A selected bibliography of published texts on Casavant organs and articles written by Casavant personnel. A number of the texts are provided in Adobe Acrobat Reader Format.  We wish to express special thanks to the authors and/ or publishers for permission to provide this information. Please respect the copyright when using this information.
   
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Articles Authored by Casavant Personnel
 

Couture, Simon. “Joseph Bonnet et Casavant Frères: histoire d'une collaboration féconde / Joseph Bonnet and Casavant Frères: The Story of a Fruitful Collaboration,” Joseph Bonnet 1884-1994, Lyon, Fédération Francophone des Amis de l'orgue, 1995, pp. 57-67.

 

Couture, Simon. “Alphonse Gigout, harmoniste chez Casavant Frères de 1903 à 1909,” in Meslanges à la mémoire de Lucien Poirier, Cahiers de la Société québécoise de recherche en musique, Vol. 2, No. 2, November 1998, pp. 83-88.

 

Couture, Simon. “Montréal's Notre-Dame Church: the Centenary of the Great Casavant Organ,” The Tracker (Journal of the Organ Historical Society), Vol. 42, No. 4, 1998, pp. 25-30.

    Jackson, Alan T. and James Bailey “ Organs of Toronto “Toronto, Royal Canadian College of Organists, 2002.
 

Jackson, Alan T. “Servicing Casavant Organs,” Journal of the American Organ Building: Quarterly Publication of the American Institute of Organ builders, Vol. 5, No. 4, December 1990, pp. 4-7.

 

Lemieux, Gilbert. “Building for Severe Climates,” Journal of the American Organ Building: Quarterly Publication of the American Institute of Organ builders, Vol. 4, No. 4, December 1989, pp. 4-8.

   

Rochette, Jacquelin. “Reconstruction du grand orgue de l'église Saint-Jean-Baptiste de Montréal,” Mixtures, No. 4, April 1996, pp. 20-26.

   

Rochette, Jacquelin. “Le nouvel orgue Casavant de l'église Sainte-Famille de Boucherville,” Mixtures, No. 5, November 1996, pp. 7-8.

 
Other Resources
 

Bonnet, Joseph. “Un orgue Casavant à Paris” Le Monde Musical, 34e Année, No. 21 et 22, Novembre 1923, pp. 348-349.

   

Bouchard, Antoine. “Casavant Frères, Limitée,” Encyclopedia of Music in Canada, 2 nd Edition, edited by Gilles Potvin and Kenneth Winters, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1992, pp. 225-226.

 

Bouchard, Antoine. “Canada’s Oldest Organbuilding Firm” The Tracker: Journal of the Organ Historical Society, Volume 43, Number 2, 1999. pp. 9-20.

   

Bresky, Louise. “The Jewel in the Crown: Opus 3623...,” Radio Guide, May 1987.

   

“Copper and Copper Alloys in Pipe Organs,” Canadian Copper & Brass Development Association, No. 103, Winter 1985, pp. 6-7, 11.

   

Dufault, Mylène. “Casavant Frères, la force de la continuité,” Métiers d'art (Magazine of the Québec Crafts Council), Vol. 12, No. 2, November 1999, pp. 6-13.

   

Enchin, Harvey. “Beautiful Music,” Report on Business, December 1988, pp. 78-85.

 

Frank, Brian and Alan Laufman. “The Organs of the Church of SS. Peter & Paul, Lewiston, Maine, ”The Tracker,” Vol. 36, No. 2, 1992, pp. 8-13.

   

Hartman, James B., “The Golden Age of the Organ in Manitoba: 1875-1919,” Manitoba History, No. 29, Spring 1995, pp. 31-45.

   

Hartman, James B., The Organ in Manitoba: A History of the Instrument, the Builders, and the Players, The University of Manitoba Press, 1997.

 

Hollins, Alfred. “Organs and Organ Building in Canada and the United States,” The Organ: A Quarterly Review for its Makers, its Players & its Lovers, No. 22: Vol VI, October, 1926, 65ff.

   

Homer, Stephen. “Pipes of Glory,” Equinox, March-April 1990, pp. 74-82.

   

Homer, Stephen. “Pipes of Glory,” Reader's Digest, August 1990, pp. 120-126.

   

Kemp, Hugh. “Musical Frères,” Maclean’s Magazine, October 1947, pp 22, 62-65.

   

Lapointe, Laurent. Casavant Frères 1879-1979, Saint-Hyacinthe, Société d'histoire régionale de Saint-Hyacinthe, 1979, p. 143

 

McKellar, Hugh. “Casavant Frères 100th Anniversary,” The American Organist, January 1980, Vol. 14, No. 1, pp. 57-59.

 

Obetz, John. “An Interview with Jean-Louis Coignet,” The American Organist, November 1992, pp. 58-60.

 

Stoker, Tom and Stan Scheer . “Casavant Frères 125 th Anniversary,” The American Organist, January 2005, pp. 72-73.

 

Webster, Donovan. “Pipe Dreams,” Smithsonian Magazine, July 1997, pp. 100-106.

 

Willis, Henry. “America Visited,” The Organ: A Quarterly Review for its Makers, its Players & its Lovers, July 1925, pp. 35-40.

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