Louis Victor Jules Vierne (1870-1937) was one of the most important French organists and composers of the pre-war, late Romantic period. He is best-known for his Organ Symphonies, which are among the very best that are still performed. Browse our sheet music and scores, and discover first-hand all his wonderful works today.
At the age of three, Louis Vierne and his family moved to Paris. Despite suffering with congenital cataracts from birth, it was clear Louis had an incredible talent for music, and with the help of an iridectomy at the age of six, he was able to start studying the piano. In 1880 he heard César Franck play the organ, and from that moment on, Louis’ fate was decided. He completed his studies in organ, and organ improvisation at the Paris Conservatoire in 1894, under the tutorage of Charles-Marie Widor. The high point of his organ career was his appointment as Head Organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris 1900, which he held until his death in 1937.
Louis Vierne is one of the leading exponents of the symphonic organ movement, which aims to replicate the sound of a whole symphony orchestra on the organ. The top instruments of the 19th century came from the workshop of Aristide Cavaillé-Coll. Charles-Maria Widor and Charles Tournemire were also prominent representatives of the symphonic organ movement. Vierne composed six organ symphonies, and he also devoted himself to piano works, chamber music, vocal works and the symphony.
Despite the iridectomy, Louis’ sight was strongly impaired all his life, and he used extra-large sheet music and a ’large pencil’ when he composed, as his friend Marcel Dupré describes it. Having learnt in early years, as his sight began to deteriorate, he began relying more and more on the braille system. In 1908, due to an onset of glaucoma, he lost his sight completely.
During his 1750th organ concert in Notre Dame Cathedral on June 2, 1937, Louis Vierne suffered a heart attack. He managed to finish the piece, but collapsed during the improvisation that followed. He died playing one single note on his beloved organ, after falling on one of the pedals.
Werke von J. S. Bach, César Franck und Sergej Rachmaninov
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 6
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1678160
aus op.31
for: Violin, organ
Score
Item no.: 1552099
édition bon(n)orgue 86
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1017395
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767892
for: Organ
Audio-CD
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for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767924
for: Organ
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 766427
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203250
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Die Lebensrückschau eines großen Organisten und ein breites Panorama der französischen Orgelkultur der Zeit.
Book (Hardcover)
Item no.: 674503
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203210
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Organ score
Item no.: 1202822
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
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pour piano
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 851272
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202348
for: Orgel, Blechbläser
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1202239
for: Voice (mezzo-soprano), organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202225
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201966
Louis Vierne. Sämtliche Orgelwerke 9 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Sammelband, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 466841
for: Harp [piano]
Music score
Item no.: 1201666
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383220
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383138
for: Organ
Sheet music
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for: Organ
Sheet music
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for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383195
Louis Vierne. Sämtliche Orgelwerke 8,2 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 466840
for: Cello, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1201370
for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1202523
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201354
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201330
Pour Chant Et Piano
for: Voice, piano
Score
Item no.: 853563
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
Item no.: 491146
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202550
Louis Vierne. Sämtliche Orgelwerke 7,4 | BÄRENREITER URTEXT
for: Organ
Spielpartitur, Urtextausgabe
Item no.: 466838
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1202582
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202595
for: Violin, piano
Piano score, solo part
Item no.: 1202612
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 649399
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 617129
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488266
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 585635
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 621526
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201166
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201165
for: Organ manuals [harmonium]
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 623537
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201163
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 606432
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1202610
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