Pierre Dandrieu


Pierre Dandrieu was a French priest, composer and organist.

Life

Pierre Dandrieu was baptised in Angers. After studying with Lebègue, he held the organ of, now destroyed, on the île de la Cité in Paris, for more than 40 years. His nephew Jean-François Dandrieu succeeded him to this same gallery in 1733.
Dandrieu died in Paris on 20 October 1733.

Works

Pierre Dandrieu published around 1714 a book of 42 and various pieces for the organ or harpsichord, published again between 1721 and 1733 :
Several of these pieces were later taken back and reworked, and published in 1759, more than 20 years after the nephew's death.
He also published 3 arias in Recueils d'airs sérieux et à boire at Ballard, in Paris: Mes yeux par leur langueur extrême, L'amour s'est fait pour la jeunesse and Petits oyseaux sous ces feuillages.