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1 online resource (235 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
I. The Industrial Aftermath of the Revolution -- II. Aristide Cavaille-Coll Goes to Paris -- III. The Organ for St.-Denis and the Barker Machine -- IV. Danjou's Challenge and the Disaster at St.-Eustache -- V. The Ideological Conflict in the Press -- VI. The Organ at La Madeleine -- VII. Lefebure-Wely and Lemmens -- VIII. The Organ at the Church of St.-Vincent-de-Paul -- IX. Cavaille-Coll's Favorite Organists in the Fifties -- X. Lefebure-Wely and Cesar Franck -- XI. Franck and the Organ at Ste.-Clotilde -- XII. Cavaille-Coll on Electricity -- App. A. Views on Diverse Matters (including list of principal organs) -- App. B. Selected Letters in English Concerning Cavaille-Coll's Travels -- App. C. Several Contracts in English |
| Summary |
"Organists, scholars of the organ and its music, and listeners who love French romantic organ music will all welcome this definitive account of the early career of Aristide Cavaille-Coll, the greatest organ builder of nineteenth-century France. Based on the author's earlier Cavaille-Coll and the Musicians, this book describes Cavaille-Coll's relationships with Cesar Franck and such other contemporary composer/organists as Lefebure-Wely, Danjou, and Lemmens. Fenner Douglass draws on previously unavailable primary archives to highlight the projects that were pivotal to Cavaille-Coll's success, among them the magnificent instruments he designed and installed in St.-Denis, La Madeleine, St.-Vincent-de-Paul, and other churches in and around Paris |
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Of special interest is the documentation Douglass presents pertaining to the instrument for Franck at Ste.-Clotilde in Paris." "In the final chapter, the author discounts the popular belief that Cavaille-Coll in his old age foresaw the future popularity of electro-pneumatic key action and regretted his inability to become involved in that development. In fact, Douglass says, the organ builder had little interest in the use of electricity as a supplementary source of energy for the organ."--Jacket |
| Notes |
Enl. ed. of: Cavaillé-Coll and the musicians. 1980 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English and French |
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Print version record |
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Cavaillé-Coll, Aristide, 1811-1899.
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Cavaillé-Coll, Aristide, 1811-1899 fast |
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Cavaillé-Coll, Aristide. swd |
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Cavaillé-Coll (Firm)
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Cavaillé-Coll (Firm) fast |
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Construction.
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- France.
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Organists -- France
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MUSIC -- Musical Instruments -- General.
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Organ (Musical instrument)
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Organ (Musical instrument) -- Construction
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Organists
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Organist
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Orgelbau
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Orgelmuziek.
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France
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Frankreich
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Douglass, Fenner.
Cavaillé-Coll and the musicians
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| ISBN |
9780300239171 |
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0300239173 |
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