Organ Works Volume IV: Arrangements for Organ and Harmonium
Boellmann, Leon
Boellmann Organ Works Volume IV: Arrangements for Organ and Harmonium
Léon Boëllmann (1862–1897) studied at the École Niedermeyer and was Titular organist at Saint-Vincent-de-Paul in Paris.
His compositions follow in the tradition of Saint-Saëns, Franck, Fauré and Gigout, reflecting the elegant and extravagant style of the belle époque.
Volume IV of this practical Urtext edition contains those of Boëllmann’s works that were transcribed for organ and harmonium by his contemporaries, as well as works by composers of the time which were arranged by Boëllmann. The edition includes a detailed foreword (Fr/Eng/Ger) with advice on performance practice and facsimile pages of the manuscript, as well as a critical commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger).
- First Urtext edition of the complete works of Léon Boëllmann in 7 volumes
- Reflects current scholarship; draws on newly discovered sources
- Detailed foreword and critical commentary (Fr/Eng/Ger)
- Catalogue of available sources as well as facsimile pages of the manuscript included
Contents
- Arranger: Gigout, Eugène, Fantaisie dialogueé pour orgue et orchestre (Paris 1897) Op.35, Transcription for organ, Paris 1900 [Boëllmann, Léon]
- Arranger: Choisnel, Gaston, Ronde française pour piano (Paris 1896) Op.37, Transcription for organ, Paris 1911 [Boëllmann, Léon]
- Arranger: Gigout, Eugène, Prière à Notre-Dame aus der Suite gothique pour Grand Orgue (Paris 1895) Op.25, Transcription for harmonium, Paris 1900 [Boëllmann, Léon]
- II. Works of other contemporary composers in arrangements by Léon Boëllmann: Saint-Saëns, Camille, Marche du Synode from the opera Henry VIII Transcription for organ, Paris [1883] [Boëllmann, Léon]
- Indy, Vincent d', Sarabande from the Suite en ré dans le style ancien Op.24, Transcription for organ [c. 1894], First edition [Boëllmann, Léon]
