Messiaen’s ‘true musician’ has died at 98

Messiaen’s ‘true musician’ has died at 98

RIP

norman lebrecht

November 26, 2025

Olivier Messiaen said of Guy Morançon: ‘quel plaisir d’écrire le nom d’un vrai musicien’.

Morançon, conductor of the Lully chorus, organist of Notre-Dame des Victoires in Paris and director of the Conservatoire Nadia Boulanger, died yesterday, a few days short of his 99th birthday.

He made numerous recordings.

Comments

  • Hmus says:

    Good gawd can you imagine actually using that organ in a wedding? Those 64′ Posaune stops would blow the bride right through the altar!

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