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For over a century (1870–1971), Saint-Sulpice employed only two organists, and much credit is due to these musicians for preserving the instrument in its original state. Since 2023 Sophie-Véronique Cauchefer-Choplin and Karol Mossakowski have served as titular organists, having succeeded Daniel Roth (titular organist from 1985 to 2023), who ...
The organ of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, rebuilt in 1862 by Aristide Cavaillé-Coll.. Born into a family of musicians in Nogent-le-Rotrou (Eure-et-Loir department, France), Cauchefer-Choplin began piano lessons at a young age and took up the organ at the age of 14.
Widor as a young organist at Saint-Sulpice, Paris, c. 1870. Widor was born in Lyon to a family of organ builders, and initially studied music there with his father, Hungarian-born François-Charles Widor, [a] who was the titular organist of Saint-François-de-Sales from 1838 to 1889. His mother was Françoise-Elisabeth Peiron.
At the beginning of her career, she served as a substitute organist for Dupré, who often went on concerts around France and the world, at his organ at Saint-Sulpice in Paris. After serving as a substitute from 1955 to 1971 for Rolande Falcinelli at the Conservatoire de Paris, she became an assistant professor from until 1986. [3]
Roth after a recital on the Wanamaker Organ (24 April 2010). François Daniel Roth (born 31 October 1942) is a French organist, composer, musicologist, and pedagogue.He was titular organist of the Church of Saint-Sulpice, Paris, from 1985 to 2023, and is currently the emeritus titular organist.
A documentary film titled The Genius of Cavaillé-Coll was released in 2012 by Fugue State Films to mark both the 200th anniversary of Cavaillé-Coll's birth in 2011 and the 150th anniversary of his organ at St Sulpice. [5] It won the DVD Documentary Award of the BBC Music Awards 2014. [6]
The following is a list of notable organists from the past and present who perform organ literature ... Camille Saint-Saëns (1835–1921) Albert Schweitzer (1875–1965)
Clérambault became the organist at the church of the Grands-Augustins and entered the service of Madame de Maintenon. After the death of Louis XIV and Guillaume-Gabriel Nivers , he succeeded the latter at the organ of the church of Saint-Sulpice and the royal house of Saint-Cyr, an institution for young girls from the poor nobility.