Joseph-Ermend Bonnal

Synopsis

French composer and organist

• 1880 born in Bordeaux
• studied at the Paris Conservatory under Guilmant (organ), Vierne (organ), and Faure (composition), among other teachers.
• assisted Charles-Marie Widor at Saint-Sulpice, Albert Périlhou at Saint-Séverin and Charles Tournemire at the Basilica of St. Clotilde.
• sometimes composed under the alias Guy Marylis
• 1901 appointed organist at St Medard in Paris and at Notre-Dame in Boulogne-sur-Seine.
• 1920 became director of the Bayonne Conservatory.
• 1932 was the first performance of his organ symphony, "Media Vita," at the competition of the Amis de l’orgue. Its success drew attention to his work as a composer.
• 1942 he succeeded Tournemire at Ste Clotilde.
• 1944 died in Bordeaux

For details, see the Joseph-Ermend Bonnal article on Wikipedia.

List of Organ Works

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Background and General Perspectives on Performing Bonnal Organ Works

From Oxford music online: "His organ music is an original body of work, indebted to the harmonic language of Vierne and to the modality and rhythmic freedom of Tournemire. Steeped in the atmosphere of the Basque country, his works are also characterized by a fondness for nature and the Impressionist nuances suggested by changing light."

Registration and Organs

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Fingering and Pedaling

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Ornamentation

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Recordings

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Joseph-Ermend Bonnal's La vallée du Béhorleguy, au matin, performed by Kirk M. Rich

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Notes

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