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== | ==Background== | ||
Dedicated to Felix Fourdrain. | |||
E-flat Major | |||
3 pages | |||
Mostly 4-voice texture | |||
==Registration and Organs== | ==Registration and Organs== | ||
G. Fonds 8' | |||
R. Gambe et Voix Celestes | |||
Ped. Fonds 16', 8' | |||
Claviers accouplés. Tirasses | |||
==Fingering and Pedaling== | ==Fingering and Pedaling== | ||
Pedaling throughout about two-thirds of the piece | |||
Minimal expression pedal | |||
==Articulation and Phrasing== | ==Articulation and Phrasing== | ||
"Legato playing is best suited to the organ for, by the very nature of the instrument, the evenness of all notes in the same register quite naturally calls for precisely connecting these notes one after the other."<ref>Louis Vierne,"Renseignements Généraux pour l'Interpretation de l'CEuvre d'Orgue de J.S. Bach," ''CEuvres pour ORgue de Bach'' (Paris: Éditions Maurice Senart, 1924) v.</ref> | |||
Vierne stressed to make certain that the inner voices are legato and that the pedal be played legato as well. He advised "playing the black keys 'on the very edge to facilitate, when practical, sliding onto the naturals.'"<ref>Rollin Smith, Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre Dame Cathedral, 571. The Complete Organ No. 3. Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 1999.</ref> | |||
==Ornamentation== | ==Ornamentation== | ||
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==Tempo and Meter== | ==Tempo and Meter== | ||
4/4, Adagio, quarter note = 60 | |||
==Scores and Editions== | ==Scores and Editions== | ||
Latest revision as of 00:17, 28 February 2015
from Vingt-quatre Pièces en style libre by Louis Vierne
Background
Dedicated to Felix Fourdrain.
E-flat Major 3 pages Mostly 4-voice texture
Registration and Organs
G. Fonds 8' R. Gambe et Voix Celestes Ped. Fonds 16', 8' Claviers accouplés. Tirasses
Fingering and Pedaling
Pedaling throughout about two-thirds of the piece Minimal expression pedal
Articulation and Phrasing
"Legato playing is best suited to the organ for, by the very nature of the instrument, the evenness of all notes in the same register quite naturally calls for precisely connecting these notes one after the other."[1]
Vierne stressed to make certain that the inner voices are legato and that the pedal be played legato as well. He advised "playing the black keys 'on the very edge to facilitate, when practical, sliding onto the naturals.'"[2]
Ornamentation
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Tempo and Meter
4/4, Adagio, quarter note = 60
Scores and Editions
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Recordings
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Free Online
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Notes
- ↑ Louis Vierne,"Renseignements Généraux pour l'Interpretation de l'CEuvre d'Orgue de J.S. Bach," CEuvres pour ORgue de Bach (Paris: Éditions Maurice Senart, 1924) v.
- ↑ Rollin Smith, Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre Dame Cathedral, 571. The Complete Organ No. 3. Hillsdale, New York: Pendragon Press, 1999.
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