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Mendelssohn had included the organ in his second symphony, "Lobgesang", but that work is a symphonic cantata, while Vincent d'Indy's Symphonie sur un chant montagnard français, which includes piano concertante, was only begun after the premiere of the Organ symphony. This instrumentation "had not previously factored in an established symphony".
Saint-Saëns c. 1880 Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns (UK: / ˈ s æ̃ s ɒ̃ (s)/, US: / s æ̃ ˈ s ɒ̃ (s)/ ; French: [ʃaʁl kamij sɛ̃sɑ̃(s)] ⓘ ; [n 1] 9 October 1835 – 16 December 1921) was a French composer, organist, conductor and pianist of the Romantic era. His best-known works include Introduction and Rondo Capriccioso (1863), the Second Piano Concerto (1868), the First Cello ...
The term organ symphony is also used occasionally to refer to orchestral symphonies with a prominent solo role for an organ (as distinct from an organ concerto). The best known examples of such pieces are Camille Saint-Saëns's Symphony No. 3 and the Symphony for Organ and Orchestra by Aaron Copland, though strictly speaking such pieces are ...
An organ concerto is a type of classical music composition in which a pipe organ soloist is accompanied by an orchestra, although some works exist with the name "concerto" which are for organ alone.
for 2 sopranos, alto and organ with chorus ad libitum: Vocal: sacred — c. 1863: Ave verum en si mineur: Ave verum in B minor: for soprano, alto and organ: Vocal: sacred — 1865: Ave Maria en la majeur: Ave Maria in A major: for soprano or tenor and organ: Vocal: sacred — 1865: Inviolata en ré majeur: Inviolata in D major: for alto and ...
The Oratorio de Noël, Op. 12, by Camille Saint-Saëns, also known as his Christmas Oratorio, is a cantata-like work scored for soloists, chorus, organ, strings and harp.. While an organist at La Madeleine, Saint-Saëns wrote the Christmas oratorio in less than a fortnight, completing it ten days before its premiere on Christmas 1858
A particularly important form of organ composition in the Romantic era was the organ symphony, first seen in César Franck's Grand pièce symphonique and refined in the ten symphonies of Widor and the six of Louis Vierne. The organ symphony, comprising several movements, paralleled symphonies written for the orchestra.
The first, "cyprès" ("cypress"), is a mournful dirge adagio for organ solo, recalling a mournful cypress. Once the orchestra makes its entrance, there is an uplifting and sprightly interplay between the organ and orchestra, reminiscent of a militaristic march (hence the "lauriers", or "laurels") that makes liberal use of brass and a large ...