Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély - L’Étincelle, (Caprice)
Lefébure-Wély (13 November 1817 – 31 December 1869) was a French organist and composer. He played a major role in the development of the French symphonic organ style and was closely associated with the organ builder Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, inaugurating many new Cavaillé-Coll organs.
His playing was virtuosic, and as a performer, he was rated above eminent contemporaries including César Franck. His compositions, less substantial than those of Franck and others, have not held such a prominent place in the repertory.
Lefébure-Wely was awarded the Légion d’honneur in 1850. His contemporary, César Franck became better known as a composer, but was not as highly regarded as an organist. Adolphe Adam commented, “Lefébure-Wely is the most skilful artist I know“; Camille Saint-Saëns, Lefébure-Wely’s successor at the Madeleine, observed, “Lefébure-Wely was a wonderful improviser … but he left only a few unimportant compositions for the organ.“ He was the dedicatee of the “12 études pour les pieds seulement“ (12 Studies for organ pedals alone) by Charles-Valentin Alkan and of the “Final en si bémol“ for organ, op. 21, by Franck.
Among 200 compositions Lefébure-Wely wrote works for choir, piano, chamber ensemble, symphony orchestra and an opéra comique, Les recruteurs (1861).
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