Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue
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Maîtres contemporains de l'orgue is an eight-volume collection edited by father Jos. Joubert published by Editions Maurice Senart
; the first three volumes appeared in 1912. The first six volumes are "for organ or harmonium", so the pieces in them do not include a mandatory pedal part.
just as well as on the most elaborate instrument.
The Anthology is thus a veritable encyclopædia of modern writing for the organ, gaining an exceptional interest from offering a wide range of styles and from its international character.
I am delighted to take this occasion of publicly acknowledging the gratitude I owe to the many and illustrious composers who, in response to my modest request for help, chose to write pieces specially for this Collection. It is this range of remarkable compositions that makes the Anthology worthy of a special place in the library of any organist.
It is with particular pleasure that I can offer my gratitude and respect to mm. Ch.-M. Widor, F. de la Tombelle and Alphonse Mailly, who have graciously allowed me to dedicate a volume to each of them. Patronage at this level seems to me already a guarantee of success, and also the most authoritative possible confirmation of the value of the pieces included in the Anthology.
While I was preparing this publication, m. Henry Eymieu was unstintingly generous with advice born of experience and with kindly encouragement; he also contributed to the biographical notes, giving them a personal and critical touch I much appreciate. I hope he may be pleased to accept my warmest thanks for his contribution!
Though most of the composers represented in the Anthology are already well-known, it seemed to me useful to provide a few lines of biographical and bibliographical information for each of them. If these lines are unavoidably brief and incomplete, the pieces which these Modern Masters of the Organ have contributed will speak for their composers.
Solemnity of liturgy and dignified church music! These matters are rightly, and all the more so since the publication of the motu proprio
from His Holiness Pius X, of great concern to all who have received the noble task of praising the name of the Lord and of helping others do so. May this work I have undertaken for the sake of Religion and of Art add yet more to the splendour and beauty of our liturgical celebrations!
Such is the desire of the Author: to see this desire realised would be the best possible reward for my modest labours!
l'abbé Jos. Joubert
Maurice Senart
Éditions Maurice Senart was an important French music publisher founded by Maurice Senart operating in Paris from 1908 to 1941....
; the first three volumes appeared in 1912. The first six volumes are "for organ or harmonium", so the pieces in them do not include a mandatory pedal part.
Preface
L'Anthologie des Maîtres Contemporains de l'Orgue offers church musicians and all lovers of good music a careful selection of pieces that have not so far been published elsewhere. These pieces represent all styles and schools of composition, and have been drawn from all countries. They are in general not too demanding, and can be performed on a standard harmoniumHarmonium
A harmonium is a free-standing keyboard instrument similar to a reed organ. Sound is produced by air being blown through sets of free reeds, resulting in a sound similar to that of an accordion...
just as well as on the most elaborate instrument.
The Anthology is thus a veritable encyclopædia of modern writing for the organ, gaining an exceptional interest from offering a wide range of styles and from its international character.
I am delighted to take this occasion of publicly acknowledging the gratitude I owe to the many and illustrious composers who, in response to my modest request for help, chose to write pieces specially for this Collection. It is this range of remarkable compositions that makes the Anthology worthy of a special place in the library of any organist.
It is with particular pleasure that I can offer my gratitude and respect to mm. Ch.-M. Widor, F. de la Tombelle and Alphonse Mailly, who have graciously allowed me to dedicate a volume to each of them. Patronage at this level seems to me already a guarantee of success, and also the most authoritative possible confirmation of the value of the pieces included in the Anthology.
While I was preparing this publication, m. Henry Eymieu was unstintingly generous with advice born of experience and with kindly encouragement; he also contributed to the biographical notes, giving them a personal and critical touch I much appreciate. I hope he may be pleased to accept my warmest thanks for his contribution!
Though most of the composers represented in the Anthology are already well-known, it seemed to me useful to provide a few lines of biographical and bibliographical information for each of them. If these lines are unavoidably brief and incomplete, the pieces which these Modern Masters of the Organ have contributed will speak for their composers.
Solemnity of liturgy and dignified church music! These matters are rightly, and all the more so since the publication of the motu proprio
Motu proprio
A motu proprio is a document issued by the Pope on his own initiative and personally signed by him....
from His Holiness Pius X, of great concern to all who have received the noble task of praising the name of the Lord and of helping others do so. May this work I have undertaken for the sake of Religion and of Art add yet more to the splendour and beauty of our liturgical celebrations!
Such is the desire of the Author: to see this desire realised would be the best possible reward for my modest labours!
l'abbé Jos. Joubert
- Preface to Volume I, translation by Niels Grundtvig Nielsen
composers in École française, volume I
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- Andlauer, Louis
- Barié, Augustin
- Bazelaire, Paul
- Bentz, Jules
- Blin, René
- Bonnal, Ermend J
- Boucher, Roger
- Boulanger, NadiaNadia BoulangerNadia Boulanger was a French composer, conductor and teacher who taught many composers and performers of the 20th century.From a musical family, she achieved early honours as a student at the Paris Conservatoire, but believing that her talent as a composer was inferior to that of her younger...
- Boulnois, Joseph
- Canton, Léon
- Cellier, Alex.Alexandre CellierAlexandre Eugène Cellier was a French organist and composer.Cellier studied organ with Alexandre Guilmant until 1908. In 1908 he won the first prize for organ at the Conservatoire de Paris. Before that he also studied with Henri Dallier and Charles-Marie Widor...
- Colinet, Arthur
- Collin, Charles
- Collin, Charles Augustin
- Combes, Paul
- Courtonne, Marcel
- Dallier, Henri
- Darros, Noël
- Debat-Ponson, G
- Decq, A
- Delune, Louis
- Delvincourt, Claude
- Dodement, A
- Doney, Camille
- Dumas, Louis
- Dupré, MarcelMarcel DupréMarcel Dupré , was a French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue.-Biography:Marcel Dupré was born in Rouen . Born into a musical family, he was a child prodigy. His father Albert Dupré was organist in Rouen and a friend of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll, who built an organ in the family house when...
- Eymieu, Henry
- Fauchey, Paul
- Fleuret, Daniel
- Ganaye, Jean-Baptiste
- Garbet, Gabriel
- Gastoué, Amédée
- George, Max
- Gigout, EugèneEugène GigoutEugène Gigout was a French organist and a composer of European late-romantic music for organ.-Biography:Gigout was born in Nancy, and died in Paris....
- Gouard, Henri
- Grigi, C. Raoul
- Grosjean, Ernest
- Guilmant, Alexandre
- Guiraud, Georges
- Huré, Jean
- Indy, Vincent d'Vincent d'IndyVincent d'Indy was a French composer and teacher.-Life:Paul Marie Théodore Vincent d'Indy was born in Paris into an aristocratic family of royalist and Catholic persuasion. He had piano lessons from an early age from his paternal grandmother, who passed him on to Antoine François Marmontel and...
- Jacob, Georges
- Jacquemin, Louis
- Jemain, Joseph
- Kunc, Aloys
- Lacroix, Eugène
- Landais, Eugène
composers in École française, volume II
- Lefebvre, CharlesCharles-Édouard LefebvreCharles-Édouard Lefebvre was a French composer.He studied with Charles Gounod and Ambroise Thomas. In 1870, he was awarded the Prix de Rome together with Henri Maréchal for Le Jugement de Dieu. He was the son of painter Charles Lefebvre...
- Le Guennant, Aug.
- Letocart, Henri
- Libert, Henri
- Marichelle, A
- Marty, Ad.
- Massenet, J
- Messerer, H
- Mulet, H
- Nibelle, H
- Paraire, S
- Perruchot, L
- Pessard, E
- Philip, Ach.
- Pierné, P
- Pineau, Ch.
- Planchet, D. Ch.
- Pollet, Ch. M.
- Potiron, H
- Prestat, M
- Quef, Ch.
- Raffat de Bailhac, A
- Ranse, M. de
- Ratez, E
- Raugel, P
- Renard, O
- Renaud, Al.
- Renoux, André
- Reuchsel, Amédée
- Reuchsel, Léon
- Reuchsel, Maurice
- Rouher, Marcel
- Rozan, Blanche
- Saint-Réquier, Léon
- Schmitt, Alphonse
- Schmitt, Florent
- Selva, B
- Sérieyx, Aug.
- Vadon, Jean
- Vallombrosa, A. de
- Vidal, Paul
- Vierne, Louis
- Vierne, René
- Vivet, Armand
- Walter, Désiré