
Suite Française
- Year
- 1948
- Instrumentation
- Organ
- Duration
- 37'20
- Publisher
- Bornemann (1948–1989), Alphonse Leduc (1989–2014), Wise Music Group (GB) (2014–)
- Premiere
- Jean Langlais, American Cathedral, Paris, March 1949 (n°1,2,5,6) and Pierre Denis, INJA, 1949
1.Prélude sur les grands jeux - 2.Nazard - 3.Contrepoint sur des jeux d'anches - 4.Française - 5.Choral sur la voix humaine - 6.Arabesque sur les flûtes - 7.Méditation sur les jeux de fonds - 8.Trio - 9.Voix céleste -10. Final rhapsodique
CORRECTIONS of the PRINTED ERRORS in the EDITION
I - PRELUDE SUR LES GRANDS JEUX
p.1, bar 7, beat 4 right hand, the chord is staccato like in bar 6.
p. 4, bar 10, right hand, 3rd beat, the B in the chord is flat.
II - NAZARD
p.9, mes. 12, The last note, right hand, is an eight note, not a quarter // p.9, measure 13, left hand, tie g# to a of mes. 14
p.11, measure 2, add Rit. on beat 3, and a tempo 1rst beat mes. 3.
IV - FRANCAISE
p.15, mes. 10, left hand, tenor, after 3rd beat: E flat and not F.
VI - ARABESQUE SUR LES FLUTES
p.23, mes. 12, right hand on the Positif, left hand on the Swell
p.24, mes. 1, the soprano E, fourth beat, is natural // p.24, mes. 2, pedal, unnecessary tie between beats 2 and 3.
p.25, bar 8, left hand, the E first beat is tied to the E bar 9.
p.26, bar 3, left hand, the D are natural.
IX - VOIX CELESTE
p.34, mes. 3, left hand, tie c# to d flat of mes. 4.
p.36, mes. 17, left hand, first beat is E#
p.37, mes. 1, idem tie left hand D to first D of measure 2.
X - FINAL RHAPSODIQUE
p.40, mes. 11, add leggier line to make C on second sixteenth of beat 3.
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