What is Gabriel Pierné?
[[Image:Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné.jpg|thumb|right|200px|Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné.]] '''Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné''' (16 August 1863–17 July 1937) was a [[France|French]] [[composer]], [[Conducting|conductor]], and [[Organ (music)|organist]]. ==Personal Life== Gabriel Pierné was born in [[Metz]] in 1863. His family moved to [[Paris]] to get away from the [[Franco-Prussian War]]. He studied at the Paris Conservatoire. Pierné got first prizes for solfège, [[piano]], organ, counterpoint, and fugue. He won the French [[Prix de Rome]] in 1882, with his work ''Edith''. His teachers were [[Antoine François Marmontel]], [[Albert Lavignac]], [[Émile Durand]], [[César Franck]] (for the organ) and [[Jules Massenet]] (for composition). He succeeded Franck as organist at [[Saint Clotilde Basilica]] in Paris from 1890 to 1898. Pierné himself was succeeded by another Franck student. His name was [[Charles Tournemire]]. Associated for many years with Édouard Colonne's concert [[series]], the Concerts Colonne, from 1903, Pierné became head conductor of this series in 1910. His most famous early performance was the world start of [[Igor Stravinsky]]'s ballet ''[[The Firebird]]'', at the [[Ballets Russes]], Paris, on 25 June 1910. He remained in the post until 1933. He died in Ploujean, [[Finistère]], in 1937. {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Pierne, Gabriel}} [[Category:1863 births]] [[Category:1937 deaths]] [[Category:20th-century French composers]]