Lausanne Cathedral Organ
THE FERNWERK MUSIC AT THE CATHEDRAL THE FIRST INSTRUMENTS 20TH-CENTURY ORGANS 1955 Photo: Charles Page, 2012 Page, Charles Photo: 1903 1965 The Fernwerk (literally “remote cathedral’s first Fernwerk. That instru- The cathedral has hosted a variety of from June to October. In the concert The first references to an organ at the by that church in 1729. Scherrer then From the end of the 19th century, in a mainly installed on the upper gallery. It division”), also sometimes called ment came from the church in the musical events from the early 19th context, an instrument that combines cathedral date back to the early 15th bought out his partner’s share and context when archaeological considera- had no case, so as to leave the window the “echo division”, emanates from village of Saint-George (Vaud), and was century on, tentatively at first, then at a tradition and innovation allows the faith- century. In 1529, on the eve of the moved to Lausanne, taking his organ tions were given primacy, Scherrer’s at the back visible. To remedy this siting the German Romantic organ, and is dismantled to make way for a new or- steadier pace as the years went by. ful execution of four centuries of music, Reformation, a new instrument was in- with him. In 1733, he was given permis- organ, which obscured the unique which was not good as regards sound, played from the consoles of the main gan. That pipework was supplemented However, the first organ recitals date while at the same time being capable stalled.
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