Romantic · Franco-Belgian

César Franck

1822 to 1890

French Romantic

Open repertoire

Portrait of César Franck

Organist at Sainte-Clotilde in Paris and organ professor at the Conservatoire, César Franck is one of the great figures of the French Romantic organ; his "Grande Pièce symphonique" (1863) is regarded as the prototype of the organ symphony. His "Six Pièces," "Trois Pièces," and "Trois Chorals" rank among the summits of the nineteenth-century organ repertoire.

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Organ loftsBasilica of Sainte-Clotilde

The repertoire

Works in the project’s repertoire

11 works, all available to listen to.

Open repertoire

This classification reflects the place of these repertoires within the artistic and educational orientations of the project. It does not constitute a technical indication regarding the design of the instrument.

The sources

Digitised collections

Early editions and manuscripts containing works by this composer, digitised by libraries and available in full.

  • Title page of Master-pieces for the organ: twenty-one organ works selected chiefly from the programs of Alexandre Guilmant (ed. William C. Carl)

    Master-pieces for the organ: twenty-one organ works selected chiefly from the programs of Alexandre Guilmant (ed. William C. Carl)

    New York, G. Schirmer, 1898

    Copy: Brigham Young University, Harold B. Lee Library, via Internet Archive

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