Table of contents:
Preface
Louis Vierne – Biographical Overview
Louis Vierne as Organ Composer:
• The early Organ Works
• The Organ Masses
• The late Organ Works
Notation and Interpretation
Facsimiles:
• Messe basse op. 30, Inotroit (autograph, measures 1-18)
• Messe basse op. 30, Elévation (autograph, measures 1-20)
• Messe basse op. 30, Sortie (autograph, measures 1-11)
• Prélude funèbre (anonymous copy, measures 31-39)
• Concert program, 2 June 1937
Messe basse op. 30 for Organ or Harmonium (Summer 1912), 1913:
• No. 1: Entrée
• No. 2: Introit
• No. 3: Offertoire
• No. 4: Elévation
• No. 5: Communion
• No. 6: Sortie
Individual Works:
• Verset fugué, without opus number, published 1894
• Allegretto [op. 1], published 1894
• Prélude funèbre [op. 4], published 1896
• Communion [op. 8] for Organ or Harmonium, published 1894
• Communion op. 8 for Organ mit obbligato Pedal, new engraving [1900]
• Prélude, without opus number, published 1914
Triptyque op. 58 for Organ, published 1936:
• No. 1: Matines [Early matins] (Summer 1929)
• No. 2: Communion (April 1930)
• No. 3: Stèle pour un enfant défunt [Gravestone for a deceased child] (Summer 1931)
Messe basse pour les défunts op. 62 for Organ or Harmonium (Winter 1934/35), 1936:
• No. 1: Prélude
• No. 2: Introit
• No. 3: Offertoire
• No. 4: Elévation
• No. 5: Communion
• No. 6: Défilé
Critical Report:
• I. Abbrevations
• II. Editorial Policies
• III. Sources
• IV. Detailed References
Bibliography