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The Orgue á Structure Variable is a proposal made by the French organist Jean Guillou for a modular pipe organ that would be the equivalent to a cathedral organ. The idea of this organ I believe originated from a book written by Jean Guillou called L'Orgue, souvenir et avenir which I think was first published in 1978. The book was basically a general history on development of the organ but it also included chapters where Guillou put forward his own ideas for a modern organ.
I have wanted to write about this proposed organ for a long time but I had been a bit reluctant as there is not a lot of information regarding the design of this organ. And I also have some questions regarding how the instrument will be transported and maintained.
Below are several paragraphs I have taken from the Orgue et
Francewebsite as well as PDF leaflet which covers the objectives as well as a general description of the design. And I should also point out that the text has also been put through a translator so the grammar isn't perfect but it should still be easy to follow.
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“The project and ambition of Jean Guillou have been known for many years: to design, build and operate a large transportable organ, of variable modular structure, that would allow to hear and see a pipe organ in various performance spaces., whatever their nature.
Unlike the transportable organs of Pierre Cochereau and Philippe Lefebvre, this is a large organ of contemporary design for a large room, or even for the outside, intended to circulate across Europe in places iconic as well as unexpected and original.”
“A large organ adjustable and adaptable to all registers”
“It will consist of 15 buffets with 1 to 3 games each arranged in autonomous modules and a console with 4 keyboards and a pedal board transportable in 2 containers
No acoustic devices are used in this project. The sound source comes from the only pipes. Each buffet is arranged on a mobile and lifting platform.
The modular organization allows the organ to be adapted to any type of space, indoor or outdoor, and any musical register. He can freely settle in the middle of the public.
The sound volume of the Variable Structure Organ is designed so that it can perfectly balance with a large symphony orchestra.”
“From Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary music”
“The Variable Structure Organ is a response to the demands of today's musical life, which wants to have, outside traditional habitats, a large mobile organ, using no acoustic artifice, comparable, by the richness and variety of its timbres and its intensity, to the best cathedral instruments, accessible to all audiences, and allowing to interpret all the repertoire, from Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary music, in all places of production artistic, including outdoors."
https://www.orgue-en-france.org/proj...-jean-guillou/
I have wanted to write about this proposed organ for a long time but I had been a bit reluctant as there is not a lot of information regarding the design of this organ. And I also have some questions regarding how the instrument will be transported and maintained.
Below are several paragraphs I have taken from the Orgue et
Francewebsite as well as PDF leaflet which covers the objectives as well as a general description of the design. And I should also point out that the text has also been put through a translator so the grammar isn't perfect but it should still be easy to follow.
...
“The project and ambition of Jean Guillou have been known for many years: to design, build and operate a large transportable organ, of variable modular structure, that would allow to hear and see a pipe organ in various performance spaces., whatever their nature.
Unlike the transportable organs of Pierre Cochereau and Philippe Lefebvre, this is a large organ of contemporary design for a large room, or even for the outside, intended to circulate across Europe in places iconic as well as unexpected and original.”
“A large organ adjustable and adaptable to all registers”
“It will consist of 15 buffets with 1 to 3 games each arranged in autonomous modules and a console with 4 keyboards and a pedal board transportable in 2 containers
No acoustic devices are used in this project. The sound source comes from the only pipes. Each buffet is arranged on a mobile and lifting platform.
The modular organization allows the organ to be adapted to any type of space, indoor or outdoor, and any musical register. He can freely settle in the middle of the public.
The sound volume of the Variable Structure Organ is designed so that it can perfectly balance with a large symphony orchestra.”
“From Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary music”
“The Variable Structure Organ is a response to the demands of today's musical life, which wants to have, outside traditional habitats, a large mobile organ, using no acoustic artifice, comparable, by the richness and variety of its timbres and its intensity, to the best cathedral instruments, accessible to all audiences, and allowing to interpret all the repertoire, from Johann Sebastian Bach to contemporary music, in all places of production artistic, including outdoors."
https://www.orgue-en-france.org/proj...-jean-guillou/
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