Eugène Wintzweiller (13 December 1844Woerth - Etat civil - Registre de naissances 1844 - 4 E 550/3 – 6 November 1870) was a French composer, winner of the second First Grand Prix de Rome in 1868.
Life Born in Wœrth (Alsace), Wintzweiller was the son of Louis Wintzweiller, a teacher in his native town, and Madeleine Hirsch. He first studied with Joseph Wackenthaler, then organist (1833–1869) at Strasbourg Cathedral, who sent him to the École Niedermeyer in Paris, a school of classical and religious music, which then trained church organists, choir conductors and kapellmeisters. A scholar of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Strasbourg, he studied there at the same time as Gabriel Fauré. He obtained his first piano runner-up in 1861,. a second prize for piano. and an honorable mention for the organ in 1862..
Wintzweiler studied at the Conservatoire de Paris in Ambroise Thomas' and François Benoist's class. He obtained a first prize in counterpoint, a runner-up in fugue, a second organ runner-up in 1867,. and a first organ runner-up in 1868..
He obtained a Second First Grand Prix de Rome in musical composition on 4 August 1868,Diplôme d'Eugène Wintzweiller, Second premier Grand Prix de Rome de composition musicale, 4 août 1868. on France Archives. shared with Alfred Pelletier-Rabuteau. He began his stay at the Villa Medici in Rome in January 1869 and ended it in June 1870.Eugène Wintzweiller on www.villamedici.it
Wintzweiler died in Arcachon.
Selected works NinaNina on IMSLP Chanson du fouLa Chanson du fou on IMSLP Joli papillonJoli Papillon on IMSLP
References
External links Prix de Rome 1860-1869 on www.musimem.com