LOUIS JOSEPH DIÉMER (PARIS, 14 FEBRUARY,
1843 – PARIS, 21 DECEMBER, 1919)
Diémer was born and died in Paris. He studied at the
Paris Conservatoire, where his teachers included Ambroise Thomas for
composition, Antoine Marmontel for piano, and François Benoist for organ. From
the age of twelve, he won several first prizes (Premiers Prix) at the
Conservatoire, in piano, harmony and accompaniment, counterpoint and fugue, and
solfège, and a second prix in organ. He quickly built a reputation as a
virtuoso and toured with, among others, the violinists Delphin Alard and Pablo
de Sarasate. In 1888, Diémer succeeded Marmontel as professor of piano at
the Paris Conservatory. He taught, among others, Robert Casadesus, Alfredo
Casella, Marcel Ciampi, Alfred Cortot, José Cubiles, Lazare Lévy, Robert
Lortat, Yves Nat, and Édouard Risler. He was also instrumental in promoting the
use of historical instruments, giving a series of harpsichord performances as
part of the 1889 Universal Exhibition and contributing to the founding of the
Société des Instruments Anciens. Several composers dedicated compositions to
Diémer. They included César Franck’s Symphonic Variations, Jules Massenet’s
only piano concerto, Camille Saint-Saëns’s 5th Piano Concerto, and Édouard
Lalo’s Piano Concerto in F minor. Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s 3rd Piano Concerto
was intended to be dedicated to him.
TRACKLIST
WELTE-MIGNON 2764 DIEMER – La fileuse (The Spinner)
Caprice, Op. 16
WELTE-MIGNON 2766 GODARD – Valse chromatique No. 5,
Op. 88, G
WELTE-MIGNON 2767 MASSENET – Deux impromptus:
Eau dormante; Eau courante
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