Sortie (music)
A sortie ( French "sortie" "exit") is the name of a musical performance piece for the organ , which is usually played on the main organ at the end of a mass in France by the artistically highest-ranking organist ( titular organist ), which sometimes only was little involved in the worship service. The piece thus forms the opposite pole to the Entrée ( French for "entrance"), which is played at the beginning. The character of these pieces are mostly festive, and they are usually played with a plenary registration , which can also appear pompous.
These pieces are most common in French Romanticism. Well-known composers of this genre include Louis Lefébure-Wély , Charles Tournemire and Marcel Dupré .