
Suite Brève
- Year
- 1947
- Instrumentation
- Organ
- Duration
- 3'08
- Publisher
- Bornemann (1947–1989), Alphonse Leduc (1989–2014), Wise Music Group (GB) (2014–)
- Premiere
- Jean Langlais, Reims Cathedral, May 17, 1947.
I. Grands Jeux - II.Cantilène - III. Plainte - IV. Dialogue sur les mixtures
Published in 1947 by Bornemann (France).
ERRORS CORRECTED in the PUBLISHED SCORE
1 - GRANDS JEUX: Tempo, Maestoso: Quarter note= 66, not 54// p.1, last chord of the page, both hands, chord A natural- C# - F natural - A natural.
p.2, bar 1, both hands, the # is before the C, not the D.// p.2, bar 3 right hand, chord A natural (not #) - D natural-E // p.2 bar 13, legato // p.2, bars 14-18, articulations as in p.1, bars 15-16, staccato right hand and slurs left hand.
p.3, bar 2, the chord right hand is a half note, not a whole note // p.3, bar 7, pedal, 2nd beat, the F natural half note is tied to the F following bar // p.3, bar 13, 2nd beat left hand, the chord is C#- E natural- A.
p.4, bar 7, right hand, beat 3, add natural to C1.// p.4, bar 11, ped., a D 3rd line is missing; it should be an octave like 2 bars later with the C#.// p.4, the penultimate chord is, for both hands, G natural- A#- D#- f#-G natural.
2 - CANTILENE: p.5, bar 3, the 2 B should be connected right hand // same thing 11 and 12 with the C# and the B, right hand.
p.6, bar 8, left hand, the B is a half note, not a whole note // p.6, bar 10, right hand, first beat, the G is # // p.6, bar 12, 1rst beat left hand, the C is a half note, not a whole note.
p.8, bar 9, left hand, 3rd beat, the G is natural, in the chord.
p.9, bar 10, right hand, 4th beat, the second sixteenth is a D natural // p.9, bar 11, 2nd beat right hand, the first sixteenth is a D# // p.9, bar 11, all at the end of the measure.
3 - PLAINTE: p.10, add the trémolo to the Bourdon 8 and Vox humana of the Swell.
p.11, bar 2, pedal, the 3rd note is E flat, like bar 6, p. 10 //p.11, bar 4, off the tremolo // p.11, bar 18, delete leger line above left hand chord.
4 - DIALOGUE SUR LES MIXTURE: p. 13, bar 12, 1rst sixteenth right hand is a A natural.
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