Christmas Carols and Their Stories
Puzzle 62 · Great Composers of Christmas · Page 88 in print
Saint-Saens at the Madeleine
Visitors to Saint-Saens at the Madeleine included Clara Schumann, Anton Rubinstein, Pablo Sarasate and Franz Liszt, and he wrote much of his sacred music for that church.
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Cavaille-Coll
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, builder of the Madeleine organ.
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Clara Schumann
Pianist who visited Saint-Saëns at the Madeleine.
Dubois
Théodore Dubois, Saint-Saëns’s successor at the Madeleine.
Faure
Gabriel Fauré, a deputy and later organist of the Madeleine.
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Gigout
Eugène Gigout, pupil and substitute at the Madeleine.
Grandval
Clémence de Grandval, dedicatee of the oratorio.
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Lefebure-Wely
Saint-Saëns’s predecessor as organist of the Madeleine.
Liszt
Franz Liszt, who visited Saint-Saëns at the Madeleine.
Madeleine
The Paris church where the oratorio was first performed.
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Prelude
The opening movement, in the style of Bach.
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Rubinstein
Anton Rubinstein, a visitor to the Madeleine organ loft.
Saint-Merry
Paris church where Saint-Saëns played before the Madeleine.
Saint-Saens
Camille Saint-Saëns, composer of the Oratorio de Noël.
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Sarasate
Violinist Pablo Sarasate, a visitor to the Madeleine.
Widor
Charles-Marie Widor, who deputized at the Madeleine.
Sources
- Palazzetto Bru Zane media base: Diego Innocenzi, ‘Saint-Saëns musicien d’église’ (PDF)bruzanemediabase.com
- Pipe Organ Map, organ record for the Église de la Madeleine, Parispipeorganmap.com
- Oratorio de Noël, Op.12 (Saint-Saëns, Camille)IMSLP Petrucci Music Library, work page