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César Franck (1822-1890) was born in Liège, in the French-speaking region of Belgium. He went to France to study piano at the Paris Conservatoire, but eventually gave up a career as a pianist in favour of composing. This led to a strained relation with his father, who had always wanted Franck to become a famous piano virtuoso.Franck remained in Paris for the rest of his life, playing an important role in the city’s musical life, not least as organist in the church Ste. Clotilde, and as a respected teacher with a devoted circle of followers, including d’Indy, Chausson, Vierne and Duparc.
His strong religious convictions, together with a gentle character, led his pupil to nickname him Pater Seraphicus. His organ music is an essential part of that instrument’s repertoire, but he also wrote a great deal of piano, chamber, orchestral and vocal music. His wider fame rests on a few compositions written in his later years, especially the Violin Sonata (1886) and the Symphony (1888), and the immensely popular sacred song Panis Angelicus (1972), originally scored for tenor, organ, harp, cello and double bass.
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Total pieces by Franck: 20
| Title | Key | Published | Type | Level |
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| Ave Maris Stella | D Minor | - | Transcription | 4 |
| Dolly's Complaint | G Major | 1865 | Piece | 2 |
| Piano Quintet | F Minor | - | Chamber music | 8+ |
| Prelude, Aria & Final | E Major | 1888 | Piece | 8+ |
| Prelude, Choral & Fugue | B Minor | 1884 | Piece | 8+ |
| Slow Dance | F Minor | 1885 | Piece | 4 |
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Harmonium Pieces L’Organiste volume 1 is an unfinished collection of 59 harmonium pieces. Franck had received an order from the Parisian publisher Enoch to write an album for the harmonium containing pieces in all major and minor keys. Unfortunately Franck passed away before the album was finished. L’Organiste volume 2 is a posthumously published collection of 30 pieces, some for organ and some for harmonium. The present collection of 14 of the most characteristic harmonium pieces from L’Organiste is based on the selection by W. Mohr for Edition Peters’ well known publication of short keyboard pieces by Franck. They are beautiful and delicate little works. Despite their small format, most of them are more tricky than they sound like and can effectively be used for teaching purposes due to their great challenges in legato technique. | ||||
| Allegretto moderato | A Major | - | Piece | 5 |
| Canon no 9 | D-flat Major | - | Piece | 5 |
| Poco allegro no 11 | C-sharp Minor | - | Piece | 4 |
| Lento no 12 | C-sharp Minor | - | Piece | 4 |
| Song from the Cruese no 16 | D Minor | - | Piece | 3 |
| Andantino quasi allegretto no 29 | G Major | - | Piece | 4 |
| Canon no 34 | E Major | - | Piece | 5 |
| Allegretto no 39 | F Minor | - | Piece | 5 |
| Song from Béarn no 44 | G Major | - | Piece | 4 |
| Poco lento no 46 | G-flat Major | - | Piece | 3 |
| Poco allegro no 47 | F-sharp Minor | - | Piece | 5 |
| Christmas Carol from Anjou no 52 | G Major | - | Piece | 4 |
| Poco maestoso no 57 | A-flat Major | - | Piece | 4 |
| Allegretto amabile no 58 | A-flat Major | - | Piece | 4 |
