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* [http://byu.naxosmusiclibrary.com/catalogue/item.asp?cid=6.220528-29 Messis] as recorded by Fleming Dreisig on NAXOS
* [http://byu.naxosmusiclibrary.com/stream.asp?s=91766%2Fbyunml08%2Frw0138%5F001 Toccata] as perfomred by Philip Schmidt-Madsen on NAXOS


==Other Resources==
==Other Resources==

Revision as of 16:14, 3 November 2014

Synopsis

Danish composer and organist

  • 28 Jul 1893, born in Copenhagen, Denmark
  • 1903, Copenhagen, received organ lessons from Gustav Helsted
  • 1904 or 1905, Copenhagen, performed first organ concert at the Frederikskirken
  • 1911-1915, Copenhagen, assistant organist at the Frederikskirken
  • 1915-1917, Copenhagen, assistant organist at the Garnisons Kirke
  • 1939-1952, Ribe, organist at Ribe Cathedral
  • 10 Jul 1952, died in Ribe, Denmark

He was a late romantic composer. His music was not well-received in the Danish world of music during his lifetime. It was rediscovered in the late 1960's. One of his key works for organ would be Messis.


For details, see the Wikipedia article on Rued Langgaard.

List of Organ Works

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BVN Title Year
19 Fantasia patetica 1907/1910
51 Toccata in A Major ????
55 Preludio patetico 1913
217 Nemo contra deum nisi deus ipse 1932-33
228 Messis/Høstens tid (Messis/Harvest Time), drama in 3 evenings 1935-37
334 In ténebras exteriores (Begravet i Helvede (Buried in Hell)) 1947
??? Som lynet er Kristi genkomst (As Lightning Cometh Christ Again) 1948

Background and General Perspectives on Performing These Organ Works

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Registration and Organs

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See the footnote in the "Notes" section at the bottom of the page[1]

Fingering and Pedaling

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Recordings

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Free Online

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  • Messis as recorded by Fleming Dreisig on NAXOS
  • Toccata as perfomred by Philip Schmidt-Madsen on NAXOS

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Notes

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