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Suite Française

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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