Name Andre Pirro | Role Musical Artist Parents Jean Pirro | |
Born 12 February 1869 ( 1869-02-12 ) Saint-Dizier, France Died November 11, 1943, Paris, France Books The Aesthetic of Johann Sebastian Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach: The Organist and His Works for the Organ Similar People Jacques Chailley, Alexandre Guilmant, Victoria Kamhi, Maurice Emmanuel, Vincent d\'Indy | ||
Occupation musicologist, organist | ||
André Pirro (12 February 1869 – 11 November 1943) was a French musicologist and an organist.
Born in Saint-Dizier, Pirro learned to play the organ from his father Jean Pirro. In Paris where he became and organist and a choirmaster for the Collège Stanislas de Paris. He studied with César Franck and taught music history at the Schola Cantorum. Pirro published his academic thesis on the Aesthetics of Bach in 1907, followed by Descartes and the Music'. His famous pupils include Vladimir Fédorov, Dragan Plamenac, Armand Machabey, Marc Pincherle and Jacques Chailley. See: List of music students by teacher: N to Q#André Pirro. These days he is probably most often remembered through his musicological collaborations with Alexandre Guilmant concerning reprints of ancient organ music.