Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély
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Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (November 13, 1817, Paris – December 31, 1869, Paris) was a French organist and composer.
Lefébure-Wély 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 the Parisian churches of Saint-Roch (1841-1846), the Église de la Madeleine (1846-1858), and Saint-Sulpice (1863-1869). He is the dedicatee of the 12 studies for organ pedals alone by Charles-Valentin Alkan; it has been suggested that this was a sly mockery on Alkan's part[citation needed].
Lefébure-Wély is buried in the Père Lachaise cemetery in Paris.
His most celebrated compositions are probably the Sorties in E-flat and B-flat major for organ.
[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).
[edit] External links
- Free scores by Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély in the Werner Icking Music Archive (WIMA)
- Sortie in E flat major (mp3)
- Lefébure-Wély was listed in the International Music Score Library Project