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His organ at the Basilique Ste-Clotilde, Paris (proclaimed a basilica by Pope Leo XIII in 1897) was one of the first to be built with several of these new features. Consequently, it influenced César Franck, who was the titular organist there. The organ works of Franck have inspired generations of organist-composers who came after him. [4]
The basilica contains a large and very fine pipe organ built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, the most celebrated organ builder in Paris in the 19th century. His other organs included those of Saint-Denis Basilica (1841), Sainte-Clotilde Basilica (1859), Saint-Sulpice church and Notre Dame de Paris (1868). The organ is composed of 109 ranks and 78 ...
The Basilica of Saint Clotilde (Basilique Ste-Clotilde) is a basilica church located on the Rue Las Cases, in the 7th arrondissement of Paris. It was constructed between 1846 and 1856, and is the first example of a church in Paris in the neo-Gothic style.
Take in Paris's varied architecture, from the Eiffel Tower to the Centre Pompidou. ... Sacré-Coeur Basilica. With a name that translates directly as "sacred heart," this 19th-century church is an ...
The organ is located on the tribune, at the west of the nave. An organ is recorded as existing at the basilica in 1520. A later organ, made by Crespin Carlier, is recorded in 1520, but this instrument was destroyed during the French Revolution. The church re-opened in 1806 without an organ. A competition was held in 1833 to find a new builder.
The organ dates from the end of the 19th century. It was made by the prominent organ-builder , Aristide Cavaillé-Coll . [ 4 ] His other organs included the Saint-Denis Basilica (1841), Église de la Madeleine , (1859), Saint-Sulpice church , and Notre-Dame Cathedral [ 5 ]
Basilica of Sacré-Coeur: Paris 18e: 13 August 1919: Basilica of Notre-Dame des Victoires, Paris ("Basilica of Our Lady of Victories, Paris") Paris 2e: 23 February 1927: Basilica of Notre-Dame du Perpétuel Secours, Paris ("Basilica of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Paris") Paris 11e: 25 June 1966: Basilica of Our Lady of Boulogne, Boulogne ...
Little is known about any early organs in the church before the Revolution. The current organ, located in the chapel of Saint-Anne, was built by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll in 1852, who constructed the organs of Notre Dame de Paris, Saint-Sulpice, Sacre-Coeur basilica, the American Cathedral in Paris and other Paris churches.