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by [[Louis Vierne]], from [[Vingt-quatre Pièces en style libre]]
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==General Perspectives on Performing This Piece==
==Background==
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Dedicated to Felix Fourdrain.
 
  E-flat Major
  3 pages
  Mostly 4-voice texture


==Registration and Organs==
==Registration and Organs==
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  G. Fonds 8'
 
  R. Gambe et Voix Celestes
''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>
  Ped. Fonds 16', 8'
  Claviers accouplés. Tirasses


==Fingering and Pedaling==
==Fingering and Pedaling==
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  Pedaling throughout about two-thirds of the piece
  Minimal expression pedal


==Articulation and Phrasing==
==Articulation and Phrasing==
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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>
 
 
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==
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==Tempo and Meter==
==Tempo and Meter==
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  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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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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