This engaging book discusses the colorful personalities Land
beloved music of the French romantic organist-composers. Michael
Murray draws vivid portraits of Aristide Cavaille-Coll (1811-1899),
the greatest and most influential organ builder of his time, and of
seven oilier musicians with connections to Cavaille-Coll and to onc
another: Camille Saint-Saens (1835-1921), Cesar Franck (1822-1890),
Charles-Marie Widor (1844-1937), Louis Vicine (1870-1937), Marcel
Dupre' (1886-1971), Jean Langlais (1907-1991), and Olivier Messiaen
(1908-1992).
The book offers to lovers of French music and culture -- and
especially to student organists -- details of these composers'
lives and times and of their styles and techniques. Drawing on his
personal acquaintance with Messiaen, Langlais, Dupre', and other
famous contemporaries, and on period documents, original accounts,
early recordings, and other primary sources, Murray examines the
relationship between organ building and musical composition, the
nature of romanticism and classicism, and the ever-perplexing
question of composer versus interpreter.
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