Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870-1937) was one of the most important French organists and composers of the pre-war, late Romantic period. He is best-known for his Organ Symphonies, which are among the very best that are still performed. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover first-hand all his wonderful works today.
At the age of three, Louis Vierne and his family moved to Paris. Despite suffering with congenital cataracts from birth, it was clear Louis had an incredible talent for music, and with the help of an iridectomy at the age of six, he was able to start studying the piano. In 1880 he heard César Franck play the organ, and from that moment on, Louis’ fate was decided. He completed his studies in organ, and organ improvisation at the Paris Conservatoire in 1894, under the tutorage of Charles-Marie Widor. The high point of his organ career was his appointment as Head Organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris 1900, which he held until his death in 1937.
Louis Vierne is one of the leading exponents of the symphonic organ movement, which aims to replicate the sound of a whole symphony orchestra on the organ. The top instruments of the 19th century came from the workshop of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Charles-Maria Widor and Charles Tournemire were also prominent representatives of the symphonic organ movement. Vierne composed six organ symphonies, and he also devoted himself to piano works, chamber music, vocal works and the symphony.
Despite the iridectomy, Louis’ sight was strongly impaired all his life, and he used extra-large sheet music and a ’large pencil’ when he composed, as his friend Marcel Dupré describes it. Having learnt in early years, as his sight began to deteriorate, he began relying more and more on the braille system. In 1908, due to an onset of glaucoma, he lost his sight completely.
During his 1750th organ concert in Notre Dame Cathedral on June 2, 1937, Louis Vierne suffered a heart attack. He managed to finish the piece, but collapsed during the improvisation that followed. He died playing one single note on his beloved organ, after falling on one of the pedals.
Louis Vierne. Sämtliche Orgelwerke 7,4 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 466838
from Solemn Mass, Op. 16
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1158205
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 585635
5 Pieces for Organ + 1 or 2 Instrument 2
for: 1–2 melodic instruments (C), piano [organ]
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 603477
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 818336
Sämtliche Orgelwerke 7/1
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 466835
Complete Organ Works, Volume I
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 466829
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 291424
for: Orgel, Blechbläser
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1202239
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201330
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201166
From Troisieme Suite
for: Organ
Solostimme
Item no.: 1626499
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 395615
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 395580
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767924
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 174283
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 559538
for: Organ
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 766427
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 organs
Score
Item no.: 580411
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202550
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202582
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 269578
pour orgue
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 283826
édition bon(n)orgue 86
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1017395
for: Organ or Harmonium
Score
Item no.: 283819
for: Organ, Piano or Keyboard, Solo Instrument
Buch
Item no.: 910901
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203250
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 156246
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488268
Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 691955
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 940807
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 660571
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203210
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 606432
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488266
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 603483
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 395579
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 159622
Complete Piano Works, Volume I
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 466843
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202348
Œuvres complètes pour orgue
for: Organ
13 music scores (in slipcase)
Item no.: 469326
Deuxième Suite op. 53
Sämtliche Orgelwerke 8
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 492553
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767890
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 490490
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 864530
Klassik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Piano reduction
Item no.: 101215
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 851554
pour piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 851272
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