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André Pirro
André Gabriel Edmée Pirro (12 February 1869 – 11 November 1943) was a French musicologist and an organist.
Born in Saint-Dizier, Pirro learned to play the organ from his father Jean Pirro. In Paris where he became and organist and a choirmaster for the Collège Stanislas de Paris. He studied with César Franck and taught music history at the Schola Cantorum. Pirro published his academic thesis on the "Aesthetics of Bach" in 1907, followed by "Descartes and the Music"'. His
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- Romain Rolland, « Hommage à André Pirro », "Information musicale", no. spécial, 3 Dec. 1943
- Y. Rossens, « André Pirro », "Revue de musicologie", no. XXVI, 1944
- N. Bedgman, « André Pirro », "Revue de l'enseignement supérieur", no. 2, 1956