Fernand de La Tombelle

Baron Antoine Louis Joseph Gueyrand Fernand Fouant de La Tombelle was a French organist and composer.

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Fernand de La Tombelle, born in Paris in 1854, was a French organist and composer who received his training at the Paris Conservatoire, studying with Théodore Dubois and Félix Alexandre Guilmant. He distinguished himself early, winning the first prize of the “Societe des compositeurs” for a quartet and a symphony, and was also a recipient of the Prix Chartier, according to The New Encyclopedia of Music and Musicians (1924). His career saw him serve as Dubois’ assistant organist at the Madeleine from 1885 to 1898, and by about 1900, he became a professor at the Schola Cantorum, actively participating in Orphéonistes contests. La Tombelle’s compositions, which include orchestral suites, chamber music, choral scenes, songs, and numerous organ works, enjoyed considerable international recognition; his organ pieces, performed at the Trocadero, had “vogue both in England and America,” as noted in A Biographical Dictionary of Musicians (1900). Indeed, his ‘Fantaisie de Concert’ was featured at the dedication ceremonies for The Auditorium in Chicago on December 9, 1889, alongside works by Dubois and others, according to Grove’s Dictionary of Music and Musicians: American Supplement (1920). He was appointed an Officer of Public Instruction and held several orders, living in Paris as a composer.