Puget (family)
The Puget family was a French family of organ builders from Toulouse in the 19th and 20th centuries. To her belonged:
- Théodore Puget (* 1799 in Montréal-sur-Aude , † 1883);
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- his sons:
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- François Puget (* 1825 in Fanjeaux , † 1854 in Montpellier ),
- Eugène Puget , (* 1838 in Lagrasse , † 1892 in Lavelanet ) and
- Jean-Baptiste Puget (* 1849 in Toulouse, † 1940 in Toulouse)
- his son Maurice Puget (* 1894 in Toulouse, † 1960 in Toulouse)
Théodore Puget (1799-1883)
Life
Théodore Puget was born in Montréal-sur-Aude in 1799 . He learned the organ building trade with Prosper Moitessier and went to Toulouse in 1834 and worked there as an organ builder. In 1866 he and his sons founded the company Théodore Puget père et fils, which he handed over to his sons in 1877.
List of works
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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| 1835 | Toulouse | cathedral | restoration | |||
| Sète | St-Joseph | |||||
| Montpellier | Carmelite | |||||
| 1842 | Saint-Céré | |||||
| 1845 | Nîmes | |||||
| 1857 | Narbonne | cathedral | restoration | |||
| 1862 | Alès | |||||
| 1863 | Lavaur | St-François | ||||
| 1863 | Mèze | |||||
| 1865 | Perpignan | |||||
| 1868 | Beziers | |||||
| 1868 | Marseille | St-Victor | ||||
| 1872 | Limoux | |||||
| 1876 | Toulouse | St-Sernin , choir organ |
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II / p | 12 | modification |
Eugène Puget (1838-1892)
Life
Eugène was born in 1838 to Théodore Puget. He learned to play the piano and the organ and worked in his father's company from the age of 17. He took over the management of the company in 1877.
List of works
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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| 1877 | Toulouse | St-Cyprien de Toulouse , choir organ |
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II / p | 10 | In 1902 Jean-Baptiste Puget moved to St-Pierre-des-Chartreux . |
| 1878 | Toulouse | Notre-Dame-du-Taur |
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together with Théodore Puget | ||
| 1880 | Toulouse | Notre-Dame du Taur | 40 | |||
| 1881 | Toulouse | Notre-Dame de la Daurade , choir organ |
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| 1881 | Lodève | Lodeve Cathedral |
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36 | modification | |
| 1883 | Montréal | restoration | ||||
| 1888 | Toulouse | Notre-Dame-de-la-Dalbade |
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III | 50 | |
| 1889 | Toulouse | Notre-Dama-de-la-Daurade , main organ |
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| 1890 | San Sebastian | San Vicente (San Sebastian) |
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III | 33 | Extension of a Cavaillé-Coll organ by a positive with 9 registers. |
Jean-Baptiste Puget (1849-1940)
Life
Jean-Baptiste Puget was also the son of Théodore Puget. He had creative talent and often took over the construction of the organ prospectuses .
List of works
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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| 1904 | Albi | cathedral | 74 | |||
| 1909 | Paris | St-Charles-de-Monceau | restoration | |||
| 1913 | Paris | Champs-Elysées theater | 50 | restoration | ||
| 1900 | Lille | conservatory | restoration |
Maurice Puget (1894-1960)
Life
Maurice Puget was the son of Jean-Baptiste.
List of works
| year | place | building | image | Manuals | register | Remarks |
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| 1927 | Narbonne | cathedral | 68 | |||
| 1929 | Albi | St-Salvy d'Albi |
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III / P | 37 | |
| 1930 | Perpignan | cathedral | 75 | |||
| 1932 | Toulouse | St-Sernin , choir organ |
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II / p | 12 | |
| 1953 | Monaco | cathedral | 62 | |||
| 1958 | Nice | cathedral | 66 |
literature
- Louis Meunier-Rivière: Les facteurs d'orgues de la région toulousaine au temps des Cavaillé . In: L'Orgue Francophone . No. 26 , 1999, ISSN 0985-3642 , p. 65-77 .
- Félix Raugel : Puget . In: Music in the past and present . 1st edition. tape 10 , 1986, pp. 1744 .