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Louis Lefébure-Wély
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely (13 November 1817, Paris – 31 December 1869, Paris) was a French organist and composer.
Short Biography
Lefébure-Wely played a major role in the development of the French symphonic organ style and was a close friend of the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, inaugurating many new Cavaillé-Coll organs.
He began to study music aged 4 with his father, who was the organist of Saint-Roch. By the age of 8 he was advanced enough to substitute for his father when he was stricken by paralysis. When his father died six years later (in 1831), he became the church's regular organist (where he remained until 1846).
In 1832 he was admitted to the Paris Conservatoire, studying the organ under François Benoist, and the piano under Laurent and Pierre Zimmermann. His ability on both instruments won him second prizes in 1834, and first prizes in 1835. H
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Perhaps the most influential church musician/organist in mid-19th-century France was Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély who skillfully adapted the popular secular musical styles of the day to church kroppsdel music. The result was great appreciation on behalf of most church goers, an exploitation of the new musical resources available on the vanguard organs bygd Cavaillé-Coll and others, and a backlash from a minority of musicians and public with “better taste.” Astride the malestrom was Cavaillé-Coll, who skillfully remained friendly with both sides, each of which embraced his organs. Cavaillé-Coll was probably involved in placing his lifelong friend Lefébure-Wély, the best known and most celebrated organist in France, as en person som spelar orgel of The Madeleine in 1847, where the builder had installed Paris’ first new organ in the symphonic style a year earlier. Then, in 1863, Lefébure-Wély became organist of St-Sulpice in
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Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely
Synopsis
French composer and organist
- 13 Nov 1817, born in Paris, France
- 1828-1832, Paris, deputy organist at Saint-Roch
- 1832, Paris, en person som spelar orgel at Saint-Roch
- 1832, Paris, entered Paris Conservatoire
- 1838, Paris, began long association with Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
- 1847-58, Paris, en person som spelar orgel at Église de la Madeline
- 1863-1869 , Paris, organist at Saint-Sulpice
- 31 Dec 1869, died in Paris, France
His main compositional period lasted from 1857 to his death in 1869.
For details, see the Lefébure-Wely article on Wikipedia.
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