Trois Paraphrases Grégoriennes
- Year
- 1933
- Instrumentation
- Orgue
- Duration
- 15'30
- Publisher
- Henry Lemoine, Hérelle, Philippo, puis Combre
- Premiere
- June 28, 1934, Jean Langlais, Paris, on Mrs Flersheim residence organ
I. Ave Maria, Ave Maris stella - II. Mors et Resurrectio - III. Te Deum
Published in 1934 by Hérelle (France), then Philippo, then Combre, now Henry Lemoine
CORRECTED ERRORS in the published score.
I - AVE MARIA, AVE MARIS STELLA - Tempo, Lento: quarter = 69 and not 58 (tempi taken from Jean Langlais recording at Ste Clotilde in 1960- ERATO LDE 3049, "Oeuvres pour orgue d'inspiration grégorienne"
p.4, tempo, quarter =76 // p.4, mes. 3, left hand, tie the c doted quarter to c quarter
p.6, mes. 5, Piu vivo, quarter=112 // p.6, mes.11, right hand goes to Récit on the last note, f#; tie last two d# in left hand on GO; alto part moves to Récit on beat 1, mes.12.
p.7, mes.2, Tempo, quarter= 112 // p.7, mes.9, A tempo, noire= 69
II - MORS ET RESURRECTIO - Tempo, Andante, quarter = 63
p.9, mes. 1, pedal, add natural to f. // p.9, mes. 9, right hand, beat 2, add natural to c.
p.10, mes. 18, left hand, beat 3, add # to c.
III - HYMNE D'ACTIONS DE GRACE "TE DEUM" - Tempi corrected: p.13, Maestoso, quarter=88, p.15, a Tempo, dotted quarter=108, p.16, Un poco pie vivo, doted quarter=116, p.18, Maestoso, quarter=72, Allegro, quarter=138 and not 80
p.13, mes.6, right hand, beat 1, add first leger line; beat 3, # belongs to g. // p.13, mes.7, l.h.beats 2-3, tie a quarter to a half.
p.14, mes. 1-2, l.h. 3rd beat tied to 4rth beat, omit lowest note e in the chord // p.14, mes.8, l.h.beat 3, # belongs to a. // p.14, mes.10-11, r.h., beats 2-3, tie a# // p.14, mes.13, 1rst beat, r.h. c# is dotted quarter, like l.h.
p.16, mes. 8 and 10, r.h., beat 4 should repeat beat 3, 2 doted quarter and not doted half note on beat 3.
p.17, last mes. pedal should be detached on c# and d natural.
p.18, mes. 1, The Tutti comes here, not at mes.2. // p.18, last mes.,right hand, the first chord should be f#-g#-b natural.
p.19, mes.4, l.h., beat 1, top# belongs to g, not b. // p.19, mes. 4, l.h. beat 3-4, omit lowest note e in the chord, as p.14, mes. 1-2 left hand. // p.19, mes.12, pedal E, tie sixteenth to eighth.
For this "Te Deum", the tempi corrected are taken from Jean Langlais' first microsillon recording of this piece at the organ of Sainte-Clotilde in 1955. The mp3 of it can be sent for free on demand to: ml.langlais@wanadoo.fr
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