Versailles, chateau
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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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
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.