"Prélude grégorien", in HOMMAGE A JEAN LANGLAIS, a collective book honoring the ninetieth Birthday of Jean Langlais and the 100th anniversary of the AGO.
- Year
- 1979
- Instrumentation
- Organ
- Duration
- 4'40
- Publisher
- FitzSimons (1996–)
- Premiere
- "Prelude Grégorien" dedicated to George C.Baker who premiered this prelude at St Vincent Chapel, Catholic University, Washington DC, September 19, 1979.
Featuring the only unpublished organ solo by Jean Langlais
Collective book edited by Marie-Louise Langlais and Fred Tulan, in homage to Jean Langlais.The first piece, "Prelude grégorien" is an unpublished work by Jean Langlais, composed in 1979, dedicated to his pupil and friend George C. Baker. Then, the other pieces have been composed byGeorge C. Baker, Jacques Charpentier,Marie-Bernadette Dufourcet, Petr Eben, Jean Guillou, Naji Hakim, Joyce Jones, Anthony Newman, Frederick Swann and Antoine Tisné.
With additional testimonies by Marie-Claire Alain, Catharine Crozier, Lynne Davis, Marie-Madeleine Duruflé, Gerre Hancock, David Higgs, François-Henri Houbart, Jean-Pierre Leguay, Marilyn Mason, Alan Morrison, Thomas Murray, Cherry Rhodes, Ned Rorem, Daniel Roth, Leslie P. Spelman, Jacques Taddei, Fred Tulan and Todd Wilson.
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