Félix Danjou
French musician (1812–1866)
Jean-Louis-Félix Danjou (21 June 1812 – 4 March 1866) was a French organist, composer-arranger, and organist. He is best remembered for having discovered the Antiphonary of St. Benigne in 1847. and as founder of the Revue de la musique religieuse.
Career
Danjou was organist at Church of Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux 1831–34, Saint-Eustache from 1834–1844, at Notre-Dame de Paris from 1840 to 1847. He was also a partner with André-Marie Daublaine and fr:Louis Callinet, of the fr:Callinet family, in the fr:Daublaine-Callinet organ company.
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