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Revision as of 08:20, 12 October 2011

Synopsis

French composer, organist, teacher

  • 1844 born in Lyon
  • 1863 Brussels to study organ with Lemmens and composition with Fétis
  • to 1937 Paris

For details, see the Wikipedia article.

List of Organ Works

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Opus Title
13/1 Symphonie pour orgue No. 1 (1872, Hamelle)
13/2 Symphonie pour orgue No. 2 (1872, Hamelle)
13/3 Symphonie pour orgue No. 3 (1872, Hamelle)
13/4 Symphonie pour orgue No. 4 (1872, Hamelle)
31 Marche américaine (transc. by Marcel Dupré: no. 11 from 12 Feuillets d’Album op. 31, Hamelle)
42/1 Symphonie pour orgue No. 5 (1879, Hamelle)
42/2 Symphonie pour orgue No. 6 (1879, Hamelle)
42/3 Symphonie pour orgue No. 7 (1887, Hamelle)
42/4 Symphonie pour orgue No. 8 (1879, Hamelle)
64 Marche Nuptiale op. 64 (1892) (transc., from Conte d'Avril, Schott)
70 [[Symphonie Gothique pour orgue [No. 9], (1895, Schott)]]
73 [[Symphonie Romane pour orgue [No. 10], (1900, Hamelle)]]
73+ Bach's Memento (1925, Hamelle)
86 Suite Latine (1927, Durand)
87 Trois Nouvelles Pièces (1934, Durand)

General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works

(For perspectives on a specific piece or genre, use the "List of Organ Works" above.)

Registration and Organs

Quentin Faulkner, "Information on Organ Registration From a Student of J.S. Bach."

Translation and commentary by Quentin Faulkner on a 1758 article[1] by Agricola, student of J. S. Bach, on organ registration.

Stephen Roberts, "A Visit to Arnstadt."

A detailed description of the organ at which Bach presided at the beginning of his career as organist, a report of the restoration of the organ in 1999, and the author's conclusions on registration for that organ.

Fingering and Pedaling

Faulkner, Quentin. J. S. Bach's Keyboard Fingering: New Evidence. Lincoln, NE: Univ. of Nebraska, 1980.

An analysis of three early fingering sources.

Articulation and Phrasing

Ornamentation

Tempo and Meter

Scores and Editions

Recordings

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Other Resources

Notes

  1. Marpurg, Friedrich Wilhelm. Historisch-Kritische Beytriige zur Aufnahme der Musik (Historical and Critical Contributions to the Reception of Music), Volume 3, Part 6. Berlin: Gottlieb August Lange, 1758.