Leon Boellmann

Short bio Leon Boellmann

Birthday: 1862 in Ensisheim, Alsace

Died: 1897 in Paris, France

Genre: Classical

Period: Romantic

Full biography Leon Boellmann

Leon Boellmann (also spelled Lon Bollmann) was a French composer and organist who lived from 1862 to 1897. He was born in Alsace-Lorraine, a region of France that was at the time under German control, and began studying the organ at a young age. Boellmann's talent for music was recognized early on, and he enrolled in the Paris Conservatory at the age of 19, where he studied under Eugène Gigout and Charles-Marie Widor.

Boellmann's music is characterized by its romanticism and often makes use of the organ, an instrument for which he had a great affinity. His best-known composition is the "Suite gothique," which was written in 1895 and features four movements that showcase the versatility of the organ. Other notable works by Boellmann include the "Cello Sonata" and "Variations symphoniques."

Despite his promising career as a composer and organist, Boellmann's life was cut short when he died at the age of 35 due to tuberculosis. Nevertheless, his music continues to be appreciated by classical music enthusiasts and performers around the world.

Compositions featuring Leon Boellmann

#	Name	Duration	Genre	Year
1	Sur le Mer, for piano, Op. 38	4:51 min	Keyboard	1897
2	Nocturne for piano, Op. 36	2:49 min	Keyboard	1896
3	Mystic Hours, for organ/harmonium, Op.30		Keyboard	1896
4	Improvisations (10), for piano, Op. 28	12:11 min	Keyboard	1895
5	Suite Gothique, for organ, Op. 25	13:56 min	Keyboard	1895
6	Variations Symphoniques for cello & orchestra, Op.23	11:07 min	Concerto	1893
7	Valse: Carillon, for piano, Op. 20	5:04 min	Keyboard	1893
8	Intermezzo for piano	2:36 min	Keyboard	1885
9	Suite No.2 for organ, Op.27	19:29 min	Keyboard	-
10	Symphony in F major, Op. 24	31:35 min	Symphony	-
11	Toccata, for organ (Suite Gothique)	3:45 min	Keyboard	-
12	Sonata for cello & piano in A minor, Op. 40	24:03 min	Chamber Music	-
13	Piano Trio in G major, Op.19	29:35 min	Chamber Music	-
14	Scènes du Moyen Âge	11:58 min	Keyboard	-
15	Ronde française, for piano, Op.37	3:41 min	Keyboard	-
16	Quartet for piano & strings in F minor, Op.10	27:46 min	Chamber Music	-
17	Prayer to Notre Dame, for organ (Suite Gothique)	5:05 min	Keyboard	-
18	Pièces (12) for organ (or pedal piano), Op.16		Keyboard	-
19	Pieces (2) for cello & piano, Op.31	8:30 min	Chamber Music	-
20	Aubade, for piano, Op. 15/1	3:16 min	Keyboard	-
21	Offertory on Christmas Themes, for organ	5:51 min	Keyboard	-
22	Les Heures Mystiques, Vol. 1, 27 pieces for organ, Op. 29	12:36 min	Keyboard	-
23	Impromptu for piano, Op. 15/4	2:41 min	Keyboard	-
24	Feuillet d'Album, for piano, Op. 15/2	2:04 min	Keyboard	-
25	Fantasy in A major, for organ	12:10 min	Keyboard	-
26	Fantaisie dialoguée, for organ & orchestra, Op.35	8:46 min	Concerto	-
27	Elevation for organ, Op.29/1	4:56 min	Keyboard	-
28	Danse Galiléenne, for piano	3:22 min	Keyboard	-
29	Communion, for organ, Op. 29/4	2:28 min	Keyboard	-

Albums featuring Leon Boellmann

#	Name album	Year	Music label
1	Boëllmann - Piet van der Steen – Organ Music(CD, Compilation, Reissue, Remastered)	2021	Brilliant Classics
2	Léon Boëllmann, Orchestre Symphonique De Mulhouse, Patrick Davin, Henri Demarquette – Symphonie En Fa Majeur; Variations Symphoniques; Quatre Pièces Brèves(CD, )	2021	Fuga Libera
3	Charles-Marie Widor, Louis Vierne, Jehan Alain, Leon Boëllmann, Eugène Gigout - Marie-Claire Alain – French Organ Music From The 19th And 20th Centuries(CD, Compilation, Remastered)	2015	Erato
4	J.S. Bach • F. Liszt • C. Franck • L. Boëllmann - Franz Lörch – Die Reiser-Orgel 1958 Im Münster Der Benediktinerabtei Zwiefalten (Orgelwerke Von J.S. Bach • F. Liszt • C. Franck • L. Boëllmann)(CD, Album)	2015	Da Camera Magna
5	Vincent Boucher, Bach, Boëllmann, Vierne, Widor – Oeuvres Célèbres Pour Orgue(CD, )	2013	Société Métropolitaine Du Disque / Espace 21
6	Bach, Boëllmann, Liszt, Franck, Prizeman − Jürgen Wolf (2) – Toccata (Ladegast-Eule-Orgel Nikolaikirche Leipzig)(SACD, Hybrid)	2013	Querstand
7	Camille Saint-Saëns, Léon Boelmann, Frédéric Chopin – French Cello Sonatas(2×CD, Compilation)	2012	Phaia Music
8	Boëllmann, Bonnet, Dubois, Gigout, Guilmant, Pierné, Saint-Saëns, Widor - Ben Van Oosten – A Festival Of French Organ Music(CD, Album)	2011	MDG
9	Joseph Nolan, Boëllmann, Elgar, Liszt, Thalben-Ball – The Organ of Saint Sulpice, Paris(CD, Album, Stereo)	2009	Signum Classics
10	Anders Bondeman, Boëllmann, Bach, Franck, Hambraeus – The Great Organ Of St Jacobs' Church In Stockholm(CD, Album)	2009	Ictus Music Production
11	César Franck, Camille Saint-Saëns, Léon Boëllmann, Michal Kaňka, Ivan Klánský – French Romantic Cello Sonatas(SACD, Hybrid, Multichannel)	2008	Praga Digitals
12	Léon Boëllmann - Helga Schauerte – Œuvres D'Orgue(CD, Stereo, CD, Multichannel)	2003	Syrius
13	Aleš Bárta / Léon Boëllmann, César Franck, Marcel Dupré, Olivier Messiaen – Skvosty francouzské varhanní tvorby(CD, Album, Compilation)	2001	Radioservis
14	Alexandre Guilmant, Léon Boëllmann, François-Joseph Fétis – Masterworks for Organ & Orchestra(CD, Album)	2001	Guild GmbH
15	Bach • Mozart • Mendelssohn • Franck • Dubois • Boëllmann - Matthias Eisenberg – Matthias Eisenberg An Der Mühleisen-Orgel In St. Severin - Keitum Auf Sylt(CD, )	2001	Ram (13)
16	Widor · Franck · Mendelssohn · Brahms · Liszt · Boëllmann · Peter Hurford – Romantic Organ Works = Romantische Orgelwerke(2×CD, Compilation)	2000	Decca
17	Johann Pachelbel, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Léon Boëllmann, César Franck — Miklós Teleki – Organ Music 3.	2000	Not On Label (Teleki Miklós Self-released)
18	Kerll, Pachelbel, Bach, Reger, Maleingreau, Lefébure-Wely, Rinck, Ives, Boellmann, Käte van Tricht – Hommage Käte Van Tricht (Organ Works)(2×CD, Compilation, Remastered)	1999	MDG
19	Pierre Pincemaille, César Franck, Léon Boëllmann, Louis Vierne, Jehan Alain – Abtei Marienstatt(CD, Stereo)	1999	Ifo Records
20	Jos Van Looy, Erwin Van Bogaert, Léon Boëllmann, César Franck, Flor Peeters – Het Orgel Van De Sint-Gummaruskerk Te Lier(CD, Album)	1998	Foon
21	Joh. Seb. Bach • Léon Boëllmann - Rüdiger Dippold – Transkriptionen Für Klavier(CD, Album)	1998	Animato
22	Léon Boëllmann / Willibald Guggenmos – Orgelwerke (Willibald Guggenmos An Der Cavaillé-Coll-Orgel In Azkoitia)(CD, Album, Stereo)	1998	Motette Ursina
23	Bach • Liszt • Boëllmann • Franck − Jürgen Wolf (2) – Jürgen Wolf Spielt An Der Ladegast-Sauer-Orgel In Der St. Nikolaikirche Zu Leipzig(CD, )	1996	Ram (13)
24	Benjamin Godard / Léon Boëllmann, Mats Lidström ∙ Bengt Forsberg – Cello Sonata ∙ Two Pieces Op 61 / Cello Sonata ∙ Two Pieces Op 31(CD, Album)	1996	Hyperion
25	Widor - Boellmann, Pierre Cochereau – Aux Grandes Orgues de Notre-Dame de Paris(CD, )	1995	Philips Classics
26	Bach, Mozart, Franck, Boellmann - Jiřina Pokorná – Famous Organ Works(CD, Album)	1995	Music Vars
27	Marie-Claire Alain, Bach - Boëllmann - Gigout - Widor – Grandes Toccatas(CD, )	1994	Erato
28	Léon Boëllmann – Ilona Prunyi, Béla Bánfalvi, János Fejérvári, Károly Botvay – Piano Quartet, Op. 10 / Piano Trio, Op. 19	1993	Marco Polo
29	Suzanne Chaisemartin, Alexandre Guilmant, Eugène Gigout, Léon Boëllmann – Orgues en Languedoc-Roussillon(CD, Album)	1992	Disques Coriolan
30	Johannis Cabanilles, Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Louis Vierne, Alphonse Mailly, Léon Boëllmann, Jan Pieterszn Sweelinck, Heinrich Scheidemann, Max Reger, Georg Böhm, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Alexandre Guilmant, Robert Schumann, Johannes Brahm	1990	Vivace (2)
31	Marie-Claire Alain, Johann Sebastian Bach, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann, Louis Vierne – Orgelwerken 2(CD, Compilation)	1989	Erato
32	Saint-Saëns / Fauré / Boëllmann / Chopin - André Navarra, Annie d'Arco, Erika Kilcher – Le Cygne / Aprés Un Réve / Sonate Op. 40 / Sonate Op. 65(CD, )	1988	Calliope
33	Léon Boëllmann - Patrice Caire – L'Œuvre Pour Grand Orgue(CD, Album)	1987	REM
34	Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann - Ján Vladimír Michalko – Organ: Symphony No. 5 In F Minor, Op. 42, No. 1 / Suite Gothique, Op. 25(LP, Album, Stereo)	1987	Opus
35	Boëllmann • Lemmens • Dubois • Widor • Wély - Karl Maureen – Rottenrieder Zugaben(LP, Album, Stereo)	1987	TELDEC
36	Boëllmann, Duruflé, Fortner, Gigout, Haas, Henze, Hindemith, Kraft, Reger, Widor · Rosalinde Haas – Toccaten	1987	WERGO
37	Bach • Reger • Langlais • Boëllmann - Walther R. Schuster – Orgelmusik Im Dom Zu Passau (Die Größte Kirchenorgel Der Welt)(CD, Album, Reissue)	1986	Saphir
38	Boëllmann / Reubke, Olivier Eisenmann – An Der Orgel Der Marktkirche Zu Wiesbaden - Orgelmusik Des 19. Jahrhunderts(LP)	1985	PAN Verlag Vleugels
39	J.S. Bach, Samuel John Swartz, Franz Liszt, Richard Wagner, César Franck, Charles Tournemire, Léon Boëllmann – Organ Recital(CD, Album)	1984	Perpetua Records
40	César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann, Marcel Dupré – Zürich - Kirche Zürich Enge(LP, Reissue, Stereo)	1984	Pelca
41	Michael Pohl (5), Widor, Boëllmann, Reubke – Die Sauerorgel Der Thomaskirche Leipzig, Michael Pohl Spielt Werke Von Widor, Boëllmann Und Reubke	1983	ETERNA
42	Philippe Lefebvre, Leon Boëllmann – Les 2 Suites Pour Orgue(LP)	1982	FY
43	Léon Boëllmann, Eugène Gigout / Marie Dufour – Marie Dufour, Orgue(LP)	1982	Gallo (4)
44	Robert Vickery (2), Franck, Boellmann, Reubke – Robert Vickery, Organist Plays Reubke, Franck and Boellmann(LP, Stereo)	1981	Ark (15)
45	Bach, Buxtehude, Boëllmann, Jongen, Ocenas, Anonimus - Viktor Scholz – Die Oberlinger-Orgel In Der Kath. Pfarrkirche St. Lambertus Zu Erkelenz(LP)	1980	Organo Phon
46	Олег Шаров - И. С. Бах / Л. Бёльман / И. Шамо / Г. Шендерев / А. Репников – Баян	1980	Мелодия
47	Bach, Buxtehude, Franck, Boëllmann - Ernst-Erich Stender – Ernst-Erich Stender Spielt An Der Großen Orgel Zu St. Marien In Lübeck(LP)	1980	Not On Label
48	Erich Vollenwyder, César Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann, Marcel Dupré – Chef-d'œuvres Des Maitres Francais De L'orgue = Meisterwerke Der Französichen Orgelkunst(LP, Stereo)	1979	Ex Libris
49	Paul Tortelier, Yan Pascal Tortelier, The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, Robert Schumann, Max Bruch, Léon Boëllmann – Concerto - Kol Nidrei	1979	EMI
50	François Campion, Jehan Alain, Jan de Lublin, Louis Couperin, Georg Muffat, Léon Boëllmann, Odile Pierre – Danses à L'orgue(LP, Album, Compilation, Stereo)	1979	RCA Red Seal
51	Albinoni, Bach, Boellmann, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Wagner - Jean Costa (2) – L'Orgue Pour Les Jours De Fête	1977	IPG
52	Edgar Krapp, Eugène Gigout, Léon Boëllmann, Jean Langlais – Das Orgelportrait - Französische Orgelmusik Aus Der Benediktinerabtei Gerleve(LP, Stereo)	1974	Psallite
53	C. Franck, Ch.M. Widor, L. Vierne, A. Guilmant, L. Boëllmann - Wim van der Panne – Beroemde Franse Orgelwerken(LP)	1972	Produktie Intersound Haarlem
54	Ralph Davier, César Franck, Léon Boëllmann – Ralph Davier At The Royal Albert Hall, Volume 1: French Romantic (Organ Recital). Choral No. 3 In A Minor; Andantino In G Minor; Prelude, Fugue And Variation In B Minor; Suite Gothique(LP, Stereo)	1972	Ace Of Diamonds
55	Léon Boëllmann, Jean Costa (2) – L'immortelle Prière A Notre Dame(7", 45 RPM, Single)	1970	Classic (2)
56	J. Pachelbel / A. Raison / L. Boëllmann / F. Liszt - Леонид Ройзман – Untitled	1969	Мелодия
57	И.С.Бах / А.Резон / Д.Циполи / Л.Боельман, И. Браудо – Органная прелюдия и фуга ля минор, Органная прелюдия и фуга до минор/ ЭХО/Пастораль/Токката(LP, 10", Mono)	1956	Апрелевский Завод
58	Ch.-M. Widor / E. Gigout / L. Boëllmann - Marie-Claire Alain – 3 Toccatas(7", 33 ⅓ RPM, EP)	1955	Erato
59	Hector Berlioz / Cesar Franck / Leon Boëllmann – Heures Mystiques(LP, Stereo)	-	Arion
60	Sotiris Tachiatis, Popy Noussias - Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Léon Boëllmann – Cello-Sonaten(LP)	-	Garnet
61	Franz Liszt, Léon Boëllmann, César Franck - Herbert Manfred Hoffmann – Die Virtuose Orgel(LP, Stereo)	-	Pelca
62	Charles-Marie Widor, Léon Boëllmann – Jean Costa Interprète Charles-Marie Widor / Symphonie Romane Op.73, Leon Boëllmann / Suite Gothique Op.25(LP, Stereo)	-	Classic (2)
63	Léon Boëllmann / Camille Saint-Saëns - Georges Schwartz, Raoul Gola, Gisèle Kuhn – Prière Op. 25 / Menuet Gothique Op. 31 / Variations Symphoniques Op. 23 / Sonate N°1 En Ut Mineur Op. 32(LP)	-	Saturne
64	Boëllmann, Bach, Dandrieu, Dupré, Buxtehude, Janåke Larson – Gotik: Boëllmann, Bach och Dandrieu M Fl Spelade På Allhelgonakyrkans Orgel I Lund(LP)	-	Proprius
65	Widor / Vierne / Gigout / Boëllmann – Toccatas & Pièces Symphoniques Célèbres(LP, Album)	-	Fréquence 415
66	Odile Pierre / Widor, Boellmann, Gigout, Vierne, Duruflé – Toccatas Et Carillons(LP, Album, Reissue, Stereo)	-	RCA
67	Boëllmann, Bach, Dandrieu, Dupré, Buxtehude, Janåke Larson – Gotik: Boëllmann, Bach och Dandrieu M Fl Spelade På Allhelgonakyrkans Orgel I Lund(LP)	-	Proprius
68	Léon Boëllmann By Piet van der Steen – Aan Het Cavaillé-Coll Orgel Van De St. Augustinuskerk Te Amsterdam(LP)	-	Cantilena
69	Johannis Cabanilles, Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Louis Vierne, Alphonse Mailly, Léon Boëllmann, Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck, Heinrich Scheidemann, Max Reger – Famous Organ Works(CD, Compilation)	-	Vivace (2)

Videos featuring Leon Boellmann

Boëllmann: Suite gothique, Op. 25 - 1. Introduction-Choral

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Boëllmann: Suite gothique, Op. 25 - 1. Introduction-Choral · Pierre Cochereau

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Released on: 2004-11-08

Composer: Léon Boëllmann

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[Bass Boosted] Léon Boëllmann - Suite Gothique (played by Willibald Guggenmos)

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1. Introduction - Choral 0:00

2. Menuet Gothique