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| Guilmant, Félix Alexandre |
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(f l ks´ äl ksäN´dr g lmäN´) (KEY) , 18371911, French organist, one of the foremost performers of his day. He taught at the Schola Cantorum, of which he was a founder, and at the Paris Conservatory, where Marcel Dupré, Joseph Bonnet, René Vierné, and Nadia Boulanger were among his pupils. He composed much organ music. |
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