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''See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page.'' <ref>This footnote was entered in the "Registration and Organs" article.</ref>


==Fingering and Pedaling==
==Fingering and Pedaling==
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"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>
"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>
 
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==

Latest revision as of 00:23, 28 February 2015

from Vingt-quatre Pièces en style libre by Louis Vierne

Background

Dedicated to Emile Poillot.

 B Minor
 5 pages

Registration and Organs

 G.R. Fonds et anches 8', 4'
 Ped. Fonds et anches 16', 8', 4'
 Claviers accouplés. Tirasses

Fingering and Pedaling

 Pedaling on about three-and-a-half pages
 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, Quasi fantasia Largo (m. 1), Vivace, quarter note = 138

Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

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Pay to Listen

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Other Resources

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Notes

  1. 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.
  2. 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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