Charles-Alexandre Fessy (October 18, 1804November 30, 1856) was a French

France

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 organist and composer

Composer

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. He entered the Paris Conservatory in 1813 studying harmony and piano

Piano

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. He later joined the organ class of Benoist

François Benoist

François Benoist was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue.Benoist was born in Nantes. He studied music at the Conservatoire de Paris and won the Prix de Rome in 1815 for his cantata Œnone. In 1819, he became organist and professor of organ at the Conservatoire; he held the latter post for...

 and won first prize in organ in 1926. He was organist of the small organ in l'Assomption before becoming the first organist of la Madeleine

Église de la Madeleine

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 in 1846. The following year he exchanged position with Lefébure-Wély the organist of Saint-Roch

Église Saint-Roch

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. Fessy stayed at Saint-Roch until his death in 1856. Apart from being an organist he also served as the conductor of the 5th Legion of the National Guard

National Guard (France)

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in Paris.

Works

• Pièces pour orgue (Éditions Musicales Chanvrelin 1995)

Offertoire

Choeur de Clairon

Grand Choeur

Les Jeux de Fonds

Fugue

Boléro

For listening

• YouTube Aare-Paul Lattik plays Boléro at the Rieger-Kloss organ in St-Nicolas church, Tallinn, Estonia.