Prelude No. 4

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from Six Preludes by Ernest Bloch

Background

Prelude IV is dedicated to Charles H. Marsh. It is two pages in length, for three manuals and pedal.

Copyright 1950 by G. Schirmer, Inc. International Copyright secured.

Organ and Registration

The registration is mostly indicated by dynamic markings. Initially, the great manual should be full, using foundation stops and the swell and choir should use 8' foundation stops. The pedal should balance with the great and then change to soft 16' foundation stops to balance with the choir. Sometimes dynamic levels may be changed through the use of the expression pedal, but where there are dynamic extremes it is more effective to add or take away stops as needed.

Fingering and Pedaling

Articulation and Phrasing

Ornamentation

Tempo and Meter

Grave, quarter note = 69

The meter changes frequently between common time, 3/4, and 2/4.

Resources

Scores and Editions

Recordings

Chants de La Synagogue, performed by Herve Desarbre, Grande Synagogue de la Victoire, Paris France. Chant Du Monde 274110 (Prelude IV is the only one of Bloch's works on the CD.)

Free Online

6 Preludes for Organ: Prelude No. 4, performed by Barbara Harbach

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