Organ
SKU:
HL.48180238
For
Organ. Composed by
Marcel Dupre. Leduc.
Post-1900. Softcover. 8
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL16850. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48180238).
UPC:
888680794699. 9x12
inches.
This
version of Cortege and
Litanie by Marcel
Dupré was written
for organ. For upper
intermediate players,
this 8 page composition
is written with 4 sharps
and includes the use of
the pedals. The piece,
initially written for a
small orchestra in 1922,
was created for a play.
Dupré integrated
it into one of his piano
recitals and was later
asked to arrange it for
other instruments. These
scores therefore exist
also arranged for piano,
orchestra (in 4 and 16)
and for the conductor. In
terms of composition, the
piece is divided into
two:
“Cortege,”
which title describes a
solemn procession, begins
in E major and lasts
twice as long as the
introductory theme; and
“Litanie,”
which is describing the
prayer sung during a
procession and which
follows the
“Cortege”
part to then be joined by
it. Marcel Dupré
is a French composer and
virtuoso organist who won
the Prix de Rome in 1914.
He became famous when he
played the work of Bach
in its totality from
memory in 1920. He later
became the professor of
many renowned students at
the Paris Conservatoire
such as Messiaen,
Langlais and Cochereau
among others.
