Louis Vierne : organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral / Rollin Smith.
| Author/creator |
Smith, Rollin |
| Included Work | Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937. Mes souvenirs. English. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Hillsdale, NY : Pendragon Press, ©1999. |
| Description | xxii, 805 pages : illustrations, map, music ; 24 cm. |
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| Series | The complete organ ; no. 3 Complete organ ; no. 3. ^A683082 |
| Contents | Foreword / Allen Hobbs -- Louis Vierne's Mes Souvenirs annotated -- My student days, 1881-1890 -- The Conservatoire: Cesar Franck's class -- Widor's class -- Guilmant's class ; Our pupils -- Notre-Dame de Paris -- My travels in Europe -- Vierne and the organ -- Gigout's appointment as Professor of Organ -- Louis Vierne and Marcel Dupre -- The organ of Notre-Dame -- Vierne on organ design -- The Vierne Fund -- Vierne in America / by William Hays -- Vierne's death and succession -- Vierne remembered -- Vierne's recordings -- The organ works -- Playing the organ works of Louis Vierne -- Thematic catalogue of Vierne's organ works -- Vierne on present-day questions -- Organbuilders and artistic evolution -- Introduction to Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor -- Music in America -- Organists of Paris churches 1895-1937 -- Funeral services at Notre-Dame -- Textual corrections for the Six Symphonies -- Textual corrections for the 24 Pieces de Fantaisie / Olivier Latry -- Louis Vierne's improvisation course / by Jean Bouvard -- Original improvisation themes by Louis Vierne -- Music dedicated to Louis Vierne. |
| Abstract | Louis Vierne (1870-1937), a student of Cesar 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. This 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. |
| General note | "Louis Vierne's Mes souvenirs, annotated": pages 6-319. |
| Bibliography note | "Thematic catalogue of Vierne's organ music": pages 595-642. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 763-771) and index. |
| LCCN | 99042128 |
| ISBN | 1576470040 |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML410.V637 V54 1999 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |