ALAIN Jehan (1911-1940).
MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autograph signed, "Jehan Alain" Suite pour orgue, [1935]; a sewn booklet in fol. of 7 bifeuillets
, including 2 titles and 24 pages. The

first great organ work in which Jehan Alain

made a name

for himself

.


In three parts: Introduction and Variations, Scherzo and Choral, this Suite for organ, composed in 1934-1935, won the "Composition Prize of the Friends of the Organ in 1936", as the author proudly inscribes it on the two title pages of the manuscript; it was published the same year by Alphonse Leduc (stamps in red ink of the publisher








at the bottom of each piece).



Carefully written in black ink on 16-line paper, with registration indications, this manuscript presents few corrections or scratches.



























It thus includes




:I. Introduction and variations (pages [1]-10


































) [JA 69];





II. Scherzo (pages 11-19), marked at the beginning Andante senza rigore









































[JA 70];





 
III. Choral (pages 20-24), signed at the end [JA












 













 













 







82].





 

Marie-Claire Alain indicates that the Variations and the Scherzo are a transcription of an Andante con variazioni and Scherzo fo
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ALAIN Jehan (1911-1940). MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autograph signed, "Jehan Alain" Suite pour orgue, [1935]; a sewn booklet in fol. of 7 bifeuillets , including 2 titles and 24 pages. The first great organ work in which Jehan Alain made a name for himself . In three parts: Introduction and Variations, Scherzo and Choral, this Suite for organ, composed in 1934-1935, won the "Composition Prize of the Friends of the Organ in 1936", as the author proudly inscribes it on the two title pages of the manuscript; it was published the same year by Alphonse Leduc (stamps in red ink of the publisher at the bottom of each piece). Carefully written in black ink on 16-line paper, with registration indications, this manuscript presents few corrections or scratches. It thus includes :I. Introduction and variations (pages [1]-10 ) [JA 69]; II. Scherzo (pages 11-19), marked at the beginning Andante senza rigore [JA 70]; III. Choral (pages 20-24), signed at the end [JA 82]. Marie-Claire Alain indicates that the Variations and the Scherzo are a transcription of an Andante con variazioni and Scherzo fo

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ALAIN Jehan (1911-1940). MANUSCRIT MUSICAL autograph signed, "Jehan Alain" Suite pour orgue, [1935]; a sewn booklet in fol. of 7 bifeuillets , including 2 titles and 24 pages. The first great organ work in which Jehan Alain made a name for himself . In three parts: Introduction and Variations, Scherzo and Choral, this Suite for organ, composed in 1934-1935, won the "Composition Prize of the Friends of the Organ in 1936", as the author proudly inscribes it on the two title pages of the manuscript; it was published the same year by Alphonse Leduc (stamps in red ink of the publisher at the bottom of each piece). Carefully written in black ink on 16-line paper, with registration indications, this manuscript presents few corrections or scratches. It thus includes :I. Introduction and variations (pages [1]-10 ) [JA 69]; II. Scherzo (pages 11-19), marked at the beginning Andante senza rigore [JA 70]; III. Choral (pages 20-24), signed at the end [JA 82]. Marie-Claire Alain indicates that the Variations and the Scherzo are a transcription of an Andante con variazioni and Scherzo fo
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