Église Notre Dame de Lorette - l'orgue

 

 

Église Notre Dame de Lorette

 

 

Église Notre Dame de Lorette is a neoclassical church

built by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas

between 1823 and 1836 in the 9th arrondissement.

 

 

It contains the first organ built by the great organ builder

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899). 

Composer Cesar Franck became the assistant organist here in 1947

and was married in this church as well.

 

 

For another view of the interior and an interesting story,

look here at a previous post.

 

 

bon dimanche 

 

 

 

 

Église Notre Dame de Lorette

18, bis rue de Chateaudun

75009, Paris



Basilique Sainte Clotilde

The Basilique Sainte Clotilde was built in the Neo-Gothic style and completed in 1857. It was reportedly the most fashionable church in 19th Century Paris and well-known for its Aristide Cavaillé-Coll organ.


For those who love classical music, it is interesting to note that César Franck inaugurated the organ playing his Final in B flat and J.S. Bach's Prelude and fugue in b minor. It is reported that every time Franz Liszt was in Paris, he would sit in the organ loft to hear Franck play his most recent compositions.

Basilique Sainte Clotilde
23 bis, rue Las Cases