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Organ Works Vol. I Symphonie no. 1, op. 14 BA 9221
A subscription may be taken out for the organ and piano works together or separately.
Vol. II Vol. III Vol. IV Vol. V Vol. VI Vol. VII.1
2010
Symphonie no. 2, op. 20 BA 9222
2010
Symphonie no. 3, op. 28 BA 9223
January 2008
Symphonie no. 4, op. 32 BA 9224
2011
Symphonie no. 5, op. 47 BA 9225
2010
Symphonie no. 6, op. 59 BA 9226
2009
Pièces de Fantaisie en quatre suites (Livre I, 1-6), op. 51 BA 9227
• The complete organ works are available at subscription prices 15% lower than the regular retail prices. • The complete piano works are available at subscription prices 15% lower than the regular retail prices. • The complete organ and piano works are available at subscription prices 20% lower than the regular retail prices.
These editions are not available in France. 2009
Vol. VII.2
Pièces de Fantaisie en quatre suites (Livre II, 7-12), op. 53 BA 9228 January 2008
Vol. VII.3
Pièces de Fantaisie en quatre suites (Livre III, 13-18), op. 54 BA 9229
2008
Pièces de Fantaisie en quatre suites (Livre IV, 19-24), op. 55 BA 9230
2008
Vol. VII.4
Louis Vierne Complete Organ and Piano Works
Available on subscription
For copyright reasons these editions will only be available from January 2008 onwards.
Vol. VIII.1 Pièces en style libre pour orgue ou harmonium (Livre I, 1-12), op. 31 BA 9235 2009
Vol. X
Masses and individual liturgical works BA 9237
2010
Improvisations and Transcriptions BA 9238
2011
Piano Works Vol. I The Early Works (1893-1900) BA 9611
2010
Vol. II
Préludes (1914-1915) / Nocturnes (1915-1916) BA 9612 2009
Vol. III
The Last Works (1916-1922) BA 9613
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Vol. IX
Collection Musée Notre-Dame de Paris - Cliché Anne-Marie Joly
Vol. VIII.2 Pièces en style libre pour orgue ou harmonium (Livre II, 13-24), op. 31 BA 9236 2009
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Louis Vierne: The New Bärenreiter Urtext Edition
Notre Dame, Paris
Louis Vierne (1870–1937) studied privately with César Franck. He deputised for Charles-Marie Widor at St. Sulpice (Paris) from 1892 onwards, before being appointed titulaire organist at Notre Dame (Paris) in 1900. He held this position until his death. Numerous concert tours throughout Europe and the USA made him well-known outside France. His famous students included Nadia Boulanger and Maurice Duruflé. In turn, Duruflé’s student Thierry Escaich is the co-editor of this Vierne Urtext Edition. Vierne’s organ works are undisputed masterpieces of organ music and form an integral part of the virtuoso organ repertoire.
In particular, Vierne raised the form of the organ symphony to new heights and influenced the development of organ technique worldwide. The collections Pièces de Fantaisie and Pièces en style libre also received wide acclaim. The compositional level of Vierne’s piano works equals that of the organ works. For the fi rst time they will appear in a complete critical edition which will include previously unpublished works as well as works attributed to him. His musical language was influenced to a large extent by his teacher César Franck; there are also compositional elements of Claude Debussy. Due to the varying degree of difficulty the organ and piano works will appeal to both the professional musician as well as the advanced student.
The Editor: Helga Schauerte-Maubouet is an internationally known music scholar and interpreter of French organ music. She has written several articles for the MGG and is currently editing Urtext editions of the organ works of Léon Boëllmann and Théodore Dubois as well as choral works by Marc-Antoine Charpentier. She teaches at the Paris Conservatoire Nadia Boulanger and is organist at the German Protestant Church in Paris. Described as “une excellente musicienne doublée d‘une organiste remarquable“ (Jean Langlais, 1987), Helga Schauerte-Maubouet has made over 20 CD recordings, including the complete organ works of Jehan Alain and composer portraits of Boëllmann, Dubois and Langlais, as well as recordings for radio and television. The Co-editors • Thierry Escaich (professor at the Paris Conservatoire) • Rollin Smith (organist and musicologist) • Olivier Gardon (pianist and professor at the Paris Conservatoire) • Brigitte de Leersnyder (pianist and musicologist) • Jean-Pierre Mazeirat (musicologist)
Pièce pour Piano op. 49, autograph, bar 161-165
• A complete critical performing edition of Vierne’s organ and piano works • Includes all Vierne’s works; those published during his lifetime, those previously unpublished and those attributed to him • Based on an evaluation of all available autographs, fi rst prints and hitherto unpublished letters • An Urtext edition which is consistent in its philological approach towards existing editorial problems • Editorial clarification which by far exceeds prevailing international correction lists • Presentation of the editorial principles and methods as well as of the sources in an extensive critical commentary (German, English, French) • Detailed preface (German, English, French) with suggestions for performance