His subjects included double bass, for which he won a first prize at the Conservatoire, as well counterpoint (with Reicha). In 1830, Dietsch entered the Paris Conservatory and studied with Anton Reicha. According to Fétis, Dietsch was a choirboy at Dijon Cathedral and studied from 1822 at Choron's Institution Royale de Musique Classique et Religieuse in Paris. Life and career ĭietsch was born in Dijon. Pierre-Louis-Philippe Dietsch (also Dietch, Dietzch, Dietz) (17 March 1808 – 20 February 1865) was a French composer and conductor, perhaps best remembered for the much anthologized Ave Maria 'by' Jacques Arcadelt, which he loosely arranged from that composer's three part madrigal Nous voyons que les hommes. Engraving after a photo, published in 1865
