Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRqw5Vs0SlA_CwwrXpgS9jwQnVPgZLHftnlRyVAN8z9PB6v6EDzv6OPqbnG2jPhiW_WY5uNOLYdZL2hcpJadDm0P14ebmUbUNV9gvDJU2i0aPvDt1aorOiWNysZNGrC3aD-qK4yC_W0Y/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+081+DSC_9192.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibRqw5Vs0SlA_CwwrXpgS9jwQnVPgZLHftnlRyVAN8z9PB6v6EDzv6OPqbnG2jPhiW_WY5uNOLYdZL2hcpJadDm0P14ebmUbUNV9gvDJU2i0aPvDt1aorOiWNysZNGrC3aD-qK4yC_W0Y/s640/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+081+DSC_9192.jpg" width="414" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">the primary organ</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">This great organ comes from the instrument built </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">by the renown Aristide Cavaille-Coll in 1894 for the mansion of Baron Espée.  </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">It was moved from the Baron's residence on </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Avenue Bois de Boulogne to Saint-Antoine in 1909. </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">You can <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsaint-antoine-des-quinze-vingts%2Bin%2Bparis%2Borgue%26biw%3D1287%26bih%3D915&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&u=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUZ34tvwLcQM&usg=ALkJrhhALjcPfkiPZFo34hSxpcz6QitFIg" target="_blank">click here to listen to a short piece</a> on this organ.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Like many churches, there is a second organ, </span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">a practice organ for the choir, which I will show you another time.</span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>bon dimanche</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i><br /></i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>57, rue Traversière</i></span></div><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><i>75012, Paris</i></span></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts the primary organ This great organ comes from the instrument built  by the renown Aristide Cavaille-C...

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Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNvSBbaBS7LuklPi4fuGZ7IPc3k6GpJN08c9hS_EEch59lrX3hMps0uXEQNrLrS6gr7U4kbgDf-1ysXu2FCABAC_1rH-vhDsnXSyHmVTf9yM2zoa5kWi3Uy_BQMF3IBqQiWGvwAH83HY/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+070+DSC_9181.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHNvSBbaBS7LuklPi4fuGZ7IPc3k6GpJN08c9hS_EEch59lrX3hMps0uXEQNrLrS6gr7U4kbgDf-1ysXu2FCABAC_1rH-vhDsnXSyHmVTf9yM2zoa5kWi3Uy_BQMF3IBqQiWGvwAH83HY/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri+++++_20140919+070+DSC_9181.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Although it is not as majestic </div><div style="text-align: center;">as many of the well-known churches in Paris, </div><div style="text-align: center;">this is an active parish in the 12é </div><div style="text-align: center;">with some lovely details and a great organ </div><div style="text-align: center;">by Aristide Cavaille-Coll.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"> </span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">57, rue Traversière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts

Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts Although it is not as majestic  as many of the well-known churches in Paris,  this is an active paris...

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Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebqeEzWN83gwAlSKxkBOEXiaylS100QTcY4uoFMSdhiNqCChWao_QdAPNrIi4YXZZztQsLcZzNCBg4zgYDowo7lasDLdePgbiENcr8ifmjBqi4lTsaG3E9FjAXHukRm6BGNTSROymtLI/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri++086+DSC_9197.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiebqeEzWN83gwAlSKxkBOEXiaylS100QTcY4uoFMSdhiNqCChWao_QdAPNrIi4YXZZztQsLcZzNCBg4zgYDowo7lasDLdePgbiENcr8ifmjBqi4lTsaG3E9FjAXHukRm6BGNTSROymtLI/s1600/2014+Sept+19+Fri++086+DSC_9197.jpg" width="430" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts</div><div style="text-align: center;">the primary organ</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">This great organ comes from the instrument built </div><div style="text-align: center;">by the renown Aristide Cavaille-Coll in 1894 for the mansion of Baron Espée.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was moved from the Baron's residence on </div><div style="text-align: center;">Avenue Bois de Boulogne to Saint-Antoine in 1909. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">You can <a href="http://translate.googleusercontent.com/translate_c?depth=1&hl=en&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dsaint-antoine-des-quinze-vingts%2Bin%2Bparis%2Borgue%26biw%3D1287%26bih%3D915&rurl=translate.google.com&sl=fr&u=http://www.youtube.com/watch%3Fv%3DUZ34tvwLcQM&usg=ALkJrhhALjcPfkiPZFo34hSxpcz6QitFIg" target="_blank">click here to listen to a short piece</a> on this organ.</div><div style="text-align: center;">Like many churches, there is a second organ, </div><div style="text-align: center;">a practice organ for the choir, which I will show you another time.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Saint-Antoine-des Quinze-Vingts</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">57, rue Traversière</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75012, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts - l'orgue

Église Saint-Antoine-des-Quinze-Vingts the primary organ This great organ comes from the instrument built  by the renown Aristide Cavaille-C...

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Église Notre Dame des Champs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_QS0itIRDF-YDQnWHz54IfOGMmwSM_W5GeeuVHEUgYNLuWichgTUQMvqDfdNO3BodKuL-iEEeUxuowhV1W7FU1pRnqQVojPNp6z0ncd6wSXnVR7wkrI-vgJGWiRu2BLCcpWUfB6mI8E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5_QS0itIRDF-YDQnWHz54IfOGMmwSM_W5GeeuVHEUgYNLuWichgTUQMvqDfdNO3BodKuL-iEEeUxuowhV1W7FU1pRnqQVojPNp6z0ncd6wSXnVR7wkrI-vgJGWiRu2BLCcpWUfB6mI8E/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Église Notre Dame des Champs</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">We sat and listened intently to the organ </div><div style="text-align: center;">as the music filled every corner of the immense space.  </div><div style="text-align: center;">It was a rehearsal by Yannick Merlin, </div><div style="text-align: center;">and we watched as he and his assistant </div><div style="text-align: center;">descended the narrow spiral stairs behind the latticed enclosure, </div><div style="text-align: center;">seen at the back of the church (under the arches).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">The organ was built by Cavaillé-Coll in 1877, </div><div style="text-align: center;">just as the roman styled church was completed (a ten-year venture).</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">bon dimanche</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre Dame des Champs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">92 bis, boulevard du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame des Champs

Église Notre Dame des Champs We sat and listened intently to the organ  as the music filled every corner of the immense space.   It was a re...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfSKytQ-uo_HShB47sYKY_DYvMI4nOhEn94XfcyyNJs-QrYVoUU2vMSZZA41DUy2C_0gH73xh9BuHlCcjSYWGflvW3UWLXuBpXChxOi5Xz4Efkro2XAuYXnM7Y5FQoJheakDEFEnFetg/s1600/2011+Nov+8+DSC_0958.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="598" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyfSKytQ-uo_HShB47sYKY_DYvMI4nOhEn94XfcyyNJs-QrYVoUU2vMSZZA41DUy2C_0gH73xh9BuHlCcjSYWGflvW3UWLXuBpXChxOi5Xz4Efkro2XAuYXnM7Y5FQoJheakDEFEnFetg/s1600/2011+Nov+8+DSC_0958.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></span></div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: inherit;">Église Notre Dame de Lorette</span></span> is a neoclassical church </div><div align="center">built by architect Louis-Hippolyte Lebas </div><div align="center">between 1823 and 1836 in the 9th arrondissement. </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">It contains the first organ built by the great organ builder </div><div align="center">Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811–1899). </div><div align="center">Composer Cesar Franck became the assistant organist here in 1947 </div><div align="center">and was married in this church as well.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center">For another view of the interior and an interesting story, </div><div align="center">look <a href="http://parisandbeyond-genie.blogspot.com/2011/12/eglise-notre-dame-de-lorette.html" target="_blank">here at a previous post</a>.</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>bon dimanche </em></span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div align="center"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em></em></span> </div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif; font-size: x-small;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">18, bis rue de Chateaudun</span></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009, Paris</span></em></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"></div>

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 betw...

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Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs - l'orgue

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG85JnyvhbW94WsO0J7ycghEbGoj1YvTk6FAmhpOHv5w9og6Tc3vCfSuUVwdsTtLZLs8IxFpAg-mwKkmRL1yqRCuD6LuASJChWIht2bzAsxDBj_bBwA7Gdf0TRGMBQpOW5TpKFWndfjVE/s1600/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG85JnyvhbW94WsO0J7ycghEbGoj1YvTk6FAmhpOHv5w9og6Tc3vCfSuUVwdsTtLZLs8IxFpAg-mwKkmRL1yqRCuD6LuASJChWIht2bzAsxDBj_bBwA7Gdf0TRGMBQpOW5TpKFWndfjVE/s640/2012+Oct+8+Monday_90DSC_9201.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">The organ is Cavaillé-Coll from 1877, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">and on this dreary, rainy day Yannick Merlin </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">was rehearsing for a concert.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">If you want to have a sample of the sounds and a video of the church, </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS",sans-serif;">follow<a href="http://www.organsofparis.vhhil.nl/cc/notre-dame-des-champs/index.html" target="_blank"> this link</a>.  </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><br /></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i>bon dimanche</i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">92 bis, Boulevard du Montparnasse</span></i></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">75006, Paris</span></i></div>

Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs - l'orgue

Église Notre-Dame-des-Champs The organ is Cavaillé-Coll from 1877,  and on this dreary, rainy day Yannick Merlin  was rehearsing for a conce...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette II

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZJI1bSUqYeOZKgOGjv5MdYXOL9IvZp4N8p7fMJISOEZHvoH5WBr-4dlrAdqwDLKJCikKHPV0zKlX6KEHjq2ZKOiudnhPw5XXbvepcXWxV2A6GJ6EDUTl6mygTjNxhq8k1NCzXk83rmo/s1600/2011+nov+5+part+2+DSC_0946.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="464" nfa="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgZJI1bSUqYeOZKgOGjv5MdYXOL9IvZp4N8p7fMJISOEZHvoH5WBr-4dlrAdqwDLKJCikKHPV0zKlX6KEHjq2ZKOiudnhPw5XXbvepcXWxV2A6GJ6EDUTl6mygTjNxhq8k1NCzXk83rmo/s640/2011+nov+5+part+2+DSC_0946.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rich colors adorn every corner of this large church, much like a museum.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I would like to return for a concert on the Cavaille-Coll organ,</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"> <span style="font-size: xx-small;">and to see if there are any mistresses in attendance.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">Bon dimanche </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>18, bis rue de Chateaudun</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><em><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;">75009 Pa</span>ris</em></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette II

Rich colors adorn every corner of this large church, much like a museum. I would like to return for a concert on the Cavaille-Coll organ,   ...

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Église Notre Dame de Lorette

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQjm1lipZUll32t2LeSW9ju43rxJNnIWxlbEwydNfN5mmLfY9wUpSAs5lqtzs8T3Mynd7e30h2uYW58wdJHIPE_behVv_5ovRqpVxJtohnUJEQLDmiZy5j3HI0ysm5v-zarMBxgKxG3A/s1600/2011+nov+5+DSC_0953.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" oda="true" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnQjm1lipZUll32t2LeSW9ju43rxJNnIWxlbEwydNfN5mmLfY9wUpSAs5lqtzs8T3Mynd7e30h2uYW58wdJHIPE_behVv_5ovRqpVxJtohnUJEQLDmiZy5j3HI0ysm5v-zarMBxgKxG3A/s640/2011+nov+5+DSC_0953.jpg" width="424" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There has been much said about the gaudy interior of Notre Dame de Lorette, but I found it elegant, adorned with 19th Century art and a Cavaille-Col grand organ.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The painter Eugene Delacroix lived nearby and was christened here in 1840.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The other stories of this large church refer to the "kept women" of the surrounding neighborhood.  Many wealthy men of this period had mistresses as well as wives and it is said that all attended Sunday services.  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Interesting, n'est-ce pas?  </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">That little fact was not included in the church literature I picked up in November.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">bon dimanche</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>Église Notre Dame de Lorette</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>18, bis rue de Chateaudun</em></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: Times, "Times New Roman", serif;"><em>75009 Par</em></span>is</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">  </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>

Église Notre Dame de Lorette

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Église Saint-Roch - Two organs

<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGijwn4L9X_Eg3EUFi5lB6_ewysxNnvmlGjmtHyqZV6SZSVDYMmx-mPhrgsOVqkN7MrS4_-a0rgGW7EMFcFc-65P5jb-PlXsi7Nrm5coT46uKqcDpw8D3ptX_o2sducP0t9J3xs07i2A/s1600/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3435.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585889362186610626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguGijwn4L9X_Eg3EUFi5lB6_ewysxNnvmlGjmtHyqZV6SZSVDYMmx-mPhrgsOVqkN7MrS4_-a0rgGW7EMFcFc-65P5jb-PlXsi7Nrm5coT46uKqcDpw8D3ptX_o2sducP0t9J3xs07i2A/s640/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3435.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a> <div></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">The chancel (choir) organ of Église Saint-Roch is the creation of </span><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aristide_Cavaill%C3%A9-Coll"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">Aristide Cavaillé-Coll</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;">, widely considered to be the greatest organ builder of the 19th century. His many innovations and inventions produced the "symphonic organ" which permitted an organ to sound like the individual instruments in a symphony or to be played simultaneously. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;">There are two organs in Saint-Roch. The chancel organ above is dated 1845 and the grand gallery organ (seen below) has an interesting history. One could say that it was created and re-created over a 90 year period beginning in 1751 (Lesclop), 1770 (Clicquot), and Cavaillé-Coll in 1840. It has remained in a constant state of improvements up to the current time. </span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVw9JYb5n7jrq7pCwGq0852dpZ-xhc5IQM0TUijI3joqI87-jUZvVy3OCB1iYT_D0obNKkMBzVlOB2NHMD-V7pFhoQohPFHe68iD2PVKYYlszDRPooXqYAOPuGhZxY1V_cDSiTcD45B4g/s1600/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3440.jpg"><span style="font-family:arial;"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585890563064253346" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVw9JYb5n7jrq7pCwGq0852dpZ-xhc5IQM0TUijI3joqI87-jUZvVy3OCB1iYT_D0obNKkMBzVlOB2NHMD-V7pFhoQohPFHe68iD2PVKYYlszDRPooXqYAOPuGhZxY1V_cDSiTcD45B4g/s200/2010+dec+paris+holly+IMG_3440.jpg" style="MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 200px; FLOAT: left; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" /></span></a><span style="font-family:arial;"><br /></span><div></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">My blog-friend Evan Kreider has produced a masterful post, full of photos of this magnificent church and once you have seen </span><a href="http://kreiderskorner.blogspot.com/2011/03/eglise-saint-roch-paris.html"><strong><span style="font-family:arial;">this</span></strong></a><span style="font-family:arial;"> you will understand why I will be posting another church next Sunday. (a smile, a wink, and a "great job" to Evan)</span></div><div><br /><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> <br /></div><div><span style="font-family:Arial;">The site of many burials, Nathalie of <a href="http://avignon-in-photos.blogspot.com/"><strong>Avignon-in-Photos</strong> </a>told me that the beloved French actress Annie Girardot was memorialized at a funeral here at Église Raint-Roch just weeks ago (on March 5th).</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> <br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Bon dimanche<br /></div></span><div></div><div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;"></span> </div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Église Saint-Roch</span></div><div><span style="font-family:arial;">Rue St. Roch et Rue St-Honoré<br /></div></span><div></div>

Église Saint-Roch - Two organs

The chancel (choir) organ of Église Saint-Roch is the creation of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll , widely considered to be the greatest organ build...

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