Research Catalog

Title

Louis Vierne : organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral / Rollin Smith.

Author

Smith, Rollin.

Publication

Hillsdale, N.Y. : Pendragon Press, [1999], ©1999.

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Details

Additional Authors

Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937.

Description

xxii, 805 pages : illustrations, map, music; 24 cm.

Series Statement

The complete organ ; no. 3

Uniform Title

Complete organ ; no. 3.

Subjects

• Composers > France > Biography
• Vierne, Louis, 1870-1937
• Organists > France > Biography

Note

• "Louis Vierne's Mes souvenirs, annotated": p. 6-319.

Bibliography (note)

• "Thematic catalogue of Vierne's organ music": p. 595-642.
• Includes bibliographical references (p. 763-771) and index.

Contents

• Foreword / Allen Hobbs -- Pt. I. Louis Vierne's Mes Souvenirs Annotated. I. My Student Days, 1881-1890. II. The Conservatoire: Cesar Franck's Class. III. Widor's Class. IV. Guilmant's Class - Our Pupils. V. Notre-Dame de Paris. VI. My Travels in Europe -- Pt. II. Vierne and the Organ. VII. Gigout's Appointment as Professor of Organ. VIII. Louis Vierne and Marcel Dupre. IX. The Organ of Notre-Dame. X. Vierne on Organ Design. XI. The Vierne Fund. XII. Vierne in America / William Hays. XIII. Vierne's Death and Succession. XIV. Vierne Remembered. XV. Vierne's Recordings. XVI. The Organ Works. XVII. Playing the Organ Works of Louis Vierne -- Pt. III. Thematic Catalogue of Vierne's Organ Works -- App. A. Bio-Chronology of Louis Vierne -- App. B. Four Essays by Louis Vierne -- App. C. Organists of Paris Churches 1895-1937 -- App. D. Funeral Services at Notre-Dame -- App. E. Textual Corrections for the Six Symphonies --
• App. F. Textual Corrections for the 24 Pieces de Fantaisie / Oliver Latry -- App. G. Louis Vierne's Improvisation Course / Jean Bouvard -- App. H. Original Improvisation themes / Louis Vierne -- App. I. Music Dedicated to Louis Vierne.

ISBN

1576470040

LCCN

99042128

OCLC

ocm42291310

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries