Cavaillé-Coll and the French Romantic Tradition

Douglass, Fenner

doi:10.2307/j.ctt211qxb1

Cited by 3 publications

(1 citation statement)

References 0 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…62 French organ builders of the nineteenth century followed his advice by expanding the whole-body experience of organ playing through such inventions as the combination pedal, 'a system for operating manual couplers by foot'. 63 The potential 'contribution' of the blind to the industries was the reason behind the government's decision to separate institutionally the young blind from the young deaf in 1795. 64 The association between music, as a skilled activity, and the blind was cultivated in the institution from the beginning.…”

Section: Institut Des Aveugles (Institute Of the Blind): Mathematics mentioning

confidence: 99%

Sonorous Mechanics: The Culture of Sonority in Nineteenth-Century France

Sykes

2004

Nineteenth-Century Music Review

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

On Wednesday 24 May 1871, during the uprising of the Paris Commune, the Sacristine of the convent of the Sœurs Auxiliatrices des Ames du Purgatoire was disturbed by the sound of rapidly approaching gunfire and explosions. From the secluded convent compound in the rue de la Barouillère in Paris, she wrote in the convent diary: ‘Everyone believes that the house is shaking! . . . The Mother Superior makes an act of faithfulness to the Holy Will of God! . . . it is an explosion in the Luxembourg gunpowder magazine and our tiled floor shatters! The Tuileries, the Louvre, the Ministry of War, the Palace of the Legion of honour are in flames.’ However, the Sacristine's attention was soon shifted from the noise of conflict towards the many other types of sounds outside and within the convent. Even the sound of the doorbell began to strike with a seemingly ominous edge. At ‘1 o′clock pm: The bell rings very loudly, the Mother Superior looks out of the window, it is her brother!’ Amidst the noises of war surrounding the compound, the nuns continued their musical routine of song and organ playing: ‘6 pm: Les Mères nevertheless sing pieces to the Holy Sacrament and the Most Holy Virgin.’

show abstract

Section: Institut Des Aveugles (Institute Of the Blind): Mathematics mentioning

confidence: 99%