Soli STB, Coro STB, Org, Vc, Cb, Arpa SKU: CA.4064659 Organ version (C...(+)
Soli STB, Coro STB, Org,
Vc, Cb, Arpa
SKU:
CA.4064659
Organ
version (Coro STB).
Composed by Cesar Auguste
Franck. Set of Orchestra
Parts. Composed 1860. FWV
12. Duration 46 minutes.
Carus Verlag #4064650.
Published by Carus Verlag
(CA.4064659).
ISBN
9790007293604. Key: A
major. Latin.
Cesar
Franck's great orchestral
Mass in A major of 1861
is one of the works which
the composer wrote for
liturgical use at St.
Clotilde in Paris, the
church where he played
for many years as a
famous organist and organ
improviser. Probably
because of concerns on
the part of his
publisher, a few years
after Franck composed his
orchestral Mass he
reworked it for much
smaller forces: instead
of orchestra, just organ,
harp, cello, and double
bass are required. It was
this version of the work
was first published in
1872 in Paris.
As
well as the orchestral
version (40.646/00),
Carus-Verlag also
publishes this much
reduced version - both in
the original, now rather
unusual, choral scoring
for soprano, tenor, and
bass (40.646/50), and in
a four-part scoring
adapted for modern-day
choirs
(40.646/60).
Score and
parts available
separately - see item
CA.4064600.