organ pieces, many of which have recently become available in modern editions, include pastorales, versets, élevations and communions, which were sentimental, lyrical works, and offertories, marches and sorties, which were louder and more akin to the operetta choruses then in vogue." The French government website says of Lefébure-Wely's music, "His admirers called on him many times to adopt the 'religious style' …. However, he had his habits and his preferences, and, above all his 'clientele'. Also, even though his contemporaries were unanimous in their admiration for his improvisations, he often seems to have taken the easier alternative, the immediately accessible option, music that doesn't ask any questions." Lefébure-Wely's compositions include: Boléro de concert, op. 166. Régnier-Canaux, s.d. (1865) Meditaciones religiosas op. 122. À sa majesté la reine Doña Isabel II. (1858) Les Cloches du Monastère, op. 54. Hofmeister's Monatsbericht (1853 or earlier) L’Office catholique. 120 Morceaux divisés en dix suites composés pour l'harmonium ou l'orgue à tuyaux, op. 148. Hommage à Monseigneur de la Bouillerie, Évêque de Carcassonne. Régnier-Canaux, s.d. (1861) L’organiste moderne. Collection de morceaux d'orgue dans tous les genres. En 12 livraisons. Hommage à Mr. l'Abbé Hamon, Curé de St. Sulpice. Ces Morceaux ont été écrits sur les Motifs improvisés aux Offices de St. Sulpice. (1867–69) Six offertoires op. 34. (ca. 1857) Six grands offertoires op. 35. (ca. 1857) Six morceaux pour l'orgue, contenant 3 marches et 3 élévations op. 36. Graff (1863) Six grands offertoires, composé pour son fils Vade-mecum de l'Organiste, op. 187. Entrées et Sorties de Chœur, Versets, Préludes pour Amen, Élévations et Communions, Offertoires, Marches brillantes pour Processions composés pour l'harmonium ou l'orgue à tuyaux (1869) Selected recordings Vincent Genvrin, La Lyre Séraphique: Cantique et Pièces d'orgue, Motet à la Sainte Vierge (Éditions Hortus, HORT004). Notes References External links Sortie in E flat major (mp3) Bolero de Concert in g minor (mp3) Louis J. A. Lefébure-Wely. Andante: choeur de voix humaines (1858). Andrew Pink (2022) Exordia ad missam. Free Scores e-Partitions Many newly edited and typeset organ scores. 1817 births 1869 deaths 19th-century classical composers 19th-century French composers 19th-century French male musicians Composers for pipe organ French Romantic composers French male classical composers French classical organists French male organists Musicians from Paris Burials at Père Lachaise Cemetery Male classical organists 19th-century organists