Complete Organ Works Volume II: Douze Pièces pour Orgue ou Piano-Pédalier (1886)

Dubois Complete Organ Works Volume II: Douze Pièces pour Orgue ou Piano-Pédalier (1886)

Théodore Dubois (1837–1924) was a conductor, organist, teacher, and one of the leading Parisian composers of the 19th century.  His contemporaries frequently compared him to Delibes, Widor and Lalo.  Yet he rarely turned to the musical language of his age, writing instead in a vein that reveals influences from Mendelssohn, Weber, Gounod, and the dramatic style of Berlioz.  Our edition is the first to present his organ music in an Urtext performance edition.

Volume II of this “Urtext” edition of Dubois’s organ music – the first edition of its kind – contains pieces for three-manual organ dating from his tenure as organist at the Church of La Madeleine in Paris.  Straightforward in form, these works, all composed between 1877 and 1896, reflect his concern to produce music equally at home in the church and concert hall.  Besides a detailed critical commentary in German, English, and French, the volume also contains a preface, facsimiles, and a catalogue of sources.

- First Urtext edition of Dubois’ organ music

- Urtext edition at the forefront of musical research

- Music for church and concert hall

- Detailed preface, critical report (German, English, French) and facsimiles