Aristide Cavaillé-Coll
Deceased Person
1811 – 1899
Who was Aristide Cavaillé-Coll?
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, was a French organ builder. He has the reputation of being the most distinguished organ builder of the 19th century. He pioneered innovations in the art and science of organ building that permeated throughout the profession and influenced the course of organ building through the early twentieth century. The organ reform movement sought to return organ building to a more Baroque style, but in the last few decades of the twentieth century Cavaillé-Coll's designs came back into fashion. After Cavaillé-Coll's death, Charles Mutin maintained the business into the 20th century. Cavaillé-Coll was the author of many scientific journal articles and books on the organ in which he published the results of his researches and experiments. He was the inventor of several organ sounds/ranks/stops such as the flûte harmonique. A documentary film about his life and work was filmed in 2011 and released in 2012.
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- Born
- Jan 4, 1811
Montpellier - Also known as
- Aristide Cavaille-Coll
- Died
- Oct 13, 1899
Paris
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on July 23, 2013
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