Trois Esquisses Gothiques for one or two organs ad libitum
- Year
- 1975
- Instrumentation
- One or two organs
- Duration
- 18'
- Publisher
- Bornemann (1976–2010), Henry Lemoine (2010–)
- Premiere
- Ann Labounsky, Robert Grogan, Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Washington DC, October 29, 1976.
Esquisse Gothique n°1 (Veni Creator) - Esquisse Gothique n°2 (Virgo Dei genitrix) - Esquisse Gothique n°3 (Séquence pour la fête de la Dédicace)
Published by Bornemann (France) in 1976.
A Live recording of these Trois Esquisses Gothiques at Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris, on November 12, 1977, by Jean Langlais (Grand Orgue) and Marie-Louise Langlais (Orgue de chœur) is available on YouTube.
CORRECTED ERRORS in the printed score.
ESQUISSE GOTHIQUE n°1: p.1, mes.15, left hand, the E whole note is flat.
p.2: mes. 8, left hand, 4rth beat, the G is natural, not sharp. / p.2, 13, right hand, the upper E is natural, not flat, like at the left hand.
p.4: mes. 18, left hand, 2nd beat, the F# is lacking, see the right hand.
p.5: mes.2, left hand, the sharp is before the A, not the B. / p.5, mes. 9, right hand, 4th beat, chord F-C, not G-C, like beat 2.
p.9, mes. 11, last beat, right hand, B flat is tied to the first beat of the following measure.
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