Catalogue of Vierne's works,
compiled by Bernard Gavoty
reproduced with minor changes, from his book Louis Vierne: la vie et l'oeuvre (Paris, Albin Michel, 1943)
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Op. Title of work Date
comp		 first edition, dedications, first performance
1 Allegretto, for organ   Leduc, 1894.
2 Tantum ergo, for 1 or 4 voices 1886 Hamelle.
3 Ave Maria, for soprano or tenor   Hamelle. To Mrs Th. Laforge
4 Prélude funèbre, for organ   Leduc, 1896. In memory of Father Levasseur.
5 Two pieces for violoncello or viola, and piano
a) Le Soir
b) Légende		   Leduc, 1895. To Victor Balbreck.
6 Largo and Canzonetta, for oboe   Unpublished.
7 Two pieces for piano
a) Impression d'automne
b) Intermezzo		   Hachette. (R. Deiss.)
To Henri Eymieu
To William Smyth
8 Communion, for organ 1900 Procure générale de musique religieuse (10 rue F.-Degeorge, Arras), 1900.
To Mrs Alphonse Franc.
9 Feuillets d'album, for piano.
[Whereabouts of manuscript unknown.]
1. Matin d'été.
2. Contemplation.
3. La Mer et la Nuit.
4. Nuit étoilée.
5. Coup de vent.
6. Le vieux Berger.
7. La Valse.
8. Dans le Bois.
9. Chanson des Faucheurs. 		  Unpublished
10 Two songs : Elle (P. Gobillard) and En Prison (Verlaine).
[Whereabouts of manuscript unknown.]		   Unpublished
11 Three songs
a) Beaux papillons blancs (Th. Gautier)
b) Donc ce sera par un clair soir d'été (Verlaine)
c) Qu'as-tu fait de la jeunesse? (Verlaine) 		1896 Fromont, 1898. (Jobert).
To Mrs M. Crabos
To Miss J Faucher
To Mr E. Engel
12 String Quartet
a) Introduction
b) Intermezzo
c) Andante quasi adagio
d) Finale 		1894 Pérégally (Hamelle).
13 Three songs :
a) Chanson d'automne (Verlaine)
b) Lied d'amour (Carly Timun)
c) Extase (V. Hugo)		 1899 Fromont (Jobert), February 1900, April 1899, August 1901
To Miss Arlette Taskin
14 Symphony No 1 for organ
Prélude, Fugue, Pastorale, Allegro vivace, Andante, Finale.		 1898- 1899 Pérégally (Hamelle), 1899.
To Alexandre Guilmant.
15 Ave verum, for soprano or tenor 1899 Hamelle.
16 Solemn High Mass, for 4-part mixed chorus and 2 organs 1900 Hamelle, 1900.
To Théodore Dubois.
1st performance at St-Sulpice, with Ch.-M. Widor, 8 December 1901.
17 Burgundian Suite, for piano
Aubade -- Idylle -- Divertissement -- Légende -- Angélus du soir -- Danse rustique -- Clair de lune.		 1899 Leduc, 1900.
To Miss Juliette Toutain.
18 Three songs
a) L'heure du berger (Verlaine)
b) O triste, triste était mon âme! (Verlaine)
c) Le Rouet (Leconte de Lisle) 		1897 Durand, 1902.
To Miss Pauline Segond.
To Miss Lydia Eustis.
To Miss Claudie Segond.
19 Dors, chère Prunelle (Sleep, dear Prunella), song (C. Mendès) 1898 Bonaventure (Caen).
To Miss Germaine Taskin.
20 Symphony No 2 for organ
Allegro, Choral, Scherzo, Cantabile, Finale.		 1902- 1903 Pérégally (Hamelle), 1903.
To Charles Mutin
First performed by the composer, 23 February 1903.
21 ? (Possibly 3 Motets or 3 Songs, whereabouts of manuscript unknown.)   Unpublished
22 Praxinoë, lyric legend for orchestra, solo voices and choruses.
Libretto by Ambroise Colin. 		1903- 1905 Unpublished
To Raoul Pugno.
Concerts Séchiari, 8 March 1908.
23 Sonata for piano and violin
Allegro -- Andante -- Intermezzo -- Finale.		 1905- 1906 Durand, 1908.
To Eugène Ysaye.
Société Nationale (E. Ysaye and R. Pugno) 8 May 1908.
24 Symphony for orchestra :
a) Grave et Allegro molto
b) Lamento
c) Scherzo
d) Finale.		 1907- 1908 Unpublished.
To Gabriel Fauré.
25 Rhapsody for harp 1909 Rouhier, 1911.
To Micheline Kahn.
26 Three songs
a) Soleils couchants (Verlaine)
b) Nox (Leconte de Lisle)
c) Adieu (Villiers de l'Isle-Adam)		 1903 Pégat, 1910.
To Mrs Camille Chevillard.
27 Sonata for piano and violoncello
a) Poco lento et Allegro
b) Molto largamente
c) Allegro molto		 1910 Durand, 1911.
To Pablo Casals.
By the composer with P. Bazelaire, 1912 (a private performance), and with F. Pollain at the Société Nationale, that same year.
28 Symphony No 3 for organ
Allegro maestoso -- Cantilène -- Intermezzo -- Adagio -- Finale.		 1911 Durand, 1912.
To Marcel Dupré
29 Stances d'amour et de rêve (Sully Prudhomme). Songs.
a) Les Chaînes.
b) Chanson de mer.
c) A l'hirondelle.
d) Ressemblance.
e) Le galop.		 1912 Durand, 1913.
To Jeanne Montjovet.
First performed by Jeanne Montjovet, at the Concerts Séchiari.
30 Low Mass for organ or harmonium
Entrée -- Introit -- Offertoire -- Elévation -- Communion -- Sortie.		 1912 Libraire de l'Art catholique, 1913.
To Albert Dupré.
31 24 pieces in free style, for organ or harmonium 1913 Durand, 1914.
 
BOOK I :   BOOK II :  
 1. Préambule (To Albert Ribollet)   13. Légende (To Maurice Blazy)     
 2. Cortège (To Auguste Barié)   14. Scherzetto (To Alexandre Cellier)  
 3. Complainte (To Albert Périlhou)   15. Arabesque (To Emile Bourdon)  
 4. Epitaphe (In memory of Alphonse Schmitt)   16. Choral (To Joseph Boulnois)  
 5. Prèlude (To Nadia Boulanger)     16. Lied (To Paul Fauchet)  
 6. Canon (To Henri Mulet)     17. Marche funèbre (To Jules Bouval)  
 7. Mèditation (To Félix Fourdrain)     18. Berceuse (To my daughter Colette)  
 8. Idylle mélancholique (To Louis Andlauer)     19. Pastorale (To Roger Boucher)  
 9. Madrigal (To Georges Jacob)     20. Carillon (To my brother René)  
10. Rêverie (To Edouard Mignan)     21. Elégie (To Georges Krieger)  
11. Divertissement (To Joseph Bonnet)     22. Epithalame (To André Renoux)  
12. Canzona (To Ermend Bonnal)     24. Postlude (To Emile Poillot)  
32 Symphony No 4
Prélude -- Allegro -- Menuet -- Romance -- Finale.		 1914 Schirmer (New York), 1914.
A W. Carl
First performed by André Marchal, 10 January 1923.
33 Psyché, symphonic poem for voice and orchestra, or piano (V. Hugo) 1914 Lemoine, 1926.
To Mrs Alphonse Vulliemin.
34 Three Nocturnes for piano 1916 Senart, 1925.
To Miss Madeleine Richepin.
35 Les Djinns, symphonic poem for voice and orchestra, or piano (V. Hugo) 1912 Lemoine, 1925.
To Mrs Germaine Martinelli. First performance by Jeanne Montjovet, at the Concerts Colonne.
36 Twelve Preludes for piano   Henn (Genève), 1921.
To Marthe Bracquemond.
37 Eros, symphonic poem for voice and orchestra, or piano (the Countess de Noailles) 1916 Lemoine.
To Mrs Nelly Martyl.
38 Spleens et Détresses, songs for voice and piano, or orchestra. (Verlaine) 1916 Senart, 1924.
To Madame the Countess du Boisrouvray.
39 Cloches funèbres, two pieces for piano
1. Cloches dans le cauchemar (Bells in a nightmare.)
2. Le glas. (The Knell)		 1918 Unpublished
40 Romance, vocalise. Originally published in 1907 in the collection Répertoire de vocalises (Hettich). Transcribed for horn by Th. Doney.   Leduc, 1923.
41 Dal Vertice, lyric ode for tenor and orchestra, or piano (G. d'Annunzio) 1917 Unpublished.
To Gabriele d'Annunzio
42 Quintet (2 violins, viola, cello and piano) 1917 Senart, 1924.
In memory of my son Jacques.
43 Silhouettes d'enfants (Children's Silhouettes)
1. Valse (Maurice Boisrouvray)
2. Chanson (Henry Boisrouvray)
3. Divertissement (Christiane Boisrouvray)
4. Barcarolle (Guy Boisrouvray)
5. Gavotte dans le style ancien (Suzette Boisrouvray) 		1916 To the Boisrouvray children
44 Solitude (Solitude/Loneliness), for piano 1918 In memory of my brother René
45 Five poems, for voice and piano (Baudelaire) 1921  
46 Triumphal March for the Napoleon Centennary, for brass, timpani, and organ 1921 Schirmer, Salabert
47 Symphony No 5 for organ
Grave -- Allegro molto marcato -- Tempo di scherzo ma non troppo vivo -- Larghetto -- Final: allegro moderato		 1923- 1924  
48 Poème de l'Amour, for voice and piano (J. Richepin) 1924 To Madeleine Richepin
49 Thus spake Zarathustra, poem for piano (unfinished) 1922 To Madeleine Richepin
50 Poème pour piano et orchestre 1925 Lemoine, 1926.
To José Iturbi. First performance by J. Iturbi at the Concerts Lamoureux, 2 April 1926.
51 Fantasies for organ, First Suite 1926 Lemoine, 1926.
 
1. Préambule (To Auguste Convers)     4. Intermezzo (To L. Panel)
2. Andantino (To L. de Saint-Martin)       5. Requiem aeternam (In memory of my brother Edouard)
3. Caprice (To Henri Nibelle)     6. Marche nuptiale (To Miss Neymarck)
52 Ballade for violin and orchestra 1926 Lemoine. J. Thibaud.
53 Fantasies for organ, Second Suite 1926 Lemoine, 1927.
 
1. Lamento (To S. Bingham, of New York)     4. Feux follets (To Charles Courbouin, of Philadelphia)
2. Sicilienne (To Mr Zeuch, of Boston)     5. Clair de lune (To Ernest Skinner, of Boston)
3. Hymne au soleil (To Mrs R Conniston)        6. Toccata (To Dr Russell, of Princeton)
54 Fantasies for organ, Third Suite 1927 Lemoine, 1927.
 
1. Dédicace (To R Wanamaker)     4. Fantömes (To Pierre Auvray)
2. Impromptu (To André Marchal)     5. Sur le Rhin (To P de Maleingrau)
3. Etoile du soir (To Yolande de Noailles)       6. Carillon de Westminster (To Henry Willis)
55 Fantasies for organ, Fourth Suite 1927 Lemoine, 1927.
 
1. Aubade (To Mr Turton)     4. Naïades (To Mrs Ch.-L.Dreyfus)
2. Résignation (To H. Gagnebin)       5. Gargouilles et Chimères (To G. Ibos)
3. Cathédrales (To E. Barnes)     6. Les Cloches de Hinckley (To J. Iberson)
56 Evenings Abroad, for piano and cello 1928 Lemoine, 1928.
57 Les Angélus, for voice and organ or orchestra (Jehan le Povre Moyne)
1. Au matin
2. A midi
3. Au soir		 1929 Lemoine, 1931.
To Madeleine Richepin. First performed at the Cathedral of St-Sernin (Toulouse) by the composer and Madeleine Richepin, 2 February 1932.
58 Triptych for organ
1. Matines (To Maurice Duruflé)
2. Communion (To Fr. Henry Doyen)
3. Stèle for un enfant défunt (In memory of my dear little friend Jean de Brancion).		 1929- 1931 Lemoine, 1936.
First performed at Notre-Dame de Paris, 2 June 1937.
59 Symphony No 6 for organ
Introduction et allegro -- Aria -- Scherzo -- Adagio -- Finale.		 1930 Lemoine, 1931.
In memory of Lynwood Farnham. First performed by Maurice Duruflé, at Notre-Dame de Paris, 3 June 1934.
60 Four Greek poems for voice and harp or piano (the Countess de Noailles)
Offrande à Pan -- Le repos -- Chanson pour Avril -- Offrande à Kypris.		 1930 Unpublished
To Madeleine Richepin and Solange Jean-Renié.
61 Ballade du désespéré, lyric poem for tenor and orchestra, or piano (H. Murger) 1931 Unpublished
To Madeleine Richepin.
62 Messe basse for les défunts (Low Mass for the Dead), for organ or harmonium
Prélude -- Introit -- Offertoire -- Elévation -- Communion -- Défilé		 1934 1936
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Originally prepared: March 1998
Revised (minor corrections):
    Fri Aug 14  00:00:51 UTC 1998