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Locations and Organs in France

Alpes-Côte-d’Azur

Aix-en-Provence

Avignon

Beaulieu-sur-Mer

St. Michael & All Angels’ (Anglican)

Cannes

Marseille

Cathedral

Menton

Christ Church

Nice

Salon-de-Provence

Church

Toulon

Vaison-la-Romaine

Notre Dame Cathedral

Aquitaine

Angoulême

Bayonne

Bordeaux

St. Ferdinand’s

Auvergne

Clermont-Ferrand

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Moulins

Cathedral

Brittany

Quimper

Cathedral

Rennes

St. Peter’s Cathedral

Saint-Brieuc

Cathedral

Burgundy

Auxerre

Dijon

Cathedral

Taizé

Church-of-Reconciliation

Centre

Blois

Cathedral

Bourges

Cathedral

Chartres

Cathedral

Orléans

Tours

Champagne-Ardenne

Langres

Laon

Notre Dame Cathedral

Rheims

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Troyes

Cathedral

France-Comté

Besançon

Île-de-France

Boulogne-sur-Seine

Notre Dame

Meaux

St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Neuilly-sur-Seine

St. Isabelle’s

Paris [75]
Saint-Denis

Saint-Germain-en-Laye

St. Germain’s

Versailles

Languedoc-Roussillon

Carcassonne

Cathedral

Lodèva

Cathedral

Montpellier

Perpignan

Cathedral

Limousin

Tulle

Cathedral

Lorraine

Metz

Nancy

Toul

St. Stephen’s Cathedral

Midi-Purénées

Lourdes

Notre-Dame

Toulouse

Mulhouse

Nord-Pas-de-Calais

Arras

Cathedral

Boulogne-sur-Mer

Douai

St. Peter’s

Lille

Notre-Dame Cathedral

Normandy

Bayeaux

Cathedral

Caen

Cherbourg

Évreaux

Cathedral

Honfleur

St. Catherine’s

Le Havre

Rouen

Pays-de-Loire

Angers

St. Maurice’s Cathedral

Nantes

SS. Peter-and-Paul’s Cathedral

Picardy

Abbeville

Amiens

Beauvais

St. Peter’s Cathedral

Saint-Quentin

Cathedral

Soissons

Poitou-Charentes

La Rochelle

St. Louis’ Cathedral

Niort

Notre Dame

Poitiers

Rhône-Alpes

Aix-les-Bains

English Church

Grenoble

Lyons

Saint-Étienne

Viviers

Cathedral

Saint-Blaise

Abbey

Demolished
Moved
New Use
Present
Rebuilt
Ruin
Unknown

Names for France

Louis Abbiate (1866-1933) (Died)
Jean Pascal Alagna (1963-) (Born)
Isaac Albéniz (1860-1909) (Died)
Édouard Alexandre (1824-1888) (Born)
Jean Claude Amiot (1939-) (Born)
Jorge Antzenberger (Organist)
Louis Archimbaud (1705-1789) (Organist, Born, Died)
Frédéric Arschott (1847-1938) (Organist, Died)
Abbé Joseph Artigarum (Organist)
Gaston Aubert (1840-1917) (Born)
Valéry Aubertin (1970-) (Organist, Born)
Francine Aubin (1938-) (Born)
Gabriel Baille (1832-1909) (Born, Died)
Robert Ballard (c1525-1588) (Born)
Savin Balonchard (1858-) (Organist, Born)
Christian Barnekow (1837-1913) (Born)
R. Bassal (Organist)
Jean Marie Beaufays (1949-) (Born)
George Julien Louis Becker (1892-) (Born)
Charles Joachim Becquié de Peyreville (1808-1877) (Born)
Louis Noël Belaubre (1932-) (Born)
Abbé E. Belliard (Organist)
Vincenzo Bellini (1801-1835) (Died)
Ivan Bellocq (1958-) (Born)
Alain Beney (1945-) (Born)
Alain Bermat (1926-) (Born)
François Berthet (1873-1956) (Born)
Michel Berthomier (1960-) (Born)
Camille Besse (Organist)
Janko Binenbaum (1880-1956) (Died)
Frédéric Binet (1862-1918) (Organist, Born)
Joseph Bizet (1876-1961) (Born)
J. Blanc (1793-1869) (Organist, Died)
François Bohy (1949-) (Born)
Jean Thierry Boisseau (1949-) (Born)
Sebastian Boixet (Organist)
John Bolt (1564-1640) (Born, Died)
Gérard Bomier-Landowski (1931-) (Born)
Jacques Bondon (1927-) (Born)
Bernard J. H. Bonnery (1935-) (Organist, Born)
J. Baptiste Bonnet (1763-) (Organist, Born)
M. Borlon (-1992) (Organist)
Dom Marcel Bouchère (1898-1972) (Organist, Born, Died)
Yvon Bourrel (1932-) (Born)
D. Boutoux (1850-1900) (Born)
Emma Bowman Leaver (1883-) (Organist)
Abbé Louis Boyer (1880-1934) (Organist, Born, Died)
H. Braut (Organist)
Marie Rose Bresson (-1970) (Died)
Charles Brown (1898-1988) (Born, Died)
Gaston Brunard (1898-) (Born)
Léopold Edmond Brunaux (-1947) (Died)
Ton Bruynèl (1934-1998) (Died)
Victor Mathurin Buot (-1883) (Died)
Abbé M. Busson (Organist)
George Butterworth (1885-1916) (Died)
Pierre Camonin (1903-2003) (Organist, Born, Died)
Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879-1957) (Born, Died)
Léon Canton (1861-) (Born)
Denis Capoën (1959-) (Born)
Pierre Carolus-Duran (1876-1945) (Born)
Gilles Carré (1956-) (Born)
René de Castéra (1873-1955) (Born, Died)
Hyacinthe Cavaillé-Coll (c1771-1862) (Born)
Adolf Cebrian (1838-1922) (Born)
Eugène Chaminade (1845-1922) (Organist, Born)
Derrick Chang (1978-) (Born)
Abbé Etienne Paul Charbonnier (1793-1872) (Born)
Jean Baptiste Charbonnier (1764-1859) (Born)
Joseph Charreire (-1963) (Died)
Raoul Chassain de la Plasse (1842-1921) (Born)
Abbé Pierre Chassang (1855-1929) (Born)
Mélanie Chasselon (Organist)
Abbé Roger Chaudeur (1908-1979) (Organist, Born, Died)
Lambert Chaumont (c1635-1712) (Born, Died)
Michel Chebrou (1954-) (Born)
Jean Marie Chouvel (1964-) (Born)
Yves Claoué (1927-2001) (Born)
Cecil Frederick Coles (1888-1918) (Died)
Abbé E. Collard (Organist)
Abbé James Jean Pierre Condamin (1844-) (Born)
Franz Constant (1910-1996) (Died)
Léon Copin (1854-1923) (Organist, Born)
Philippe Coppey (1939-) (Born)
Guillaume Costeley (c1531-1606) (Died)
Antoinette Couperin (1705-) (Born)
Marianne Couperin (Organist)
Harry Cox (1923-2009) (Died)
John S. Craven (1949-) (Organist)
Jean Creusot (1920-) (Born)
Claude Crousier (1947-) (Born)
Louis de Croze (-1912) (Died)
J. Cussac (1870-1934) (Born)
L. Dachauer (1837-1878) (Born)
Pierre Dallery (1735-) (Born)
Paul Damance (c1650-c1700) (Organist, Born)
Noël Darros (1908-1992) (Organist, Born)
José David (1913-1993) (Born, Died)
Herbert Charles Deavin (1888-c1951) (Organist)
Théodore Decker (1851-1930) (Died)
Jean Michel Defaye (1932-) (Born)
Jacques Delacroix (1960-) (Born)
Eugène Delauney (1839-) (Born)
Frederick Delius (1862-1934) (Died)
Abbé A. Delpech (-1909) (Organist, Born)
Georges Delvallée (1937-) (Born)
Abbé J. Demeur (Born)
Philippe Demier (1960-) (Born)
J. Deplantay (1850-1910) (Born)
Alan James Derrick (1889-1916) (Died)
Gabriel Desmoulins (-1903) (Died)
Emile Desportes (1878-1944) (Born, Died)
Seymour Dicker (1865-1938) (Born)
Alphonse Diericx (-1950) (Died)
Johannès Donjon (1839-1912) (Born)
Alphonse Dotterer (Organist)
Jean Douël (1905-1970) (Born)
Claude Duboscq (1897-1938) (Born)
Guillaume Dufay (1395-1474) (Died)
T. H. Dunlop (1881-1916) (Died)
Eric Durand (1958-) (Born)
Lucien Durosoir (1878-1955) (Born)
Philippe Eberlin (1825-1881) (Born)
M. J. Erb (1858-1944) (Died)
Clotaire Facon (1870-) (Born)
Ernest Bristow Farrar (1885-1918) (Died)
Canon Auguste Fauchard (1881-1957) (Organist, Born, Died)
Benoît C. Faucontier (1816-1877) (Born, Died)
Charles Raymond Ferlus (1829-1892) (Born)
Anne Marie Fijal (1942-) (Born)
Michael Fischer (1948-) (Born)
Hélène Fleury-Roy (1876-1957) (Born)
Father François Florand (1902-1961) (Born)
Alfred Fock (1850-1921) (Born)
Juliette Folville (1870-1946) (Died)
L. Forster (Organist)
W. Forbes Forsyth (c1880-1918) (Died)
Patrice Fouillaud (1949-) (Born)
Napoléon Fourneaux (1808-1846) (Born, Died)
Napoléon Fourneaux (1830-) (Born)
Lucien Fréchon (1921-) (Born)
Johann Jakob Froberger (1616-1667) (Died)
Raymond Froment (1840-1880) (Organist, Born, Died)
Alice Gabeaud (1969-) (Born)
Richard Gagne (1960-) (Organist, Born)
Claude Gallais de Chateaucroc (1949-) (Born)
Vincent Gambau (1914-) (Born)
Gérard Garcin (1947-) (Born)
René Garriguenc (1908-1998) (Born)
Père Joseph Gelineau (1920-) (Born)
Marcel Gennaro (1888-) (Born)
Jean de Gibon (1873-1952) (Born, Died)
Yvette M. Gilles (1920-) (Born)
Abbé Marcel Joseph Godard (1920-) (Born)
Fernand Gonzalez (1904-) (Born)
Christian Gouinguéné (1941-) (Born)
Louis Graebert (1865-1941) (Born)
Robert le Grand (1910-1964) (Born)
Clémence de Grandval (1828-1907) (Born)
André Grétry (1741-1813) (Died)
Raoul Grigi (Organist)
Romary Grosjean (1815-1888) (Organist, Born, Died)
Nicolas de la Grotte (1530-c1600) (Born)
Gaston Gryselyn (1892-) (Organist, Born)
Lucien Guérinel (1930-) (Born)
Jérôme de la Guerre (c1654-) (Organist, Born)
Paul Guettmann (1895-1984) (Born)
Louis Hamel (Organist)
M. P. Hamel (1786-1875) (Born)
Jules Hansen (-1947) (Died)
Leonard Hart (1880-1917) (Died)
Georges de la Hèle (1547-1587) (Organist)
Joseph Hemmerlé (1882-1967) (Organist, Died)
Cecil Henman (c1883-1917) (Died)
Jean Henry (1889-1959) (Born, Died)
Charles Léon Hess (1844-1926) (Born)
Jean Charles Hess (1815-1900) (Born)
Jean Hody (1935-) (Born)
Joseph Hubert (1820-1909) (Born)
Jules Ernest Hubert (-1951) (Died)
Gilbert Humbert (1928-) (Born)
Maurice Imbert (1893-1981) (Born)
Gustave Jacquel (-1893) (Organist, Died)
Eloi Joseph Auguste Jacquemin (-1919) (Died)
F. Maurice Jephson (1886-1917) (Died)
Dominique Joubert (1955-) (Organist, Born)
Charles Justin (Organist)
Henri Juvin (Organist)
F. S. Kelly (1881-1916) (Died)
Henri Kergomard (1961-) (Born)
Jean François Kerrien (1925-) (Born)
Jacob Kirkman (1746-1812) (Born)
André Klein (1958-) (Born)
Abbé Joseph Klein (1906-1979) (Born)
Albert Knockaert (1935-) (Born)
Marian Kouzan (1925-2005) (Died)
Emile Lachmann (1851-1919) (Organist, Born)
Père Louis Lambillotte (1797-1855) (Died)
Lucien Lambotte (1888-1969) (Born, Died)
Marcel Landowski (1915-1999) (Born)
Alain Langrée (1927-) (Organist, Born)
Jean Lapeyre (-1966) (Died)
Auguste Larriu (1840-1925) (Organist, Born)
R. Lavotta (1876-1962) (Born)
Yves Lecomte (Organist)
Claude Lefèbvre (1931-2012) (Born)
Victor Legley (1915-1994) (Born)
Robert Legrand (1908-1974) (Born)
Albert Lejeune (Organist)
Dominique Lemaître (1953-) (Born)
H. F. Lenormand (1899-1960) (Born)
Henri Lenormand (-1936) (Organist, Died)
Maurice Lenormand (1884-1981) (Organist, Born, Died)
Jacques Lenot (1945-) (Born)
D. Létang (1858-) (Born)
Antonin Lhoumeau (-1920) (Died)
Gaston de Lille (1825-) (Born)
Maurice Linglin (1885-1962) (Organist, Born)
Paul Locard (1871-1952) (Born)
Ernest Loison (Organist)
M. A. Louys (1841-1896) (Born)
Alexandre Luv Marius Lovie (-1910) (Died)
Henry de la Maine (-1796) (Born)
Louis Maingueneau (1884-1950) (Born)
Paul de Maleingreau (1887-1956) (Born)
François Malin (1903-) (Organist, Born)
Pierre de Manchicourt (c1510-1564) (Born)
Charles Mansion (1912-1996) (Organist, Born)
Emmanuel Marie Joseph Mantrant (1866-1953) (Born)
Dominique Marchal (1952-) (Born)
Christophe Marchand (1972-) (Born)
Édouard Marlois (1847-1881) (Born)
J. de Mars (Organist)
Charles Marteaux (1837-1882) (Born)
Camille Martin (1844-1923) (Born)
J. L. Martin (1944-) (Born)
Victor Martin (1927-) (Born)
Maurice Mathieu (1865-1957) (Born)
Harcourt Maunsell (1880-1918) (Died)
Edmond Maurat (1881-1972) (Born)
Max Méreaux (1946-) (Born)
Victor Merlin (-1933) (Died)
Hortense de Mertens (-1908) (Died)
Arthur Metzner (1854-1914) (Organist, Born)
Lucien Meyer (1870-1932) (Born)
Farther Achille Mézard (1852-1930) (Born)
Eugène Micha (Organist, Born)
Jean Claude Michaud (1951-) (Born)
Abbé André Moisan (1924-2014) (Organist, Born, Died)
Prosper Mollier (-1905) (Died)
R. de Montalent (1855-1939) (Born)
W. A. Montgomery (1872-1948) (Organist)
Amédée de Montrichard (1872-1949) (Born)
Edmond Léon Moreaux (-1870) (Died)
Jean Marc Morin (1951-) (Born)
Henri Morisson (1885-1958) (Born)
Charles de la Morvonnais (Organist)
Jean Maurice Mourat (1944-) (Born)
Georg Muffat (1653-1704) (Born)
Michel Jean Muller (1957-) (Born)
Percival D. Mundy (1891-1916) (Died)
W. F. Newey (c1865-) (Born)
François Nicolas (1947-) (Born)
Léon Paliard (1826-1907) (Born)
Saturnin Paraire (1883-1937) (Born)
Octave Parisot (Organist)
Prosper Pascal (1825-1890) (Born)
Maxime Patel (1977-) (Born)
Albert Périlhou (1845-1936) (Born, Died)
Joseph Permann (1842-) (Organist, Born)
Pierre Claude Perny (1824-1908) (Born)
Marcel Perrin (1912-1996) (Born)
Albert Léon Petit (-1929) (Died)
Jean Louis Petit (1937-) (Born)
Pierre Pfister (1957-) (Born)
J. L. Philippe (Organist)
Richard Phillips (1934-) (Born)
Marie Héloïse de Pierpont (1844-1896) (Born)
Frédéric Pierre (1953-) (Born)
Louis Plasse (1882-1939) (Organist, Born, Died)
Paul Alexandre Poisot (-1915) (Died)
Léo Pouget (1875-1930) (Born)
Dominique Preschez (1954-) (Born)
Charles Proff (-1876) (Died)
Adolphe Querm (1823-1869) (Born)
Jean Quignard (Organist)
René Rabey (1878-1958) (Born, Died)
Alfred Rabineau (Organist)
Louis Raffy (1868-1931) (Organist, Born)
N. Raffy (1931-) (Born)
Priaulx Rainier (1903-1986) (Died)
Claude Rameau (Organist)
Adrien Raynal (1887-1949) (Born, Died)
Pierre Renauld (1884-1971) (Born)
Hippolyte Réty (1832-1919) (Born, Died)
Fernand Rich (1906-1957) (Organist, Born)
Octave Rigot (1860-1896) (Born, Died)
Alain Michel Riou (1963-) (Born)
Jean Claude Risset (1938-) (Born)
Georges Ritas (1910-) (Born)
Georges Robert (1905-1996) (Organist)
J. Roeckel (1838-1923) (Died)
Marguerite Roesgen-Champion (1894-1976) (Died)
Jean Roqua-Gironella (Organist)
Jean Christophe Rosaz (1961-) (Born)
Jean Joseph Rosenblatt (1923-) (Born)
François Rossé (1945-) (Born)
Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868) (Died)
Jeseph Rousse (c1875-1948) (Born)
Albert Roussel (1869-1937) (Born, Died)
C. F. Rowland (c1883-1918) (Died)
Jules Rüest (1842-1919) (Born, Died)
Dr Leonid Sabaneiev (1881-1968) (Died)
Gabriel Saint-Quentin (1848-1926) (Born)
Samuel Sandmeier (1932-) (Organist, Born)
Gustave Sandré (1843-1916) (Born)
Louis Sannier (1821-1887) (Born)
Laetitia Sari (1822-1893) (Born)
A. Sarre (-1941) (Died)
Erwin Sattler (1905-1995) (Organist, Born)
Edouard Constant Savary (-1926) (Died)
George Joseph Schaudel (1798-1864) (Born, Died)
Sébastian Schluty (1835-1884) (Born, Died)
Jean Pierre Sciau (1965-) (Born)
Michel Sendrez (1932-) (Born)
Gilles Senon (1932-) (Born)
Dom Gregory Sergent (1870-) (Born)
Déodat de Sévérac (1872-1921) (Organist, Born, Died)
Domenico Severin (1967-) (Organist)
Damien Simon (1971-) (Born)
Gabriel Sizes (1856-1946) (Born)
André Jean Smit (1926-) (Born)
Georges Spetz (1844-1914) (Born)
Alfred Stocker (1928-) (Born)
Georges Taconet (1889-1962) (Born, Died)
Louise Talma (1906-1996) (Born)
Daniel Taupin (1936-2003) (Organist, Born)
Nikolay Tcherepnin (1873-1945) (Died)
Abbé Auguste Teppe (1838-1906) (Born, Died)
Pierre Thibaud (1938-) (Organist, Born)
Pierre Léo Thielèmans (1825-1898) (Died)
Pierre Thierry (1605-1665) (Born)
Pierre Thilloy (1970-) (Born)
Maurice Thiriet (1906-1972) (Born, Died)
Eugène Thomas (1841-1918) (Organist, Born, Died)
François Xavier Thomas (Organist)
Armand Auguste Tridémy (1843-1934) (Organist, Born)
Jules Tridémy (1839-) (Organist, Born)
Michel Trique (1934-) (Organist, Born)
Thomas Troman (1839-1908) (Organist)
Thomas Troman (c1888-1916) (Died)
Alfred Ungerer (c1839-1874) (Born)
James Ungerer (1872-1957) (Born)
Henri Valantin (-1921) (Died)
C. Vaquette (Organist)
Armand Pierre Vernet (-1963) (Died)
Jean Viau (Born)
Christian Villeneuve (1948-2001) (Born)
Dominique de Villermont (1906-1960) (Organist, Born)
Marcelle Villin (1927-) (Organist, Born)
Robert de Visée (c1650-c1725) (Born)
Frédéric Charles Theodore Wachs (1825-1896) (Born)
Josef Wackenthaler (1795-1869) (Born)
Vincent Wallace (1812-1865) (Died)
Martin Werck (Organist)
Gustave Wettge (1844-1909) (Born, Died)
Pierre Wiblé (1926-2016) (Born, Died)
Arthur Frederick Willis (1892-1918) (Died)
Alexandre Winkel (1846-) (Born)
Guy Wynter (1859-1936) (Died)
Alfred Yung (1836-1924) (Organist, Born)
René Zugarramurdi (1953-) (Born)

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Names for Aix-en-Provence, Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

A. Autran (1928-) (Born)
Tristan Patrice Challulau (1959-) (Born)
Joëlle Léandre (1951-) (Born)
Darius Milhaud (1892-1974) (Born)
Walter S. Vale (1875-1939) (Died)
Pierre Villette (1926-1996) (Died)

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Names for Avignon, Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

Eugène Henri Joseph de Bricqueville (1854-1933) (Born)
Pierre Agricole Génin (1832-1903) (Born)
Antoine Mariotte (1875-1944) (Born)
Olivier Messiaen (1908-1992) (Born)
Jean Joseph Mouret (1682-1738) (Born)
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) (Organist)
J. B. Ripert (Organist)
Abbe F. Séguin (1810-1870) (Organist)

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Names for Toulon, Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

Charles Bordes (1863-1909) (Died)
Gontran Dessagnes (1904-1978) (Died)
Marybel Dessagnes (1970-) (Born)
Gabriel Garbet (1841-1905) (Born)
Henri Ghys (1839-1908) (Born)

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Names for Alpes-Côte-d’Azur, France

Carlo Mosso (1931-1995) (Born)

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Names for Angoulême, Aquitaine, France

Frédéric Brisson (1821-1900) (Born)
Jean Paul Holstein (1939-) (Born)
Gabriel Pichon (1873-1943) (Born)

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Names for Bayonne, Aquitaine, France

Jules Armingaud (1820-1900) (Born)
Marie Bernadette Dufourcet-Hakim (1956-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Clermont-Ferrand, Auvergne, France

François Bernard Mâche (1935-) (Born)

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Names for Moulins, Auvergne, France

Jean B. Faure (1830-1914) (Born)
Charles Magner (1838-1893) (Born)

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Names for Quimper, Brittany, France

Renatus Harris (c1652-1724) (Born)
Théodore Lack (1846-1921) (Organist, Born)
Jef Penven (1919-1967) (Organist)
Louis Pondaven (1912-1968) (Died)

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Names for Rennes, Brittany, France

Jean Bonfils (1921-2007) (Died)
Dori Chauvin (1899-1979) (Died)
Edouard Daucé (1893-1967) (Born)
Louis Dumontier (1937-2006) (Born, Died)
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924) (Organist)
René Guillou (1903-1958) (Born)
Christophe Guyard (1966-) (Born)
Yves Krier (1956-) (Organist, Born)
Albert Mahaut (1867-1943) (Died)
Lucie Robert-Deissel (1936-) (Born)

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Names for Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, France

Charles Collin (1865-1938) (Born)
Abbé Joseph Collin (1871-1898) (Born, Died)
Hippolyte Corbes (1898-) (Born)

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Names for Brittany, France

Germain Desbonnet (1938-2007) (Died)
Louis Lack (-1881) (Died)

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Names for Auxerre, Burgundy, France

Jacques Berthier (1923-1994) (Born)
Guy Bezançon (1942-) (Born)
Henri Gouard (1875-1953) (Born, Died)
Jean Jacques Laubry (1916-2001) (Organist, Born, Died)

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Names for Dijon, Burgundy, France

Claude Balbastre (1727-1799) (Born)
J. Battmann (1818-1886) (Organist, Died)
François Lacodre Blin (1757-1834) (Organist)
Octave Adolphe Bouault (1862-c1895) (Born)
Jacques Castérède (1926-2014) (Died)
Adolphe Celestin Dietrich (-1916) (Organist)
Louis Dietsch (1808-1865) (Born)
Louis Dumas (1877-1952) (Died)
Jean Baptiste Ganaye (1870-1946) (Born, Died)
Jean Pierre Guézec (1934-1971) (Born)
Frédéric Kahn (1966-) (Born)
Jean Pierre Leguay (1939-) (Born)
L. Manière (1885-1954) (Born)
Jean Baptiste Moreau (1656-1733) (Organist)
Abbé Stéphen Morelot (1820-1889) (Born)
Jef Penven (1919-1967) (Organist)
Charles E. Poisot (1822-1904) (Born, Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Blois, Centre, France

Pierre Foray (1905-1980) (Born)
Paul Lecourt (1870-1947) (Born, Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Bourges, Centre, France

Clément de Bourges (Born)
Jules Auguste Garcin (1830-1896) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Chartres, Centre, France

R. Duhamel (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Orléans, Centre, France

Jules P. E. Brosset (1849-1937) (Born)
Johann Sebastian Demar (1763-c1832) (Died)
Edouard Destenay (1850-1924) (Died)
Joël François Durand (1954-) (Born)
Louis François Alexandre Frêlon (1825-) (Born)
François Henri Houbart (1952-) (Born)
Hippolyte Monpou (1804-1841) (Died)
Yves Marie Pasquet (1947-) (Born)
Laurent de Rillé (1828-1915) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Tours, Centre, France

Jacques Albrespic (1922-1987) (Died)
Albert Ferrand (1830-1899) (Born)
Joannes Okeghem (c1430-1495) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Centre, France

Bernard Carloséma (1949-) (Born)
Claude Pichaureau (1940-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Laon, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Nicolas Lebègue (1631-1702) (Born)
Pierre du Mage (1674-1751) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Rheims, Champagne-Ardenne, France

Anthime Donnay (1841-1931) (Organist)
Jean le Gros (1903-1978) (Born)
E. Lefèvre-Derodé (1853-1913) (Born)
Henri Marteau (1874-1934) (Born)
Jean Sébastien Martin (Organist)
Edmond Missa (1861-1910) (Born)
Georges Moineau (1914-2008) (Died)
Vincent Paulet (1962-) (Born)
Jean Pierre Pommier (1951-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Besançon, France-Comté, France

Théodore Bélamy (1809-1878) (Organist, Born, Died)
Camille Doney (1848-) (Born)
Brice Pauset (1965-) (Born)
Roger Pernette (1930-1973) (Organist, Died)
Émile P. Ratez (1851-1934) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for France-Comté, France

Abbé Emile Brune (1855-1937) (Organist, Born)
Michel Chapuis (1930-2017) (Born)
Daniel Fleuret (1869-1915) (Born)
J. Hochstetter (1832-1888) (Organist)
G. Neuville (1878-1973) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Boulogne-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

Guillaume Connesson (1970-) (Born)
Jean Louis Houlez (1932-) (Born)
Joseph Noyon (1888-1962) (Died)
Thierry Pécou (1965-) (Born)
Jean Paul Rieunier (1933-1992) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Neuilly-sur-Seine, Île-de-France, France

André Caplet (1878-1925) (Died)
André Fleury (1903-1995) (Born)
Bruno Gousset (1958-) (Born)
Dr Barrett Ashley Johnson (1960-) (Born)
Charles Neustedt (1838-1908) (Died)
Henri Pauly-Laubry (1962-) (Born)
Florent Schmitt (1870-1958) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Saint-Germain-en-Laye, Île-de-France, France

Albert Alain (1880-1971) (Born, Died)
Jehan Alain (1911-1940) (Born)
Marie Claire Alain (1926-2013) (Born)
Marie Odile Alain (1914-1937) (Born)
Olivier Alain (1918-1994) (Born)
Elisabeth Ballon (1947-) (Born)
Claude Debussy (1862-1918) (Born)
Jan Ladislay Dussek (1761-1812) (Died)
Paul Rougnon (1846-1934) (Died)
Théodore Salomé (1834-1896) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Versailles, Île-de-France, France

John Abbey (1785-1859) (Died)
Louis D. Besozzi (1814-1879) (Born)
A. P. F. Boëly (1785-1858) (Born)
Eugène Henri Joseph de Bricqueville (1854-1933) (Died)
André Campra (1660-1744) (Died)
Ernest Grosjean (1844-1936) (Organist, Died)
Paul Hillemacher (1852-1933) (Died)
André Hodeir (1922-2011) (Died)
Georges Hüe (1858-1948) (Born)
Maurice Journeau (1898-1999) (Died)
Michel Richard de la Lande (1657-1726) (Died)
Henri Nibelle (1883-1966) (Organist)
Georges Jean Pfeiffer (1835-1908) (Born)
Henri J. Taskin (1779-1852) (Born, Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Île-de-France, France

Yves Queyroux (1946-) (Born)
Paul Raynaud (1956-) (Born)
Franz Tournier (1923-2010) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Montpellier, Languedoc-Roussillon, France

Luc Antonini (1961-) (Organist)
Canon Henri Carol (1910-1984) (Born)
Aristide Cavaillé-Coll (1811-1899) (Born)
Jacques Chailley (1910-1999) (Died)
Félix Danjou (1812-1866) (Died)
Jeanne Demessieux (1921-1968) (Born)
Joseph Farigoul (1860-1933) (Born)
Hippolyte Xavier Garimond (1820-) (Born)
Maurice Gay (1897-1978) (Born)
Émile Paladilhe (1844-1926) (Born)
Renaud de Vilbac (1829-1884) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Limousin, France

André Jorrand (1921-2007) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Metz, Alsace-Lorraine

Gabriel Pierné (1863-1937) (Born)
Paul Pierné (1874-1952) (Born)
Claude Sébastien (Organist)
Ambroise Thomas (1811-1896) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Nancy, Lorraine, France

Alfred Bachelet (1864-1944) (Died)
Dom Paul Benoît (1893-1979) (Born)
Pierre Bretagne (1881-1962) (Died)
Eugène Gigout (1844-1925) (Born)
Auguste Joly (Organist)
Dr Marcel Labey (1875-1968) (Died)
Gaston Litaize (1909-1991) (Organist)
Charles Magin (1881-1968) (Organist, Died)
J. Emile Martin (1850-1916) (Organist, Born, Died)
Joseph Merklin (1819-1905) (Died)
Dom Jean Louis Parisot (1861-1923) (Died)
André Paul Schwartz (1935-) (Born)
Bruno Schweyer (1955-) (Born)
Louis Thirion (1879-1966) (Organist, Died)
Line Zilgien (1906-1954) (Organist, Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Toul, Lorraine, France

Albert Jessel (1839-) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Lorraine, France

Jean Berveiller (1904-1976) (Born)
René de Boisdeffre (1838-1906) (Died)
Abbé Louis Jacquemin (1881-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Lourdes, Midi-Purénées, France

J. Gailhac (Organist)
Jean Paul Lécot (1947-) (Organist)
Antoine Tisné (1932-1998) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Toulouse, Midi-Purénées, France

Joseph Bazin (-1921) (Organist)
Jules Bouval (1867-1914) (Born)
Abbé Emile Brune (1855-1937) (Died)
Henri Büsser (1872-1973) (Born)
Charles Chaynes (1925-) (Born)
Xavier Darasse (1934-1992) (Born, Died)
Georges Debat-Ponsan (1855-1933) (Organist, Born, Died)
G. L. Derking (Organist)
Jean Louis Dhaine (1949-2006) (Died)
Victor Fumet (1867-1949) (Born)
Georges Guiraud (1868-1928) (Organist, Born)
Omer Guiraud (-1912) (Organist)
Aymé Kunc (1877-1958) (Born, Died)
Pierre Kunc (1865-1941) (Born, Died)
Matthieu Lanes (1660-1725) (Organist, Born, Died)
Adrien Lépine (1735-) (Born)
Jean François Lépine (1732-1817) (Born)
Jean François Lépine (c1682-1762) (Died)
Auguste Massis (1820-1872) (Died)
Louis Mourlan (Organist)
Charles Planchet (1857-1946) (Born)
Théodor Puget (-1884) (Died)
Gaston Salvayre (1847-1916) (Born, Died)
Adolphe Vernet (Organist)
M. Vidal Saint André (1893-1980) (Organist)
Paul A. Vidal (1863-1931) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Midi-Purénées, France

Dom François Bedos de Celles (1709-1779) (Born, Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Mülhausen, Alsace-Lorraine

Aloïse Amann (1834-1899) (Organist)
Ferdinand Barlow (1881-1951) (Born)
Aimé Dussourd (1896-) (Organist, Born)
Johannes Eccard (1553-1611) (Born)
René Frank (1910-1965) (Born)
Henri Lack (1927-) (Born)
J. M. Loretz (1839-1912) (Born)
Thierry Mechler (1962-) (Born)
Ricarda Meinhold (1965-) (Born)
Alexandre Henri Meyer (1896-1968) (Born, Died)
Ignace Müller (1880-1950) (Born)
Daniel Roth (1942-) (Born)
André Stricker (1931-2003) (Born)
J. A. Wiernsberger (1857-1925) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Arras, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Horace Montague Dalton (1884-1917) (Died)
Joseph Notot (1755-) (Organist, Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Boulogne-sur-Mer, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Charles Louis Hanon (1819-1900) (Organist, Died)
James Hook (1746-1827) (Died)
Olivier Latry (1962-) (Born)
Gustav Pellereau (1834-1900) (Born)
Helen Rhodes (1858-1936) (Died)
Eugène Sergent (1829-1900) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Douai, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Pierre Attaingnant (1494-1552) (Born)
Dominique Charle (1951-) (Born)
Paul Devred (1853-1909) (Born)
Frère Jacques Duponchel (Born)
Édouard Flament (1880-1958) (Born)
Julien Stanislas Koszul (1844-1957) (Died)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Lille, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Alain Abbott (1938-) (Born)
Maurice Baron (1889-1964) (Born)
Maxime Henri Dumoulin (1893-1971) (Born)
Alphonse Gadenne (1865-) (Organist)
Jeanne Joulain (1920-2010) (Organist, Died)
Édouard Lalo (1823-1892) (Born)
Charles Quef (1873-1931) (Born)
Émile P. Ratez (1851-1934) (Died)
Gabriel Sinsoilliez (1846-1893) (Born, Died)
Abbé Henri Spiret (Organist)
René Vierne (1878-1918) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France

Gaston Borch (1871-1926) (Born)
Pierre Albert Castanet (1956-) (Born)
Bruno Lescarret (1964-) (Organist)
Abbé Jean Marie Mesmacque (1929-) (Born)
Yves Ramette (1921-2012) (Born)
Jules Vasseur (1857-1900) (Born)
Léon Vasseur (1844-1917) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Caen, Normandy, France

Daniel François Esprit Auber (1782-1871) (Born)
Jules Alexis Carlez (1836-1922) (Born, Died)
Achille Dupont (1848-1901) (Organist, Died)
Gabriel Dupont (1878-1914) (Born)
Pierre Farago (1969-) (Born)
Pierre Foray (1905-1980) (Organist)
Guy de Lioncourt (1887-1961) (Born)
Alain Mabit (1953-) (Assistant Organist)
Arthur Mancini (1851-1927) (Born, Died)
Dr Albert Péschard (1836-1903) (Died)
Danielle Salvignol-Nisse (1944-1996) (Died)
Eric Tanguy (1968-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Cherbourg, Normandy, France

Charles Josef Colin (1832-1881) (Born)
Joseph Noyon (1888-1962) (Born)
Frédéric le Rey (1858-1942) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Honfleur, Normandy, France

Auguste Andlauer (1845-1926) (Organist)
Louis Marie François Andlauer (1877-1915) (Born)
Erik Satie (1866-1925) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Rouen, Normandy, France

Henri Beaucamp (1885-1937) (Organist, Died)
Eugène Besançon (-1935) (Organist)
Pierre Bigot (1932-2008) (Born)
Emmanuel Bondeville (1898-) (Organist, Born)
Jean Valentine de Bournonville (c1585-1632) (Organist)
Julien Bret (1974-) (Organist)
François Campion (c1680-1748) (Born)
Michel Corrette (1707-1795) (Born)
Henri Deshayes (1838-1913) (Born)
Arthur Dodémont (1872-1912) (Born)
Albert Dupré (1860-1940) (Organist)
Marcel Dupré (1886-1971) (Organist, Born)
William Thomas Harvey (1886-1960) (Organist)
August Haumesser (Organist)
E. Ketterer (1831-1870) (Born)
Charles Lenepveu (1840-1910) (Born)
Jean A. de Méreaux (1802-1874) (Died)
Ludovic Panel (1887-1952) (Born)
Reginald Charles Pettingale (1892-) (Organist)
Vicomte Léon de Saint-Réquier (1872-1964) (Born)
Auguste E. Vaucorbeil (1821-1884) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Normandy, France

Joseph Gilles (1903-1942) (Born)
Odile Pierre (1932-) (Born)
Dr Alan Ridout (1934-1996) (Died)
Pierre Villette (1926-1996) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Angers, Pays-de-Loire, France

Jules Bordier (1846-1896) (Born)
Yves de la Casiniere (1897-1971) (Born)
Henry Dillon (1912-1954) (Born)
Raphaël Fumet (1898-1979) (Organist, Died)
Jean Guillou (1930-2019) (Born)
Jean Huré (1877-1930) (Organist)
Guillaume Lekeu (1870-1894) (Died)
Jean Baptiste Moreau (1656-1733) (Born)
Maurice Poté (1909-1996) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Nantes, Pays-de-Loire, France

Jean Ballereau (1881-1964) (Died)
François Benoist (1794-1878) (Born)
Louis A. Bourgault-Ducoudray (1840-1910) (Born)
Bernard de Chateau-Thierry (1914-1988) (Died)
Arthur Colinet (1885-1956) (Organist, Died)
Jean Daniel (Organist)
Dominique Druhen (1961-) (Born)
Auguste de le Guennant (1881-1972) (Organist)
Camille Louis Joly (1870-1944) (Organist)
Jacques Lechat (1921-2012) (Organist)
Alphonse Leduc (1804-1868) (Born)
Horace Antoine Mansion (1846-1925) (Organist)
Jean Mollat (1893-1967) (Organist, Died)
Maurice Poté (1909-1996) (Organist, Died)
Alice Sauvrezis (1885-1946) (Born)
Roger Tessier (1939-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Amiens, Picardy, France

Abbé Georges Brande (1907-1989) (Organist, Died)
Gilles Cagnard (1946-2005) (Born)
Victor Cornette (1795-1868) (Born)
Charles Dallery (c1710-) (Born)
Thomas Charles Auguste Dallery (1754-1835) (Born)
Auguste Sérieyx (1865-1949) (Born)
Paul Warnier de Wailly (1854-1933) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Beauvais, Picardy, France

Félix Delahache (1834-1923) (Born, Died)
Pierre du Mage (1674-1751) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Saint-Quentin, Picardy, France

Marc Delmas (1885-1931) (Born)
Bernadin Raugel (1841-1924) (Organist)
Félix Raugel (1881-1975) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Soissons, Picardy, France

Abbé Louis Jacquemin (1881-) (Organist)
Guy Lacour (1932-2013) (Born)
J. Reignier (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Picardy, France

Anthoine Busnois (c1430-1492) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for La Rochelle, Poitou-Charentes, France

Yves Apparailly (1936-) (Born)
Pierre Foray (1905-1980) (Died)
Germain Riviere (1907-1983) (Organist)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Niort, Poitou-Charentes, France

Marc Bleuse (1937-) (Born)
Jean Déré (1886-1970) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Poitiers, Poitou-Charentes, France

Hippolyte la Rachelle Barbedette (1827-1901) (Born)
Paul Bernard (1827-1879) (Born)
André Gouin (Organist)
Abbé Wulfran Moreaux (1827-1905) (Born, Died)
Thierry Pallesco (1956-) (Organist)
Pierre Petit (1922-2000) (Born)
Paul Rougnon (1846-1934) (Born)
Louis Vierne (1870-1937) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Lyons, Rhône-Alpes, France

Ferdinand Alday (1824-1877) (Organist, Born, Died)
Maurice Allier (1912-) (Born)
Georges Aloy (1947-) (Organist, Born)
Edmond Audran (1842-1901) (Born)
Fritz Bach (1881-1930) (Organist)
Jacques Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1766-1834) (Born)
Jean Jacques Beauvarlet-Charpentier (1734-1794) (Organist)
Jean Bouvard (1905-1996) (Organist)
Jean Michel Cayre (1949-) (Born)
Edith Canat de Chizy (1950-) (Born)
Pierre Cochereau (1924-1984) (Died)
Yann Diederichs (1952-) (Born)
Denis Dufour (1953-) (Born)
Jules Dupasquier (-1906) (Organist)
Charles Faller (1891-1956) (Organist)
César Geoffray (1901-1972) (Born)
Claude Goudimel (c1505-1572) (Died)
F. Laurent-Rolandez (1850-1918) (Organist, Died)
Jean M. Leclair (1697-1764) (Born)
Alexandre Luigini (1850-1906) (Born)
Lazare Auguste Maquaire (1872-1906) (Born)
Louis Marchand (1669-1732) (Born)
Abbé Robert Marthouret (1924-1999) (Died)
Charles Marie Michel (1876-1897) (Born)
Valentin Neuville (1863-1941) (Organist, Died)
Marcel Paponaud (1893-1988) (Organist, Died)
Marcel Péhu (1904-1974) (Organist, Born, Died)
Pierre Perdigon (1940-) (Organist)
Jean Philippe Rameau (1683-1764) (Organist)
Amédée Reuchsel (1875-1931) (Born)
Eugène Reuchsel (1900-1988) (Born, Died)
Léon Reuchsel (1840-1915) (Organist, Died)
Maurice Reuchsel (1880-1968) (Organist, Born, Died)
Albert Ribollet (1884-1963) (Born)
Adrien Rougier (1892-1984) (Died)
Louis de Serres (1864-1942) (Born)
Ennemond Trillat (1890-1980) (Born)
Justinien Viallon (1806-1874) (Born)
Hervé Voisin (1959-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)

Names for Saint-Étienne, Rhône-Alpes, France

Jean Bonfils (1921-2007) (Born)
J. B. Jaillet (Organist)
Denis Joly (1906-1979) (Died)
Pierre Perdigon (1940-) (Born)

(Names not already included in sub-pages)