Organ
SKU:
HL.48180923
Composed
by Jehan Alain. Leduc.
Post-1900. Softcover. 16
pages. Alphonse Leduc
#AL19744. Published by
Alphonse Leduc
(HL.48180923).
UPC:
888680907976.
9.0x12.0x0.092
inches.
Composed by
Jehan Alain, Three Pieces
is a set of upper
intermediate / advanced
works for organ, with
pedal-use. The first
piece, ?Variations sur un
theme de Clement
Jannequin (Variations on
a Clement Jannequin's
Tune), should be
played?in the same way as
Couperin's Preludes:
freshly and softly. It
contains four distinctive
parts: Affetuoso,
Maggiore, Fuggato and
Grave. The second piece
is called ?Le jardin
suspendu (The hanging
garden) and features
three different parts
that can't be played
separately. The last
piece, Litanies, is quite
religious and consists of
the repetition of
lamentations. Its
introduction in vivo is
played only by the right
hand, then followed by
a?Lirico ma sempre vivo
part. These are followed
by switches between the
main tempo and some
vivacissimo parts,
sounding declamatory.
This third piece ends
really harmoniously.
Jehan Alain is a French
organist who became
famous with his Suite for
Organ. Student of Marcel
Dupre and Roger Ducasse
among others, he kept
composing all his life.
One of his most famous
international pieces is
Litanies.