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Parisian organs built by Cavaillé-Coll -
the ‘post-classical’ period
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (1838) Chapelle de Jésus enfant (1839) Sainte-Madeleine Orgue de chœur (1843) Cathédrale Sainte-Croix (1844) Eglise luthérienne de la Rédemption (1844) Saint-Roch Orgue de chœur (1845/65) Eglise Protestante Unie - Temple de Pentemont (1846) Sainte-Madeleine (1846) Chapelle de la congrégation du Bon secours (1850) Saint Denis (1841)
Post-classical period
Upon
his
arrival
in
Paris
in
1833,
Aristide
Cavaillé-Coll
was
awarded
a
contract
for
a
large
organ
for
the
basilica
of
Saint-Denis.
This
highly
innovative
instrument
would
become
a
model
for
the
more
than 600 organs which he would built until his death in 1899.
The
main
innovations
of
Cavaillé-Coll,
incorporated
in
this
organ
in
their early forms:
-
the
Récit-expressive
(swell
box),
which
would
become
the
most
important keyboard in his symphonic period
- stops like the
flute harmonique
and the
voix céleste
-
new
voicing
techniques,
which
gave
a
complete
freedom
of
mixing
timbres (funds, mixtures and reeds)
-
divided
windchests,
allowing
the
use
of
higher
wind
pressures
where
appropriate
and
an
appel
anches,
permitting
to
add
or
subtract all reeds of a keyboard as a group by means of a pedal.
-
introduction
of
the
Barker
machine
to
lower
the
effort
needed
to
pressing the keys, in particular when playing on coupled keyboards.
Cavaillé-Coll
built
ten
(still
existing)
organs
in
Paris
between
1833
and
1850
(the
‘post-classical’
period),
among
which
the
organ
in
Sainte-Madeleine.
Next:
- the '
operatic' period
(1851-1871)
- the ´
symphonic
´ period (1872-1898)
Organs of Paris
Cathédrale Sainte-Croix
Parisian organs built by Cavaillé-Coll -
the ‘post-classical’ period
Notre-Dame-de-Lorette (1838) Chapelle de Jésus enfant (1839) Sainte-Madeleine Orgue de chœur (1843) Cathédrale Sainte-Croix (1844) Eglise luthérienne de la Rédemption (1844) Saint-Roch Orgue de chœur (1845/65) Eglise Protestante Unie - Temple de Pentemont (1846) Sainte-Madeleine (1846) Chapelle de la congrégation du Bon secours (1850) Saint Denis (1841)
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Post-classical period
Upon
his
arrival
in
Paris
in
1833,
Aristide
Cavaillé-Coll
was
awarded
a
contract
for
a
large
organ
for
the
basilica
of
Saint-Denis.
This
highly
innovative
instrument
would
become
a
model
for
the
more
than 600 organs which he would built until his death in 1899.
The
main
innovations
of
Cavaillé-Coll,
incorporated
in
this
organ
in
their early forms:
-
the
Récit-expressive
(swell
box),
which
would
become
the
most
important keyboard in his symphonic period
- stops like the
flute harmonique
and the
voix céleste
-
new
voicing
techniques,
which
gave
a
complete
freedom
of
mixing
timbres (funds, mixtures and reeds)
-
divided
windchests,
allowing
the
use
of
higher
wind
pressures
where
appropriate
and
an
appel
anches,
permitting
to
add
or
subtract all reeds of a keyboard as a group by means of a pedal.
-
introduction
of
the
Barker
machine
to
lower
the
effort
needed
to
pressing the keys, in particular when playing on coupled keyboards.
Cavaillé-Coll
built
ten
(still
existing)
organs
in
Paris
between
1833
and
1850
(the
‘post-classical’
period),
among
which
the
organ
in
Sainte-Madeleine.
Next:
- the '
operatic' period
(1851-1871)
- the ´
symphonic
´ period (1872-1898)
