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Frederic Archer, Organist and Conductor of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra who performed the dedication recitals on several Casavant organs including: Notre-Dame (opus 26) and St. George’s Anglican (opus 79) Churches in Montréal and Notre-Dame Cathedral (opus 34) in Ottawa.

Autographed photograph of Alexandre Guilmant, dated 1893 at the time he played the dedication recital on Casavant Opus 40 at Saint Jacques Cathedral (now Mary, Queen of the World) in Montréal.

 
Lynnwood Farnam with his parents
   

Autographed photograph of Joseph Bonnet, dated 1917

Autographed photograph of Charles Courboin, dated 1939

C. Jules Laframboise, Samuel Casavant, Victoria Cartier, Marcel Dupré, Mrs. Charles Chapais, Mrs. Fournier and Dupré’s manager, Bernard Laberge in front of the Casavant workshop, December 1921.

Marcel Dupré at the console of Opus 1013—Detroit, Michigan—Orchestra Hall, at the time of its inauguration on March 17, 1924.

Autographed photograph of Marcel Dupré at the console of Notre-Dame in Paris.

“To M. Samuel Casavant—In recognition of my visit to St. Hyacinthe—30 December 1921”

Samuel Casavant, Louis Vierne and three other unidentified individuals in Paris outside the residence of George and Florence Blumenthal where the Casavant brothers installed Opus 976 in 1923.

Charles Marie Widor and Samuel Casavant outside the Paris Conservatory, 1920’s. There is another photograph taken in this same setting with Widor and Marcel Dupré that would suggest that Marcel Dupré might have taken this photograph.

Philippe Entremont and Norbert Dufourcq during a visit to Casavant Frères in 1957

Antoine Reboulot (1914-2002) Mr. Reboulot was born in France where he studied organ with Marcel Dupré and André Marchal. He emigrated to Québec in 1967 and was a recitalist, composer, adjudicator and faculty member at the Universities of Laval and Montréal. At his request, the ceremony awarding him the Croix de Chevalier de l'Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur was held at Casavant Frères in 1995. This photograph of him playing Opus 3749 in the workshop was taken on June 13, 1996.

 
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