintzweiler studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in Ambroise Thomas' and François Benoist's class. He obtained a first prize in counterpoint, a runner-up in fugue, a second organ runner-up in 1867,[5] and a first organ runner-up in 1868.[6]

He obtained a Second First Grand Prix de Rome in musical composition on 4 August 1868,[7] shared with Alfred Pelletier-Rabuteau. He began his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome in January 1869 and ended it in June 1870.[8]

Wintzweiler died in Arcachon.

Selected works

References

  1. 1 2 Woerth - Etat civil - Registre de naissances 1844 - 4 E 550/3
  2. ↑ "Distribution des prix de l'École de musique religieuse de Paris". Le Ménestrel. 20 August 1861. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
  3. ↑ "Distribution des prix de l'École de musique religieuse de Paris". L'Ami des Livres. August 1862. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
  4. ↑ "Distribution des prix de l'École de musique religieuse de Paris". Le Ménestrel. 20 August 1862. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
  5. ↑ "Conservatoire Impérial de Musique". Le Moniteur des Pianistes. 20 July 1867. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
  6. ↑ "Concours du Conservatoire". Le Moniteur des Pianistes. 20 July 1868. Retrieved 22 September 2018..
  7. ↑ Diplôme d'Eugène Wintzweiller, Second premier Grand Prix de Rome de composition musicale, 4 août 1868. on France Archives.
  8. ↑ Eugène Wintzweiller on www.villamedici.it
  9. ↑ Nina
  10. ↑ La Chanson du fou
  11. ↑ Joli Papillon
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