Cornil (or Corneille) Cacheux (6 January 1687 - 11 July 1738) was a French pipe organ maker.
Biography
Cacheux was born on 6 January 1687 in
Cambrai
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(Dutch: Kamerijk), North-
France
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. He died in
Arras
Arras ( , ; pcd, Aro; historical nl, Atrecht ) is the prefecture of the Pas-de-Calais Departments of France, department, which forms part of the regions of France, region of Hauts-de-France; before the regions of France#Reform and mergers of ...
(Dutch: Atrecht) on 11 July 1738.
Organs
He started his activities around 1714.
In
Artois
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(now France), he built the organs of
Église Notre-Dame de Calais
Église Notre-Dame ("The Church of Our Lady") is a Roman Catholic parish church located on Rue de la Paix, in Calais, department of Pas-de-Calais, in northern France. It dates from the 12th century, and chiefly from the 14th century. Arguably, it ...
and Église Saint-Géry d'Arras (1722). He built the organ at
abbaye d'Anchin in 1732, which was transferred in 1792 to the Collégiale Saint-Pierre de
Douai
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.
In the Southern Netherlands (now Belgium), he worked in the old bishoprics of Ghent, Bruges and Tournai between 1721 (departure of
Jacob Van Eynde) and 1735 (when Andries-Jacob Berger came). He built organs at
Machelen
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,
Tielt
Tielt (; french: Thielt) is a Belgian city and municipality in the province of West Flanders. The municipality comprises the town of Tielt proper and the villages of Aarsele, Kanegem, and Schuiferskapelle.
History
Some traces of Gallo-Roman occu ...
,
Sint-Eloois-Vijve
Waregem (; vls, Woaregem), sometimes known as Waereghem, is a municipality and city located in the Belgian province of West Flanders. The municipality lies in the valley of the river Leie, between Kortrijk and Ghent. It is part of the arrondiss ...
, Hulste (
Harelbeke
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),
Waregem
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,
and Sint-Lodewijk (
Deerlijk
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).
In
Bruges
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he built organs at the
Saint-Walburga Church (1735-1738),
(1723, rebuilt and expanded in neo-baroque style in 1954), and (1735, replaced in the 20th century by a lesser instrument).
St. Walburga Church (Bruges)
The 1735 commission was for an organ in the old Sint-Walburgakerk. When this church was closed and demolished, the organ was transferred in 1778 to the new church, the former Franciscus-Xaverius Church.
Cacheux just started work on this organ when he died. According to organ maker Charles-Louis Van Houtte, he had fatally swallowed a spider while working at the new organ in Tielt and died of the consequences.
The instrument was further finished under supervision of his widow, by the
Lille
Lille ( , ; nl, Rijsel ; pcd, Lile; vls, Rysel) is a city in the northern part of France, in French Flanders. On the river Deûle, near France's border with Belgium, it is the capital of the Hauts-de-France Regions of France, region, the Pref ...
organ makers Jean-Baptiste Frémat and J. Carlier. Early in 1739 they submitted a final design, which was accepted. The organ was already commissioned on 17 May 1739. The organ chest was built by Hendrik Pulinx the Younger. Despite the many modifications, this organ is considered as one of the better of the many organs in Bruges.
Notes and references
* M. VAN MACKELBERG, ''Les orgues d'Arras'', in: Mémoires de l'académie des sciences, lettres et arts d'Arras, 5
e série, 1964.
* Ghislain POTVLIEGHE, ''Corneille Cacheux'', in: Elseviers encyclopedie van Vlaanderen, Brussel, 1973.
* J.P. FELIX, ''Sur la fin du facteur d'orgues C. Cacheux d'Arras'', in: L'organiste, Hoei, 1978.
* Luc LANNOO, ''Het Cacheuxorgel van de Sint-Walburgakerk'', in: Sint-Walburga, een Brugse kerk vol geschiedenis, Brugge, 1982.
* Luc LANNOO, ''Corneille Cacheux'', in: Lexicon van de muziek in West-Vlaanderen, Deel 6, Brugge, 2005.
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1687 births
1738 deaths
French pipe organ builders
French musical instrument makers