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Eglise Protestante Unie

Oratoire du Louvre

145, rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris

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The Oratoire du Louvre was the royal chapel of the kings of France from 1623 onwards. It was an enlargement of a former private building which became a chapel in 1616. The last three bays of the nave and the facade were not completed until 1740. In 1811, it was given to the Protestants by Napoleon. The Higher Rooms, the tribunes and the entrance tambour were built between 1820 and 1828 and the Gallery-terrace was built by Baltard (who was Protestant) during the construction of the rue de Rivoli in 1854.
D1 There is hardly any information left on the organs of the Oratory before the Revolution. It is clear that the church of the Oratory, then a royal parish, must have possessed an instrument of great quality. Assigned by Napoleon to the Reformed cult in 1811, the Oratory received the old organ of the church of St Louis du Louvre. It had been donated by Louis Féline, a member of the Reformed Consistory. Quickly judged insufficient to accompany the singing of the Psalms, it was ceded in 1835 to the Reformed parish of Nantes. 1828 The Consistory ordered an instrument with 3 manuals and 26 stops (including 10 reeds) from the organ builder Callinet-Somer. It sat in an empire-style sideboard designed by Hippolyte Godde. In 1845, at the instigation of the titular organist E. Meumann, a project to build a larger organ (with 32 feet and 56 stops) was born. Meumann then argued that the latter would then be better able to accompany Protestant worship. After much procrastination, it was finally only a restoration with a few repairs that was carried out in 1852 by the Maison Cavaillé-Coll who then took care of the maintenance of the organ. 1898 As part of a major renovation of the church, a new reconstruction of the organ was envisaged. The work was entrusted to Joseph Merklin, who increased the instrument to 32 stops, installed an upside-down console and equipped the instrument with a pneumatic transmission. The alterations were paid for by a bequest from a parishioner. This instrument performed well until the 1950s, when the instrument showed many signs of fatigue. 1962 After various consultations, the parish favoured the construction of a new organ on a new, more spacious gallery (to accommodate the Oratory's large choir). The construction of the new instrument was then entrusted to the Gonzalez establishments, which created a neoclassical organ without an electropneumatic action case, with 3 manuals and pedal and 67 stops. 32 stops of the previous organ were integrated and completely re-harmonized. The composition was entrusted to Norbert Dufourcq. In order to keep as much space as possible on the tribune, the back positive was placed in 2 parts in side niches on either side of the tribune. The instrument was inaugurated in January 1962 by Alexandre Cellier, Marcel Dupré and M.-L. Girod-Parrot. 1987 Overahul by Jean-Marc Cicchéro. 2012 Installation of an electric traction, an electronic combiner, a sequencer and a transposer by Bernrad Dargassies. 2014-2015 Overhaul by Bernard Dargassies. Site of the organ
1962 - Danion-Gonzalez (3) 1987 - Jean-Marc Cicchéro (6) 2015 - Dargassies (5)

III/67 (58) - transmission électrique -

composition

Organiste titulaire David Cassan, Sarah Kim Assistants: Alexandre Korovitch, Aurélien Peter Famous organists in the past: • Henriette Puig-Roget (1934-1952) • Marie-Louise Girod (1941-2008) Concerts Every Saturday of the month at 5 PM Services with organ Sunday, 10:30 AM Videos Jean-Dominique Pasquet (ancien titulaire) Photo organ case: Jeroen de Haan Photo console : Thierry Correard
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Unie

Oratoire du

Louvre

145, rue Saint-Honoré, 75001 Paris

Orgue de tribune OdC >

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Organiste titulaire David Cassan, Sarah Kim Assistants: Alexandre Korovitch, Aurélien Peter Famous organists in the past: • Henriette Puig-Roget (1934-1952) • Marie-Louise Girod (1941-2008) Concerts Every Saturday of the month at 5 PM Services with organ Sunday, 10:30 AM Videos Jean-Dominique Pasquet (ancien titulaire) Photo organ case: Jeroen de Haan Photo console : Thierry Correard
1962 - Danion-Gonzalez (3) 1987 - Jean-Marc Cicchéro (6) 2015 - Dargassies (5)

III/67 (58) - transmission électrique -

composition

D1 There is hardly any information left on the organs of the Oratory before the Revolution. It is clear that the church of the Oratory, then a royal parish, must have possessed an instrument of great quality. Assigned by Napoleon to the Reformed cult in 1811, the Oratory received the old organ of the church of St Louis du Louvre. It had been donated by Louis Féline, a member of the Reformed Consistory. Quickly judged insufficient to accompany the singing of the Psalms, it was ceded in 1835 to the Reformed parish of Nantes. 1828 The Consistory ordered an instrument with 3 manuals and 26 stops (including 10 reeds) from the organ builder Callinet-Somer. It sat in an empire-style sideboard designed by Hippolyte Godde. In 1845, at the instigation of the titular organist E. Meumann, a project to build a larger organ (with 32 feet and 56 stops) was born. Meumann then argued that the latter would then be better able to accompany Protestant worship. After much procrastination, it was finally only a restoration with a few repairs that was carried out in 1852 by the Maison Cavaillé-Coll who then took care of the maintenance of the organ. 1898 As part of a major renovation of the church, a new reconstruction of the organ was envisaged. The work was entrusted to Joseph Merklin, who increased the instrument to 32 stops, installed an upside-down console and equipped the instrument with a pneumatic transmission. The alterations were paid for by a bequest from a parishioner. This instrument performed well until the 1950s, when the instrument showed many signs of fatigue. 1962 After various consultations, the parish favoured the construction of a new organ on a new, more spacious gallery (to accommodate the Oratory's large choir). The construction of the new instrument was then entrusted to the Gonzalez establishments, which created a neoclassical organ without an electropneumatic action case, with 3 manuals and pedal and 67 stops. 32 stops of the previous organ were integrated and completely re-harmonized. The composition was entrusted to Norbert Dufourcq. In order to keep as much space as possible on the tribune, the back positive was placed in 2 parts in side niches on either side of the tribune. The instrument was inaugurated in January 1962 by Alexandre Cellier, Marcel Dupré and M.-L. Girod-Parrot. 1987 Overahul by Jean-Marc Cicchéro. 2012 Installation of an electric traction, an electronic combiner, a sequencer and a transposer by Bernrad Dargassies. 2014-2015 Overhaul by Bernard Dargassies. Site of the organ