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Huit Chants de Bretagne

Huit Chants de Bretagne

Year
1974
Instrumentation
Organ
Duration
27'15
Publisher
Bornemann
Premiere
Jean Langlais, Cath&édrale Notre-Dame de Paris, November 30, 1975

pour orgue

1. Le Paradis (Paradise)- 2. Disons le chapelet (Let us say the rosary) - 3. Angelus - 4. Noël breton ( Brittany's Noël) - 5. Jesus mon sauveur béni (Jesus, my blessed Lord)- 6. Jésus nous dit de prier (Jesus tells us to pray)- 7. Aux Lys avec leurs feuilles argentées (to the fleurs-de-Lys with their silvery leaves)- 8. Pensez à l'Eternité (Meditate on eternity)

ERRORS IN THE PRINTED SCORE

n°1 - LE PARADIS

Add Pos./Ped at the beginning, Pedal no Flute 8

n°2 - DISONS LE CHAPELET

p.4, bar 24, left hand, 2nd beat, the C is natural.

p.5, bars 9 and 11, left hand, the E is natural.

n°3 - ANGELUS

p.8, bar 14, right hand, 1st beat, chord is A-D-E // p.8, bar 15, right hand, 1st beat chord is A-D-F.

p.9, bar 17, error at the pedal: it is Gr to Pedal off, not Sw to pedal off.

p.11, bar 18, right hand, 2nd beat, the F of the chord is natural // p.11, bar 23, left hand, the chord is F#-B flat-C- D#

n°4 - NOEL BRETON

p.12, Andante, tempo=96, not 72

p.15, bar 6-7, Pedal, C connected

n°5,- JESUS, MON SAUVEUR BENI

p.17, bar 2, last Pedal note is a C natural // p.17, bar 1O, left hand, first note is a A, not a G // p.17, last bar of the page, right hand, last note, the C is natural, not #.

p.20, bar 1, left hand, the F of the chord is #// p.20, bar 16, "A Tempo": mf.

p.22, bar 2, left hand, the last eight note is a C #, not natural.

n°6 - JESUS NOUS DIT DE PRIER

p.27, bar 3, right hand, alto first beat: : G-F, not G-E

n°7 - AUX LYS AVEC LEURS FEUILLES ARGENTEES

p.29, bar 10, there should be the indication mf on the first beat

p.35, bar 12, soprano right hand, the B should be connected.

p.37, 10 to 12, soprano the F should be connected like left hand and pedal.

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