Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach (1817 – 1891) was a
French pianist, organist, music educator and a composer
of salon piano music. He had his early training as an
organist with Joseph Wackenthaler (1795-1869), the
organist and maître de chapelle of the Strasbourg
Cathedral, and then was a pupil in Paris of Friedrich
Kalkbrenner and of Chopin. He was a famous pianist in
his time, but is largely remembered for a single piece,
his Fifth Nocturne, Op. 52, number 5, for solo piano;
it is still in prin...(+)
Ignace Xavier Joseph Leybach (1817 – 1891) was a
French pianist, organist, music educator and a composer
of salon piano music. He had his early training as an
organist with Joseph Wackenthaler (1795-1869), the
organist and maître de chapelle of the Strasbourg
Cathedral, and then was a pupil in Paris of Friedrich
Kalkbrenner and of Chopin. He was a famous pianist in
his time, but is largely remembered for a single piece,
his Fifth Nocturne, Op. 52, number 5, for solo piano;
it is still in print. His Fantasie elegante improvised
on familiar themes from Gounod's Faust.
From 1844 he was organist at the cathédrale
Saint-Étienne, Toulouse, succeeding Justin Cadaux. He
published a three-volume method for the organ for which
he also wrote about 350 pieces. Leybach also wrote
motets and liturgical music.
Source: Wikipedia
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ignace_Leybach).
Although originally created for Harmonium or Organ, I
created this Interpretation of the 3 pieces for
Harmonium from 'Méthode d'Harmonium' for Wind Quintet
(Flute, Oboe, Bb Clarinet, French Horn & Bassoon).
SHEET MUSIC