Almost immediately, with the discreet aid of Saint-Saëns, he secured the post of assistant organist at the church of Notre-Dame de Clignancourt, in the north of Paris.
Pouco tempo despois, coa discreta intercesión de Saint-Saëns, obtivo o posto de axudante de organista na igrexa de Notre-Dame de Clignancourt, situada ao norte de París.