Cavaille-Coll and the French Romantic Tradition

235 pp. Revised and expanded from Cavaille-Coll and the Musicians (1980). "This definitive account of the early career of Aristide Cavaille-Coll, the greatest organ-builder of nineteenth-century France, details his relationships with other organist/composers and his profound influence on the development of the French romantic organ school. Fenner Douglass highlights the projects that were pivotal to Cavaille-Coll's success-magnificent instruments designed and installed in churches in and near Paris."