Henri O'Kelly
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Joseph Pierre Henri O'Kelly was a Franco-Irish composer, pianist, organist and choir director, based in Paris. A minor composer in the Impressionist school, as a conductor he made outstanding contribu
Henri O'Kelly (far left) conducting a rehearsal of the choir of St-Vincent-de-Paul (1903). Source: Musica, January 1904.
Henri O'Kelly (left) and Alexandre Angot recording a Pleyela roll. Source: Le Monde musical, 1907.
Gabriel Pierné
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Henri Constant Gabriel Pierné was a French composer, conductor, pianist and organist.
Henri O'Kelly
…Georges Mathias (1876–79). O'Kelly was an exceptional student, winning awards every year, always sharing them with his fellow students Claude Debussy and Gabriel Pierné. While Debussy never won a "premier prix" in piano, O'Kelly did in his final year, 1879. The somewhat unexpected birth of a son in 1881 forced him to…
Pierné in 1898.
Gabriel Pierné (1925)