Louis Vierne

Louis Vierne
Title Louis Vierne PDF eBook
Author Rollin Smith
Publisher Pendragon Press
Pages 834
Release 1999
Genre Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN 9781576470046

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Louis Vierne (1870-1937), a student of C�sar Franck and Charles-Marie Widor, was organist of the Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris for 37 years, until his death at the console during a recital. Widor's successor as the organ's great French symphonist - an assessment the passage of time has proved correct - Vierne's music has remained in the repertoire of organists throughout the world, never undergoing the periodic eclipses experienced by his contemporaries. Vierne's autobiography, Mes Souvenirs, originally published serially in the 1930s, is here available in a profusely illustrated, extensively annotated English translation. Rollin Smith's Louis Vierne: Organist of Notre Dame Cathedral is the first major study of the great organist of Notre-Dame and includes chapters on his American tour, recordings, contemporary reminiscences, definitive textual corrections, the organ symphonies, his death and succession, and a thematic catalogue of his organ works.

French Masters of the Organ

French Masters of the Organ
Title French Masters of the Organ PDF eBook
Author Michael Murray
Publisher Yale University Press
Pages 258
Release 1998-01-01
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9780300072914

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This study draws portraits of the French romantic organist-composers including Aristide Cavaille-Coll, Cesar Franck, Charles-Marie Widor, Louis Vierne, Marcel Dupre, Jean Langlais and Olivier Messiaen. The author details the lives, times, styles, and techniques of these composers.

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints

The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints
Title The National Union Catalog, Pre-1956 Imprints PDF eBook
Author Library of Congress
Publisher
Pages 712
Release 1979
Genre Catalogs, Union
ISBN

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Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music

Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music
Title Tonus Peregrinus: The History of a Psalm-tone and its use in Polyphonic Music PDF eBook
Author Mattias Lundberg
Publisher Routledge
Pages 364
Release 2016-03-03
Genre Music
ISBN 1317009843

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Mattias Lundberg investigates the historical role of a deviant psalm-tone, the tonus peregrinus, focusing on its applications in polyphonic music within all major branches of Western liturgy. Throughout the remarkably persistent tradition of applying this melody to polyphony, from the ninth century right up to the twenty-first, coeval music theory is able to shed light on the problems it has posed to modal and tonal practice at various historical stages. The musical settings studied hold up a mirror to the general development of psalmody, concerning practices of organum, diverse regional forms of fauxbourdon, cantus firmus composition, free imitation, parody, fugue, quodlibet, monody, and many other compositional techniques where the unique features of the psalm-tone have necessitated modification of existing practices. The conclusions drawn reveal a musico-liturgical tradition that was not in real danger of extinction until the general decline of Western liturgy that followed in the eighteenth century, at which point the historiography of the tonus peregrinus became a factor stimulating scholarly and musical interest in its alleged pre-Christian origins. Lundberg demonstrates that the succession of works based on the tonus peregrinus often preserved a distinctly conservative musical and theological conception even during periods of drastic liturgical reform.

Toward an Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck

Toward an Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck
Title Toward an Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck PDF eBook
Author Rollin Smith
Publisher Pendragon Press
Pages 244
Release 2002
Genre Biography & Autobiography
ISBN 9781576470763

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Franck's twelve major organ works enjoy a popularity which surpasses even that of his Symphony in D Minor. This volume provides a guide to the interpretation of Franck's organ works by examining the extant first-hand references to him as a student, performer, and teacher written by those who knew him, heard him, and studied with him.

Organ Literature

Organ Literature
Title Organ Literature PDF eBook
Author Corliss Richard Arnold
Publisher Scarecrow Press
Pages 399
Release 1995-01-01
Genre Music
ISBN 1461670268

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Now in paperback! Cloth edition 0-8108-2964-9 originally published in 1995.

The Living Church

The Living Church
Title The Living Church PDF eBook
Author
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Pages 682
Release 1964
Genre
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