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500 a| Enlarged edition of: Cavaillé-Coll and the musicians. 1980.;

504 a| Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index.;

505 0 a| 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 -- Appendix A. Views on diverse matters (including list of principal organs) -- Appendix B. Selected letters in English concerning Cavaille-Coll's travels -- Appendix C. Several contracts in English.;

520 a| 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. The author 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. 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, the author says, the organ builder had little interest in the use of electricity as a supplementary source of energy for the organ.;

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Cavaillé-Coll and the French romantic tradition / Fenner Douglass.

Author/creator	Douglass, Fenner
Other author	Douglass, Fenner.
Format	Book
Publication Info	New Haven [Conn.] : Yale University Press, ©1999.
Description	235 pages, 24 pages of plates : illustrations ; 27 cm
Subjects	Cavaillé-Coll, Aristide, 1811-1899. Cavaillé-Coll (Firm) Organ (Musical instrument)--Construction. Organ (Musical instrument)--France. Organists--France.

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 -- Appendix A. Views on diverse matters (including list of principal organs) -- Appendix B. Selected letters in English concerning Cavaille-Coll's travels -- Appendix C. Several contracts in English.
Abstract	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. The author 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. 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, the author says, the organ builder had little interest in the use of electricity as a supplementary source of energy for the organ.
General note	Enlarged edition of: Cavaillé-Coll and the musicians. 1980.
Bibliography note	Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-225) and index.
Language	English and French.
LCCN	98041897
ISBN	0300071140 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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