This volume collects and analyzes the numerous historical sources relating to the French organ school of the Baroque period, known in France as the école française classique, and offers practical insights relating to performance for organists who wish to play this repertoire with a greater awareness and historical knowledge. This work is destined to become a landmark! Paolo Crivellaro has produced an exhaustive synthesis of the interpretation of French organ music in respect of historical context, the instruments, and the many available musicological sources. We are grateful to him. The musician will find herein an effective guide that will enable this highly specific repertoire to be approached with confidence. Olivier Latry The period from Louis XIII to the French Revolution saw the birth of an organ repertoire of exceptional quality in France, but which poses many questions as to its interpretation: the field of investigation is vast and complex, and it took the profound knowledge and intimate understanding of Paolo Crivellaro to give us this long awaited book. Christophe Mantoux Paolo Crivellaro provides a systematic review of the large body of historical evidence concerning French classical music. He examines each facet, clarifies the meaning of the historical sources and brings their relationships to life by means of his deep knowledge of the repertoire and scientific rigour, combined with a splendid artistic understanding. We are grateful to him for this indispensable book! Aude Heurtematte After his remarkable work on the North German Organ School, which was highly acclaimed in the organ world, Paolo Crivellaro now offers us a comprehensive study of the French classical organ repertoire. This is, no doubt, also destined to become a reference text! Based on rigorous scholarship, this volume provides an enlightened reading of the original sources with the musical intelligence of a true performer and artist, endowed with the experience of many years of teaching at the highest level. Michel Bouvard