![]() ![]() ![]() Percussion Timpani (3) Triangle Cymbals Tambourine Bass drum Woodwinds 3 Flutes 2 Oboes 1 Cor anglais 2 Clarinets in A and B-flat 1 Bass clarinet in B-flat 3 Bassoonsīrass 4 Horns 3 Trumpets 3 Trombones 1 Tuba The work is scored for the following instruments: Premiere Orchestral version Organ version Instrumentation The organ version continues to be more popular than the orchestral original. It was published in 1934, with the actual orchestral version following in 1948. Messiaen had previously written two symphonic meditations (completely on his own accord: they were not commissioned) and was also working on his third, Hymne au Saint Sacrement.Īccording to a rumour, due to a dispute between Messiaen and the Alphonse Leduc company, Messiaen offered to arrange the work for organ mostly to appease them and to expand profits from the highly-demanding global organ scene. He was appointed as titular organist of La Sainte-Trinité following the death of Charles Quef in 1931 and was a former pupil of Marcel Dupré, Charles-Marie Widor, and Paul Dukas. He completed the work in Neuchâtel during July of that year and began orchestrating it in July of the following year in Monaco.Īt the time of writing, Messiaen had been teaching at the Schola Cantorum de Paris and had already published a handful of pieces, however, he was mostly known as an organist. The work's earliest sketches (in short-score format) are described as dating from May of 1932 and were written in at 13 villa Danube in Paris, where Messiaen lived. The second movement's main theme was originally the theme of a piece for violin and piano called Fantaisie, which was posthumously published.īoth editions were published by Éditions Alphonse Leduc. A complete performance takes around thirty minutes.
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