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Jeanne Demessieux
Jeanne Demessieux
French composer, pianist, organist and music teacher
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Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
Jean-Jacques Grunenwald
French organist, composer, architect, and pedagogue
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Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé
French classical composer and organist
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Jean Roger-Ducasse
Jean Roger-Ducasse
French composer
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Jean-Pierre Leguay
Jean-Pierre Leguay
French musician
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Naji Hakim
Naji Hakim
Lebanese-French composer, organist and improviser
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Marc de Ranse
Marc de Ranse
French pianist, composer, organist, choir director and music educator
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Sébastien Demar
Sébastien Demar
French composer (1763-1832)
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Claude Balbastre
Claude Balbastre
French composer
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Michel Corrette
Michel Corrette
French organist and composer
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François Couperin
François Couperin
French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist
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César Franck
César Franck
Belgian-French composer, organist and music teacher
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Pierre Pincemaille
Pierre Pincemaille
French organist
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Jacques Charpentier
Jacques Charpentier
French composer
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Jean Wiener
Jean Wiener
French musician
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André Jolivet
André Jolivet
French composer
Jean Berveiller
French composer and organist

Jean Berveiller

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French composer and organist
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Jean Marie Berveiller (June 29, 1904 – October 21, 1976) was a French composer and organist.

Jean Berveiller was born in 1904 in Sommedieue. He began to play the piano, mainly Jazz, and through his friends Clément Doucet and Jean Wiener eventually lead the popular Parisian cabaret Le Boeuf sur le Toit. Although he followed a career in the financial business, he spent all of his free time in music. Berveiller was a talented organist and studied composition and harmony with Marcel Dupré for seven years. Among his compositions are several jazz-inspired organ compositions, which the French organist Jeanne Demessieux frequently performed in her organ concerts. Demessieux dedicated her organ cycle, Sept Méditations sur le Saint-Esprit, opus 6, to Berveiller. Jean Berveiller died in 1976 in Paris.