Complete Organ Works, Volume 8.1

Louis Vierne (1870-1937) studied privately with Cesar Franck and was appointed titulaire organist at Notre-Dame (Paris) in 1900. Numerous concert tours throughout Europe and the USA made him well-known outside France.

The “Pieces en style libre pour orgue ou harmonium,” comprising 24 pieces in two volumes, are shorter and technically easier. These are “miniatures” of a rather meditative character, equally suitable for organ teaching or concert use.

• Evaluation of all available autograph manuscripts, first printed editions and previously unpublished letters
• Editorial clarification superseding the long-standing international correction lists
• Critical Commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger) and foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) with detailed performance practice tips
• Numerous illustrations and facsimile pages

“As is comforting and typical with Bärenreiter, critical reports and autograph facsimiles serve to justify the editorial decisions in both volumes. The higest possible level of accuracy distances these prints from the competition. This fills me with certainty that they will become be the new editions of choice.”
(Organ, May-July 2011)

Table of Contents:

• (Pieces en style libre en deux livres, Livre I op. 31)
• Preambule
• Cortege
• Complainte
• Epitaphe
• Prelude
• Canon
• Meditation
• Idylle melancolique
• Madrigal
• Reverie
• Divertissement
• Canzona

Publisher:	Bärenreiter
Composer/Author:	Vierne, Louis
Arranger/Editor:	Schauerte-Maubouet
Catalog Number:	BA9235