Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Tribute to Charles-Marie Widor
- Part One Studies, Early Performances, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1844–69)
- Part Two La Belle Époque: The Franco-Prussian War to The Great War (1870–1914)
- Part Three The Great War and Important Initiatives (1914–37)
- Appendix 1 Birth record of Charles-Marie Widor, 1844
- Appendix 2 Widor’s Diplôme de Bachelier ès Lettres, 1863
- Appendix 3 Widor’s letter of appreciation to Jacques Lemmens, 1863
- Appendix 4 Brussels Ducal Palace organ specification, 1861
- Appendix 5 Widor’s certificate for Chevalier de l’Ordre du Christ, 1866
- Appendix 6 “To Budapest,” 1893
- Appendix 7 Widor’s travels to Russia and his 1903 passport
- Appendix 8 Widor’s list of his works in 1894
- Appendix 9 The Paris Conservatory organs, 1872
- Appendix 10 Chronique [Widor’s appeal for an organ hall at the Paris Conservatory, 1895]
- Appendix 11 Widor’s certificate for the Académie Royale, Brussels, 1908
- Appendix 12 “Debussy & Rodin,” 1927
- Appendix 13 The American Conservatory organ, Fontainebleau, 1925
- Appendix 14 Letters concerning the Trocadéro organ restoration, 1926
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Eastman Studies in Music
Appendix 14 - Letters concerning the Trocadéro organ restoration, 1926
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 May 2024
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Foreword
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction: Tribute to Charles-Marie Widor
- Part One Studies, Early Performances, and Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1844–69)
- Part Two La Belle Époque: The Franco-Prussian War to The Great War (1870–1914)
- Part Three The Great War and Important Initiatives (1914–37)
- Appendix 1 Birth record of Charles-Marie Widor, 1844
- Appendix 2 Widor’s Diplôme de Bachelier ès Lettres, 1863
- Appendix 3 Widor’s letter of appreciation to Jacques Lemmens, 1863
- Appendix 4 Brussels Ducal Palace organ specification, 1861
- Appendix 5 Widor’s certificate for Chevalier de l’Ordre du Christ, 1866
- Appendix 6 “To Budapest,” 1893
- Appendix 7 Widor’s travels to Russia and his 1903 passport
- Appendix 8 Widor’s list of his works in 1894
- Appendix 9 The Paris Conservatory organs, 1872
- Appendix 10 Chronique [Widor’s appeal for an organ hall at the Paris Conservatory, 1895]
- Appendix 11 Widor’s certificate for the Académie Royale, Brussels, 1908
- Appendix 12 “Debussy & Rodin,” 1927
- Appendix 13 The American Conservatory organ, Fontainebleau, 1925
- Appendix 14 Letters concerning the Trocadéro organ restoration, 1926
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
- Eastman Studies in Music
Summary
Subscription Committee for the Restoration of the Trocadéro Grand Orgue
Gathered under the chairmanship of Maître WIDOR, permanent secretary of the Academy of Fine Arts, the Committee for the Restoration of the Grand Orgue of the Trocadéro,
Considering the ever-increasing state of disrepair of this admirable instrument, estimated at nearly two million [francs],
Considering, moreover, the impossibility in which the public authorities find themselves, given the current economic situation, to make the action impatiently awaited by the French artistic world,
Decides to open, in its collective name, a subscription intended to save from definitive ruin the only official concert Grand Orgue existing in Paris, the masterpiece of CAVAILLÉ-COLL, and to make a strong appeal to the Parisian Public, through the generous voice of the Press.
Mazarin Palace, March 10, 1926
[signed:]
Widor,
From the Institute, Chairman
Marcel Dupré,
Professor at the Conservatory, Vice-Chairman
Émile-Alphonse Leduc,
Treasurer
Édouard Monet,
Secretary
Jean Maciet,
Assistant Secretary
Committee for the Restoration of the Grand Orgue of the Trocadéro
Paris, March 11, 1926
Dear Editor-in-Chief,
The Committee for the Restoration of the Grand Orgue of the Trocadéro, meeting under the chairmanship of Maître WIDOR, has decided to deal urgently with the irremediable by opening a subscription in its collective name.
Presenting a wish very dear to all our French composers, organists, and conductors, the Committee makes an appeal to you, certain that you will know how to attend to it, thus contributing greatly to the work that it is undertaking officially today.
The sum to be subscribed to restore purely and simply our official concert Grand Orgue amounts to 60,500 francs.
At its opening meeting, the Committee found itself in possession of various donations amounting to 19,714.50 francs.
The signatories of this appeal express their gratitude to you now—on behalf of the Members of the Committee—for the valuable collaboration that you will be good enough to bring to it by publishing its appeal and mentioning the address of its devoted Treasurer, Mr. Émile-Alphonse LEDUC, Honorary President of the Chambre Syndicale des Éditeurs de Musique, 3 rue de Gramont, PARIS (2e).
Please accept, Mr. Editor-in-Chief, the assurance of our highest consideration.
The Secretary,
[signed:] Édouard Monet
23 rue Madame 6e
Members of the Subscription Committee
BOARD: President: Widor; Vice-President: Marcel Dupré Treasurer: Leduc; Secretaries: E. Monet and J. Maciet, organists.
Sirs: Firmin Gremier, Joseph Bonnet, G. Bret, A. Cellier, G. Jacob, H. Letocart,
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