Versailles, chateau

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1 Place Léon Gambetta, 78000 Versailles

Chapelle Royale

1711 - Robert Clicquot

1736 - Louis-Alexandre Clicquot

1762 - Francois-Henri Clicquot

1817 - Pierre-François Dallery

1873 - Aristide Cavaillé-Coll

1936 - Victor Gonzalez

1995 - Jean-Loup Boisseau et Bertrand Cattiaux

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The Royal chapel of the Château de Versailles is a masterpiece of Jules Hardouin-Mansart, finished after his death by his brother-in-law, Robert de Cotte in 1710. It is dedicated to Saint Louis, patron saint of the Bourbons.

Photo organ case: Jeroen de Haan The organ case is made by Philippe Bertrand (1708). The instrument itself was built originally by Robert Clicquot in 1711. A major transformation was carried out by Cavaillé-Coll in 1873. In 1936, this organ was sold to the Séminaire de Châteaugiron (and later to the Saint Martin church in Rennes) and Victor Gonzalez made a recontruction of the Clicquot-instrument. In 1995, a completely new instrument was made by Jean-Loup Boisseau et Bertrand Cattiaux, aiming to recontruct (again) the creation of Robert Clicquot and the additions of Louis-Alexander and Francois-Henri Clicquot.

Organiste titulaire

Michel Bouvard, Francois Epinasse, Frédéric Desenclos, Jean-Baptiste Robin. Up to 1995, there was only one titulaire, Michel Chapuis. In 1995, the management of the Castle decided to go back to a custom of the « Old Regime » when four « titulaires » were sharing the instrument « par quartier », meaning each one of them became, in turn, main « titulaire » for a four-year-period. Michel Chapuis became « titulaire honoraire » until his death on november 12, 2017.

Titulair-honoraire

Michel Chapuis

Famous organists in the past:

Nivers, Lebègue, Couperin, Marchand, D'Aquin, Balbastre.

Concerts

Occasionnaly Video 1 . Les organistes de la Chapelle Royale de Versailles 2 . Le facteur d'orgue de la Chapelle royale 3 . L'orgue de la Chapelle Royale

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