Roger Boucher
Compositions for: Bassoon
WikipediaRoger Boucher (13 January 1885 – 20 October 1918) was a French organist and composer.
Entered at the Conservatoire de Paris in 1901, Roger Boucher won a 2nd prize in harmony (class of
Émile Pessard) in 1906, a 1st prize in piano accompaniment (class of
Paul Vidal) in 1907, 1st prize of counterpoint (class of
André Gedalge) in 1909, 1st prize in music composition in 1909, 1st prize in organ (class of
Alexandre Guilmant) in 1910, and 1st prize in fugue (class of
Charles-Marie Widor) in 1910.
Roger Boucher was successively organist at Église Saint-Eugène-Sainte-Cécile, Saint-Ferdinand-des-Ternes Church [fr], in Argenteuil basilica, then titular of the grand organ of the Saint-Thomas-d'Aquin in Paris church, from 1910 to his death.
He died as a result of war injuries at the Val-de-Grâce military hospital.