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Suite Brève

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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