Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely

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Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wely (1817-1869) was a French organist and composer. He played a major role in the development of the French symphonic organ style and was a close friend of the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, inaugurating many new Cavaillé-Coll organs. He was organist at Saint-Roche (1841-1846), at the Église de la Madeleine (1846-1858), and at Saint-Sulpice (1863-1869). Lefébure-Wely was born and died in Paris and is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery there.

Perhaps his most celebrated composition is the Sortie in E-flat major. Another well-known composition is his Sortie in B-flat major. It is generally accepted that his compositions are more informed by brilliance than by taste.

[edit] Selected Works

Six Offertoires op. 34. (ca. 1857).
Six Grandes Offertoires op. 35. (ca. 1857).
Six Morceaux pour l’Orgue, contenant 3 Marches et 3 Élévations op. 36. Graff (1863).
Meditaciones religiosas op. 122. Met opschrift : À Sa Majesté la Reine Doña Isabel IIda. (1858)
L’Office Catholique. 120 Morceaux divisés en dix Suites composés pour l’harmonium ou l’orgue à tuyaux, op. 148.
Hommage à Monseigneur de la Bouillerie, Évêque de Carcassonne. Régnier-Canaux, s.d. (1861).
Six Grands Offertoires composé pour son fils.
L’Organiste Moderne. Collection de Morceaux d’Orgue dans tous les Genres. En 12 Livraisons.
Hommage à Mr. l’Abbé Hamon, Curé de St. Sulpice. Ces Morceaux ont été écrits sur les Motifs improvisés aux Offices de St. Sulpice. (1867-69).