Lefebure wely biography of michael
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Lefébure-Wély, Louis James Alfred, French organist and composer;b. Paris, Nov. 13, ; d. there, Dec. 31, A pupil of his father, he took, at the age of 8, the latter’s place as organist of the church of St.-Roch, becoming its regular organist atMade for the stage: The Louis-James-Alfred Lefébure-Wély 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.
LOUIS JAMES ALFRED LEFEBURE-WELY (–) Louis-James Alfred Lefébure-Wély (13 November – 31 December ) 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.
Born in Paris in Alfred was the son of an organist, Isaac-François-Antoine Lefebvre who, on being appointed organist at a fashionable church in Paris, changed his name to Antoine Lefébure-Wely. Alfred was a talented child; it is recorded that at the age of eight he ably accompanied in church a Mass that had been composed by his father.