The name of Léon Boëllmann is known to all organists
above all because of his brilliant Toccata for the instrument,
the final movement of a Suite gothique. Born in Alsace in 1862,
he served as organist at the church of St. Vincent-de-Paul in
Paris from 1881 until his early death in 1897.
Organ Music
,P>In addition to the Toccata from the Suite gothique, Op. 25, the Douze Pièces (Twelve Pieces), Op. 16, and Heures mystiques, Opp. 29 & 30, are well enough known.