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César Franck
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Offertoire ou Communion in E minor Click to Listen [5:15]
This dreamy piece has sections in E minor, E Major (a 16' is added to the right hand), E minor again, C Major (where the tempo becomes Poco animato ("a little animated") and a canon between the soprano and bass voices is pursued, returning to E minor and then again to E Major. Themes from the 1st, 3rd and 6th sections of this key grouping are used as thematic material. For original Harmonium Debain. Instrument: Harmonium Debain Paris (1874)  Samples by Paul Delferriere

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