This study of French organ music during the “Classical period” focuses on its signifying dimension, and particularly on its representative function in the liturgy. Our interest springs from an observation: the most important works devoted to this repertoire neglect the question, whereas the genesis of this organ school coincides with one of the most remarkable historical moments of Catholic spirituality. From this point of view, and assuming that sacred music can be understood as an aesthetic-theological product shaped according to the symbolic and expressive topics of the liturgy (in the same way as other manifestations of sacred art), our research seeks to demonstrate the way in which the music of French organists can communicate the fund...
International audienceTo explain the musical affinity between the Motets à grand chœur with instrume...
During the French Baroque period, the function of the organ was primarily to serve the liturgy. It w...
Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer of the well-known Toccata, composed ten “symphonie...
This study of French organ music during the “Classical period” focuses on its signifying dimension, ...
Notre étude de la musique pour orgue en France à l’Âge classique se centre sur sa dimension signifia...
There are very few works on church music of the 19th century, despite the considerable development o...
The organ, by definition, cannot escape from a network of intermingled influences (practical, philos...
The alternatim practice is one of the oldest and longest observed liturgical practices in the French...
The period after the 1789 French Revolution was one of turbulence, musically, socially, culturally a...
Definition of the musical elements present in "romantic" and "symphonic" music, leading to a distinc...
An understanding of the great body of French organ music written in the second half of the seventeen...
International audiencelate seventeenth-century France, the revival of Gallican doctrine encouraged i...
In the French music the period 1665–1703 is the time of great changes, when the style known generall...
This thesis studies the motivations, practices and repertories of chant and music used in catholic f...
The organ is a key instrument in order to understand nineteenth century vision of musical expression...
International audienceTo explain the musical affinity between the Motets à grand chœur with instrume...
During the French Baroque period, the function of the organ was primarily to serve the liturgy. It w...
Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer of the well-known Toccata, composed ten “symphonie...
This study of French organ music during the “Classical period” focuses on its signifying dimension, ...
Notre étude de la musique pour orgue en France à l’Âge classique se centre sur sa dimension signifia...
There are very few works on church music of the 19th century, despite the considerable development o...
The organ, by definition, cannot escape from a network of intermingled influences (practical, philos...
The alternatim practice is one of the oldest and longest observed liturgical practices in the French...
The period after the 1789 French Revolution was one of turbulence, musically, socially, culturally a...
Definition of the musical elements present in "romantic" and "symphonic" music, leading to a distinc...
An understanding of the great body of French organ music written in the second half of the seventeen...
International audiencelate seventeenth-century France, the revival of Gallican doctrine encouraged i...
In the French music the period 1665–1703 is the time of great changes, when the style known generall...
This thesis studies the motivations, practices and repertories of chant and music used in catholic f...
The organ is a key instrument in order to understand nineteenth century vision of musical expression...
International audienceTo explain the musical affinity between the Motets à grand chœur with instrume...
During the French Baroque period, the function of the organ was primarily to serve the liturgy. It w...
Charles-Marie Widor, French organist and composer of the well-known Toccata, composed ten “symphonie...