Vierne, Louis
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Vierne ‹vi̯èrn›, Louis. – Musicista (Poitiers 1870 – Parigi 1937). Studiò al conservatorio di Parigi con C. Franck e Ch. M. Vidor. Organista nella chiesa di Notre-Dame dal 1900 e professore d’organo alla Schola Cantorum dal 1911, scrisse musiche orchestrali, vocali-orchestrali, corali, da camera e organistiche. Furono suoi allievi N. Boulanger e A. Schweitzer.
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Who was Louis Vierne?
The French composer, Louis Vierne (1870-1937), wrote six symphonies as large-scale concert works for pipe organ. Vierne was born with congenital cataracts, leaving him nearly blind. That did not stop his gift for music though and he was picking out melodies on the piano by the age of two. He studied with French composer-organists César Franck and Charles-Marie Widor. Vierne accepted the organist position at Notre-Dame in 1900 and remained in that post until his death in 1937. The highs and lows of his personal and professional life were expressed in his symphonies. Despite these hardships, he had a deep faith. Many of his vocal works were religious but not all of them. His 1,750th recital took place on June 2, 1937, at Notre-Dame. He was almost finished with the performance when he collapsed from a heart attack and died. The only part of the program that remained was for him to play improvisations based on themes submitted to him. He had read the first theme in Braille and had selected the stops when he suddenly fell off the bench. His wish had come true, that when he died, he wanted it to be at the cathedral’s great organ console.
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Louis Vierne op. 61. Ballade du désespéré. Poème lyrique pour chant et orchestre. Poésie de Henri Murger. Orchestration de Maurice Duruflé, d’après les indications de l’auteur
Material description : 1 partition (70 p.), 42 cm
Note : Note : Matériel en location chez Salabert
Auteur du texte : Henry Murger (1822-1861)
Orchestrateur : Maurice Duruflé (1902-1986)
Compositeur : Louis Vierne (1870-1937)
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