Lucien GUÉRINEL (born 1930). Autograph musical manuscript, Les Sept Portes, 1997-1998; 144 sheets 37 x 26 cm. Large oratorio for double choir, string orchestra and 2 percussionists, on poems by Yves Namur, premiered on May 30, 1998 in the Cathedral of Saint-Sauveur in Aix-en-Provence, by the Chœur contemporain and the Musicatreize ensemble under the direction of Roland Hayrabedian, with the amateur vocal ensembles Al Segno, Antequiem and Carpedièse; the work was commissioned by the Polyphonies françaises en Pays d'Aix. Dedicated by the composer to his wife and lasting more than an hour, Les Sept Portes, based on Le Livre des sept portes by the poet Yves Namur, consists of seven parts (seven Portes), divided into 40 numbers: I The Door of Death; II The Door of the Crossing; III The Door of the Other; IV The Door of Words and the Unpronounceable; V The Door of the Impossible; VI The Door of the Erasure; VII The Door of Light The manuscript is carefully noted in Indian ink on tracing paper, with printed text stickers for titles, numbers, and recited parts; it is dated at the end "Saint-Bonnet-de-Joux/Marseille, 1 May 97 - 8 February 98". At the head of each part, typewritten text of the poems. 2 typed introductory sheets give the instrumentarium of the percussion, and two diagrams for the disposition of the performers.