César Franck
Harmonium Pieces (L'Organiste)

About César Franck's Harmonium Pieces (L'Organiste)

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.

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Preview TitleKey Year Level
Allegretto   Vol. 1 No. 39  in F Minor by Franck piano sheet music AAB Allegretto Vol. 1 No. 3918 F Minor - 5
Allegretto amabile   Vol. 1 No. 58  in A-flat Major by Franck piano sheet music AAC Allegretto amabile Vol. 1 No. 5827 A-flat Major - 4
Andantino quasi allegretto   Vol. 1 No. 29  in G Major by Franck piano sheet music AAD Andantino quasi allegretto Vol. 1 No. 2923 G Major - 4
Canon   Vol. 1 No. 9  in D-flat Major by Franck piano sheet music AAE Canon Vol. 1 No. 96 D-flat Major - 5
Canon   Vol. 1 No. 34  in E Major by Franck piano sheet music AAF Canon Vol. 1 No. 3413 E Major - 5
Christmas Carol from Anjou   Vol. 1 No. 52  in G Major by Franck piano sheet music AAG Christmas Carol from Anjou Vol. 1 No. 5223 G Major - 4
Lento   Vol. 1 No. 12  in C-sharp Minor by Franck piano sheet music AAH Lento Vol. 1 No. 125 C-sharp Minor - 4
Poco allegro   Vol. 1 No. 11  in C-sharp Minor by Franck piano sheet music AAI Poco allegro Vol. 1 No. 115 C-sharp Minor - 4
Poco allegro   Vol. 1 No. 47  in F-sharp Minor by Franck piano sheet music AAJ Poco allegro Vol. 1 No. 4720 F-sharp Minor - 5
Poco lento   Vol. 1 No. 46  in G-flat Major by Franck piano sheet music AAK Poco lento Vol. 1 No. 4621 G-flat Major - 3
Poco maestoso   Vol. 1 No. 57  in A-flat Major by Franck piano sheet music AAL Poco maestoso Vol. 1 No. 5727 A-flat Major - 4
Song from Béarn   Vol. 1 No. 44  in G Major by Franck piano sheet music AAM Song from Béarn Vol. 1 No. 4423 G Major - 4
Song from the Cruese   Vol. 1 No. 16  in D Minor by Franck piano sheet music AAN Song from the Cruese Vol. 1 No. 168 D Minor - 3
Allegretto moderato   Vol. 2 No. 9  in A Major by Franck piano sheet music AAO Allegretto moderato Vol. 2 No. 929 A Major - 5