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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Basilique Sainte Clotilde

<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbqC7aH8Ber2upM7-J-5L-v9G5-QioWZX6YKBKRVbDxMi8Lm2NlYf8Xy1B-MehpNNnrpSA9t4om8jCqCDPq9am4T6vUvIRK6N3HXJOouPXmczaeNeXt4DpLtmHfJ_ZqbYP0L-DDXLfHM/s1600/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0179for+blog.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5526241152617648626" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigbqC7aH8Ber2upM7-J-5L-v9G5-QioWZX6YKBKRVbDxMi8Lm2NlYf8Xy1B-MehpNNnrpSA9t4om8jCqCDPq9am4T6vUvIRK6N3HXJOouPXmczaeNeXt4DpLtmHfJ_ZqbYP0L-DDXLfHM/s640/2006+dec+Paris+DSC_0179for+blog.jpg" style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; DISPLAY: block; CURSOR: hand" /></a><br />The <a href="http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/paris-ste-clotilde.htm"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Basilique Sainte Clotilde</strong></span> </a>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.<br /><br /><br />For those who love classical music, it is interesting to note that <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%A9sar_Franck"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>César Franck</strong></span> </a>inaugurated the organ playing his <em>Final in B flat</em> and J.S. Bach's <em>Prelude and fugue in b minor</em>. It is reported that every time <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franz_Liszt"><span style="color:#000000;"><strong>Franz Liszt</strong></span> </a>was in Paris, he would sit in the organ loft to hear Franck play his most recent compositions.<br /><br /></div><div align="center"><br /><em>Basilique Sainte Clotilde<br />23 bis, rue Las Cases</em></div>

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 19t...

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