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César Franck
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Prélude, Fugue et Variation Click to Listen [8:28]
Actually 4 sections. 1) Andante cantabile: lilting 9/8 melody on Zwelwerk Schalmei 8' with one or two voices on Hoofdwerk Holpijp 8' + Roerfluit 4', and another one or two on Pedaal Subbas 16' + Gedeckt 8'. 2) Lento: interlude with louder registration. 3) Allegro ma non troppo: Beautfully worked out Fugue with Zwelwerk coupled to Hoofdwerk. 4) Andantino: The original melody and registration are reiterated, but the Hoofdwerk figuration is mostly in sixteenth notes. WAV file is available in RAR format: here (47.0 MB). Scores here. Midi File available. Instrument: Vermeulen Brothers Organ at Congregation "Vloedschuur," Heteren, Holland (1959) - Samples by Hauptwerk.nl

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