List of compositions by Louis Vierne
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Below is a sortable list of compositions by Louis Vierne
. The works are categorized by genre, opus number
, date of composition and titles.
Louis Vierne
Louis Victor Jules Vierne was a French organist and composer.-Life:Louis Vierne was born in Poitiers, Vienne, nearly blind due to congenital cataracts, but at an early age was discovered to have an unusual gift for music. Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937) was a French...
. The works are categorized by genre, opus number
Opus number
An Opus number , pl. opera and opuses, abbreviated, sing. Op. and pl. Opp. refers to a number generally assigned by composers to an individual composition or set of compositions on publication, to help identify their works...
, date of composition and titles.
| Genre | Opus | Date | French title (original title) | English title | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Orchestra | 24 | 1907–1908 | Sinfonie en la mineur | Symphony in A minor | |
| Concertante | 50 | 1925–1926 | Poème | Poème | for piano and orchestra |
| Concertante | 52 | 1926 | Ballade | Ballade | for violin and orchestra |
| Concertante | – | 1926 | Pièce symphonique | Symphonic Piece | for organ and orchestra; adapted from Organ Symphonies Nos. 1–3 |
| Chamber music | 5 | 1894–1895 | Deux pièces
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2 Pieces
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for viola or cello and piano |
| Chamber music | 6 | 1894? | Largo et Canzonetta | Largo and Canzonetta | for oboe and piano |
| Chamber music | 12 | c.1894 | Quatour à cordes en ré mineur | String Quartet in D minor | for 2 violins, viola and cello |
| Chamber music | 23 | 1905–1906 | Sonate en sol mineur | Sonata in G minor | for violin and piano |
| Chamber music | 25 | 1909 | Rhapsodie en sol bémol majeur | Rhapsody in G major | for harp |
| Chamber music | 27 | 1910 | Sonate en si mineur | Sonata in B minor | for cello and piano |
| Chamber music | 42 | 1917–1918 | Quintette en ut mineur pour piano et cordes | Piano Quintet in C minor | for 2 violins, viola, cello and piano |
| Chamber music | 46 | 1921 | Marche triomphale pour le centenaire de Napoléon Ier | Triumphal March for the Centennary of Napoleon I | for 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, timpani and organ |
| Chamber music | 56 | 1928 | Soirs étrangers
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Evenings Abroad
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for cello and piano |
| Organ | 1 | 1894 | Allegretto | Allegretto in B minor | |
| Organ | – | 1894 | Verset fugué sur "In exitu Israel" | Verset fugué sur "In exitu Israel" | |
| Organ | 4 | 1896 | Prélude funèbre | Prélude funèbre in C minor | |
| Organ | 8 | 1899 | Communion | Communion | |
| Organ | 14 | 1898–1899 | Première symphonie pour grand orgue | Organ Symphony No. 1 in D minor | |
| Organ | 20 | 1902–1903 | Deuxième symphonie pour grand orgue | Organ Symphony No. 2 in E minor | |
| Organ | 28 | 1911 | Troisième symphonie pour grand orgue | Organ Symphony No. 3 in F minor | |
| Organ | 30 | 1912 | Messe basse
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Low Mass | for organ or harmonium Harmonium 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... |
| Organ | 31 | 1913–1914 | 24 Pièces en style libre
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24 Pieces in Free Style | for organ or harmonium Harmonium 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... |
| Organ | 32 | 1914 | Quatrième symphonie pour grand orgue | Organ Symphony No. 4 in G minor | |
| Organ | – | 1914 | Prélude en fa dièse mineur | Prélude in F minor | |
| Organ | 47 | 1923–1924 | Cinqième symphonie pour grand orgue | Organ Symphony No. 5 in A minor | |
| Organ | 51 | 1926 | 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Première Suite
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24 Fantasy Pieces: Suite No. 1 | |
| Organ | 53 | 1926 | 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Deuxième Suite
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24 Fantasy Pieces: Suite No. 2 | |
| Organ | 54 | 1927 | 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Troisième Suite
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24 Fantasy Pieces: Suite No. 3 | |
| Organ | 55 | 1927 | 24 Pièces de fantaisie: Quatrième Suite
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24 Fantasy Pieces: Suite No. 4 | |
| Organ | – | 1928 | Trois improvisations
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3 Improvisations | live performance by Vierne recorded at Notre Dame de Paris Notre Dame de Paris Notre Dame de Paris , also known as Notre Dame Cathedral, is a Gothic, Roman Catholic cathedral on the eastern half of the Île de la Cité in the fourth arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the cathedral of the Catholic Archdiocese of Paris: that is, it is the church that contains the cathedra of... Cathedral in November 1928; transcribed by Maurice Duruflé Maurice Duruflé Maurice Duruflé was a French composer, organist, and pedagogue.Duruflé was born in Louviers, Eure. In 1912, he became chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School, where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling... (1954) from the recording |
| Organ | 58 | 1929–1931 | Triptyque
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Triptyque | |
| Organ | 59 | 1930 | Sixième symphonie pour grand orgue | Organ Symphony No. 6 in B minor | |
| Organ | 62 | 1934 | Messe basse pour les défunts
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Low Mass of the Dead | for organ or harmonium Harmonium 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... |
| Piano | 7 | 1895 | Deux pièces
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2 Pieces
|
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| Piano | 9 | Feuillets d'album
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Album Leaves | manuscript lost | |
| Piano | 17 | 1899 | Suite bourguignonne
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Burgundian Suite | |
| Piano | 34 | 1915–1916 | Trois nocturnes
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3 Nocturnes | |
| Piano | 36 | 1914–1915 | Douze préludes
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12 Preludes | |
| Piano | 39 | 1916 | Poème des cloches funèbres
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Poem of the Funeral Bells | 1. manuscript lost |
| Piano | 43 | 1916 | Silhouettes d'enfants
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Children's Silhouettes | |
| Piano | 44 | 1918 | Solitude
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Loneliness | |
| Piano | 49 | 1922 | Ainsi parlait Zarathoustra, Poème | Thus Spake Zarathustra | Poem after Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Nietzsche Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche was a 19th-century German philosopher, poet, composer and classical philologist... ; incomplete |
| Choral | 16 | 1899 | Messe solennelle en ut dièse mineur | High Mass in C minor | for 4 voices and two organs |
| Choral | 22 | 1903–1905 | Praxinoë, Légende lyrique | Praxinoë | Légende lyrique for soloists, choir and orchestra; libretto by Ambroise Colin |
| Vocal | 2 | 1891 | Tantum ergo | Tantum ergo | for 1 voice or 4 voices |
| Vocal | 3 | c.1890 | Ave Maria | Ave Maria | for soprano or tenor |
| Vocal | 10 | 1895 | 2 Mélodies
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2 Songs | for voice and piano; manuscript lost 1. words by P. Gobillard 2. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... |
| Vocal | 11 | 1896 | 3 Mélodies
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3 Songs | for voice and piano 1. words by Théophile Gautier Théophile Gautier Pierre Jules Théophile Gautier was a French poet, dramatist, novelist, journalist, art critic and literary critic.... 2. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... 3. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... |
| Vocal | 13 | 1899 | 3 Mélodies
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3 Songs | for voice and piano 1. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... 2. words by Carly Timun 3. words by Victor Hugo Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.... |
| Vocal | 18 | 1897 | 3 Mélodies
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3 Songs | for voice and piano 1. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... 2. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... 3. words by Leconte de Lisle |
| Vocal | 19 | 1898 | Dors, chère Prunelle | Sleep, Dear Prunelle | for voice and piano; words by Catulle Mendès Catulle Mendès Catulle Mendès was a French poet and man of letters.Of Portuguese Jewish extraction, he was born in Bordeaux. He early established himself in Paris and promptly attained notoriety by the publication in the Revue fantaisiste of his Roman d'une nuit, for which he was condemned to a month's... |
| Vocal | 21 | manuscript lost; possibly 3 Motets or 3 Mélodies | |||
| Vocal | 26 | 1903 | 3 Mélodies
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3 Songs | for voice and piano 1. words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... 2. words by Leconte de Lisle 3. words by Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Auguste Villiers de l'Isle-Adam Jean-Marie-Mathias-Philippe-Auguste, comte de Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was a French symbolist writer.-Life:Villiers de l'Isle-Adam was born in Saint-Brieuc, Brittany, to a distinguished aristocratic family... |
| Vocal | 29 | 1912 | Stances d'amour et de rêve
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Stanzas of Love and Dreams | for voice and piano; words by Sully Prudhomme Sully Prudhomme René François Armand Prudhomme was a French poet and essayist, winner of the first Nobel Prize in Literature, in 1901.... |
| Vocal | 33 | 1914 | Psyché | Psyché | Symphonic Poem for soprano and orchestra (or piano); words by Victor Hugo Victor Hugo Victor-Marie Hugo was a Frenchpoet, playwright, novelist, essayist, visual artist, statesman, human rights activist and exponent of the Romantic movement in France.... |
| Vocal | 35 | 1912 | Les djinns | Les djinns | Symphonic Poem for soprano and orchestra |
| Vocal | 37 | 1916 | Éros | Éros | Symphonic Poem for soprano and orchestra; words by Comtesse de Noailles |
| Vocal | 38 | 1916 | Spleens et détresses
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Spleen and Distress | for soprano and piano or orchestra; words by Paul Verlaine Paul Verlaine Paul-Marie Verlaine was a French poet associated with the Symbolist movement. He is considered one of the greatest representatives of the fin de siècle in international and French poetry.-Early life:... |
| Vocal | 40 | 1907 | Romance | Romance | Vocalise Vocalise A vocalise is a vocal exercise without words, which is sung on one or more vowel sounds.-In classical music:Vocalise dates back to the mid-18th century... for voice and piano |
| Vocal | 41 | 1917 | Dal vertice | Dal vertice | Ode lyrique for tenor and orchestra (or piano); words by Gabriele d'Annunzio Gabriele D'Annunzio Gabriele D'Annunzio or d'Annunzio was an Italian poet, journalist, novelist, and dramatist... |
| Vocal | 45 | 1919 | Cinq poèmes de Baudelaire
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5 Poems of Baudelaire
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for soprano and piano; words by Charles Baudelaire Charles Baudelaire Charles Baudelaire was a French poet who produced notable work as an essayist, art critic, and pioneering translator of Edgar Allan Poe. His most famous work, Les Fleurs du mal expresses the changing nature of beauty in modern, industrializing Paris during the nineteenth century... |
| Vocal | 48 | 1924 | Poème de l'amour I. Floréal
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Love Poem | 15 Songs for voice and piano; words by Jean Richepin Jean Richepin Jean Richepin , French poet, novelist and dramatist, the son of an army doctor, was born at Médéa, French Algeria.At school and at the École Normale Supérieure he gave evidence of brilliant, if somewhat undisciplined, powers, for which he found physical vent in different directions—first as a... |
| Vocal | 57 | 1930–1931 | Les Angélus
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Les Angélus | for voice and organ (or orchestra) |
| Vocal | 60 | 1930 | Quatre poèmes grecs
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4 Greek Poems
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for soprano and harp or piano; words by Comtesse de Noailles |
| Vocal | 61 | 1931 | La ballade du désespéré | The Ballad of Despair | Poème lyrique for tenor and orchestra (or piano) |
| Vocal | – | Les roses blanches de la lune | The White Roses of the Moon | for voice and piano; words by Jean Richepin Jean Richepin Jean Richepin , French poet, novelist and dramatist, the son of an army doctor, was born at Médéa, French Algeria.At school and at the École Normale Supérieure he gave evidence of brilliant, if somewhat undisciplined, powers, for which he found physical vent in different directions—first as a... |