Louis Vierne

Synopsis

French organist and composer

• 1870 born in Poitiers, France
• 1892-1900 served as assistant to Charles-Marie Widor at Sainte-Sulpice in Paris
• 1900-1937 served as organist at Notre-Dame de Paris
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• 1937 died in Paris

For details, see the Wikipedia article on Louis Vierne.

List of Pieces

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Background and General Perspectives on Performing Vierne Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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Fingering and Pedaling

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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."[2]

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.'"[3]

Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

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Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Notes

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