Carillon

from Vingt-quatre Pièces en style libre by Louis Vierne

Background

Dedicated to á mon frére René Vierne.

The Carillon is the most popular of all the twenty-four pieces. It is also one of three of the twenty-four pieces that Vierne performed most frequently. This includes performance of it in a 1927 tour in America.

Vierne's program note from his organ recital at Westminster Cathedral, London, January 3, 1924, states that "The Carillon was written on a theme of the chime rung on the bells of the Chapel attached to the Castle of Longpont (Aisne) that played this tune on the Patronal Festival of the Castle, the [feast] day of St. John of Montmorail."

Registration and Organs

 R. Fonds et Anches 8', 4', 2'
 G. Fonds et Anches 16', 8', 4'
 Ped. Fonds et Anches 32', 16', 8', 4'
 Claviers accouplés. Tirasses

Fingering and Pedaling

 Two pages of manuals only
 Five pages with pedal
 Minimal expression pedal

Articulation and Phrasing

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Ornamentation

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Tempo and Meter

 2/2, Allegro, quarter note = 126

Scores and Editions

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Recordings

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Free Online

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Notes

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