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.
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 485813
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for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 organs
Choir score
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for: Viola, piano
Piano score, solo part
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Klassik
for: Voice, piano
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Sheet music
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Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
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for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 101216
for: Cello, piano
Item no.: 478681
SATB
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Book
Item no.: 1126449
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 214745
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383219
Complete Organ Works, Volume VI
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Organ
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 466834
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Choir score
Item no.: 630954
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 604074
Complete Organ Works, Volume 3
for: Organ
Score
Item no.: 582239
Score
Item no.: 552154
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 767924
for: Organ
Playback-CD (without sheet music)
Item no.: 766427
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 174283
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 1383195
for: Piano
Score
Item no.: 559538
for: Mixed choir (SATB), 2 organs
Score
Item no.: 580411
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488268
for: Organ, Piano or Keyboard, Solo Instrument
Buch
Item no.: 910901
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1203250
Complete Piano Works, Volume I
Bärenreiter Urtext
for: Piano
Music score (Urtext edition)
Item no.: 466843
Musik aus der Frauenkirche Dresden
for: Organ
Audio-CD
Item no.: 691955
Klassik
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 159622
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 606432
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 488266
aus "Triptyche pour grand Orgue", op. 58 (Nr. 2)
for: Organ
Sheet music
Item no.: 3195
for: Organ
Single edition
Item no.: 940807
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 395579
for: Mixed choir (SATB), organ
Score
Item no.: 660571
for: Mixed choir (SATB), piano
Choir score
Item no.: 156246
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1203210
for: Melody instrument (C/B-flat/E-flat/F), organ
Organ score, Parts
Item no.: 603483
Mark Foster
for: SATB
Choir score
Item no.: 1656830
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 617129
for: Voice, piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201966
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201330
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1201166
for: Orgel, Blechbläser
Score, Set of parts
Item no.: 1202239
From Troisieme Suite
for: Organ
Solostimme
Item no.: 1626499
Vocalise
édition bon(n)orgue Vol. 13
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 1340866
for: Piano
Music score
Item no.: 1201165
for: Organ
Music score
Item no.: 649399
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