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.
for: Mixed choir (SAB), organ
Score
Item no.: 919752
aus: "Silhouettes d'enfants", op. 43 (Nr. 2)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 4023
aus: "Silhouettes d'enfants", op. 43 (Nr. 1)
for: Piano
Sheet music
Item no.: 3927
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1202822
aus "Triptyque pour grand Orgue", op. 58 (Nr. 3)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3313
aus "Triptyche pour grand Orgue", op. 58 (Nr. 2)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3195
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630954
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1337851
Mark Foster
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1656830
from Solemn Mass, Op. 16
for: Mixed choir (SATB); piano ad lib.
Choir score
Item no.: 1158205
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 818336
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201330
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767890
Au soir
for: Mixed choir (SSAATBB) a cappella
Score
Item no.: 617776
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 organs
Choir score
Item no.: 604540
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202582
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201154
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202225
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 1202821
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201163
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383195
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 490490
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1202523
Klassik
for: Mezzo-Soprano or Baritone and Piano
Score
Item no.: 921357
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 879749
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 864530
Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 885637
Sologesang Mit Instrumenten Und Orgel 41
for: Voice (high), organ
Item no.: 484831
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203250
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 606432
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202348
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 491146
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202610
for: Harp [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 1201666
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202550
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1126449
Vocalise
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 13
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1340866
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 1201164
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203210
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 940807
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1382917
for: Organ, Piano or Keyboard, Solo Instrument
Buch
Item no.: 910901
Geistliche Musik
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 156246
fur Orgel
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 989154
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201165
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201354
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383138
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 559538
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