The Marcel DUPRE auditorium is located in Meudon, in
the house of the Master (built in 1860) who lived there
from 1925 to 1971. Dupré had a music room added
where he installed the organ built in 1899 by Aristide
Cavaillé-Coll for his teacher Alexandre Guilmant. The hall,
decorated with 19th-century stained-glass windows, was
used by Dupré for private concerts and became a mecca
for music between the two wars.
The organ was built in 1897 and installed in 1898 by
Charles Mutin in the house of Guilmant who resided in
Meudon, at No. 2 of the street that now bears his name.
This large living room organ originally had 28 stops on 3
keyboards and pedals, with a mechanical transmission. In
1925, Marcel Dupré, who had been a pupil of Alexandre
Guilmant in Meudon, bought a large house at No. 40
Boulevard Anatole France, perpendicular to Rue
Alexandre Guilmant. In 1926, Dupré bought the organ
from Guilmant and had it transformed and installed in
his new home by Joseph Beuchet, then director of
CavaIllé-Coll. A solo division is added with 6 stops. The
transmission of the stops is transformed into a electro-
mechanic systems to allow the implementation of
multiple combinations imagined by Dupré. The range of
keyboards is extended by one octave. With its grids of
combination switches, the new console has a futuristic
appearance. Dupré gave numerous recitals there until his
death in 1971.
In 1979, the house was bought by a private individual,
who pledged to restore and maintain the instrument,
which has been restored patiently by Jean-Claude
Merouze. An Association for the preservation of Marcel
Dupré's Organ organizes biannual concerts to help
develop and maintain the instrument. It goes without
saying that this organ has an exceptional historical value.
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The Marcel DUPRE auditorium is located in Meudon, in
the house of the Master (built in 1860) who lived there
from 1925 to 1971. Dupré had a music room added
where he installed the organ built in 1899 by Aristide
Cavaillé-Coll for his teacher Alexandre Guilmant. The hall,
decorated with 19th-century stained-glass windows, was
used by Dupré for private concerts and became a mecca
for music between the two wars.
The organ was built in 1897 and installed in 1898 by
Charles Mutin in the house of Guilmant who resided in
Meudon, at No. 2 of the street that now bears his name.
This large living room organ originally had 28 stops on 3
keyboards and pedals, with a mechanical transmission. In
1925, Marcel Dupré, who had been a pupil of Alexandre
Guilmant in Meudon, bought a large house at No. 40
Boulevard Anatole France, perpendicular to Rue
Alexandre Guilmant. In 1926, Dupré bought the organ
from Guilmant and had it transformed and installed in
his new home by Joseph Beuchet, then director of
CavaIllé-Coll. A solo division is added with 6 stops. The
transmission of the stops is transformed into a electro-
mechanic systems to allow the implementation of
multiple combinations imagined by Dupré. The range of
keyboards is extended by one octave. With its grids of
combination switches, the new console has a futuristic
appearance. Dupré gave numerous recitals there until his
death in 1971.
In 1979, the house was bought by a private individual,
who pledged to restore and maintain the instrument,
which has been restored patiently by Jean-Claude
Merouze. An Association for the preservation of Marcel
Dupré's Organ organizes biannual concerts to help
develop and maintain the instrument. It goes without
saying that this organ has an exceptional historical value.
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