Antoine Louis Raffy (1868 in
Laroque-Timbaut
Laroque-Timbaut (; oc, La Ròca Timbaud) is a Communes of France, commune in the Lot-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in south-western France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Laroque-Timbaut. Laroque-Timbaut station ...
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Lot-et-Garonne
Lot-et-Garonne (, oc, Òlt e Garona) is a department in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of Southwestern France. Named after the rivers Lot and Garonne, it had a population of 331,271 in 2019.[Nérac
Nérac (; oc, Nerac, ) is a commune in the Lot-et-Garonne department, Southwestern France. The composer and organist Louis Raffy was born in Nérac, as was the former Arsenal and Bordeaux footballer Marouane Chamakh, as was Admiral Francois Dar ...]
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organist
An organist is a musician who plays any type of organ (music), organ. An organist may play organ repertoire, solo organ works, play with an musical ensemble, ensemble or orchestra, or accompany one or more singers or instrumentalist, instrumental ...
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Biography
Raffy was organist at the which has an organ of 23 stops built by the Magen company of
Agen
The communes of France, commune of Agen (, ; ) is the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Lot-et-Garonne Departments of France, department in Nouvelle-Aquitaine, southwestern France. It lies on the river Garonne southeast of Bordeaux.
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(1862).
Works
Organ and harmonium
* ''L’Orgue'', 3 booklets, Paris: Loret fils and H. Freytag, (1899–1901).
* Pieces i
''Échos jubilaires des maîtres de l’orgue', published by abbott
Henri Delépine, Procure de musique religieuse (1908 and 1929).
* Pieces in the ''Archives de l’Organiste'', 8 vol. published by H. Delépine, Procure de musique religieuse.
''École d’Orgue, Méthode complète pour harmonium'' 2 vol., Saint-Leu-la-Forêt: Procure de musique religieuse (1908).
Célèbres et Grands ''Organistes Célèbres et Grands Maîtres Classiques'' collection of pieces for organ or harmonium, for the use of the divine service, chosen and annotated by Louis Raffy, 6 vol, Op. 57-62. Arras: Procure générale de musique religieuse (1910–13).
* ''10 Pieces for organ or harmonium'', St-Laurent-sur-Sèvre: L.-J. Biton, (1913).
* ''200 Versets, préludes, antiennes, etc. dans les tons majeurs et mineurs les plus usités, extraits des œuvres des maîtres anciens, choisis ou transcrits pour l’orgue'', Arras: Procure générale de musique religieuse, (1913).
* ''Pastorale et noël'' for organ,
.l. .n. (1914).
* ''La Lyre Sacrée'', collection of pieces for organ or harmonium, Paris: Procure générale de musique religieuse, s.d.
''Le Service de l’organiste, pièces pratiques pour orgue ou harmonium à l’usage du service divin'' in 12 deliveries, 1st delivery (1914).
* ''Suite pour Orgue'' Op. 74, St-Laurent-sur-Sèvre: L.-J. Biton, (1914).
* ''Meditation, for the reed or pipe organ.'' Extracted from the ''2d Series of the Parnassus of the organists for the XXth century'', Hythe (Kent): the Organ Music Publishing Office (1914).
* ''Reflets de vitraux'', Op. 81. Pieces for organ or harmonium, 2 vol. Paris: Procure générale (1930).
Piano
* ''Dans le vague'', elegy for piano, Paris: Loret fils et H. Freylag, (1896).
* ''Fleurette !'' suite of waltzes for piano, Paris: Loret fils and H. Freylag, (1896).
* ''Gitanilla'', bohemian dance for piano, Arras: Société d’éditions modernes, (1912).
* ''Sorrentina'', tarentelle for piano, Arras: Société d’éditions modernes, (1912).
References
External links
''Offertoire solennel ou Sortie'' - Louis Raffy (1868-1932)*
Offertoire solennel de Louis Raffyon YouTube
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1868 births
1931 deaths
People from Lot-et-Garonne
French composers of sacred music
French classical organists
French male organists
Male classical organists