Triptyque op.51
The Triptyque op. 51 is an organ work by Marcel Dupré . It was written in 1956/1957 for Dupré's USA tour and was premiered by him on the organ of the Henry Ford Auditorium in Detroit . The piece is dedicated to the memory of the deceased organ builder Jean Perroux , who was responsible for the technical maintenance of the organs in several Paris churches. The triptyque comprises the three movements Chaconne, Musette and Dithyrambe.
Work description
Chaconne
The title “Chaconne” of the opening movement is extremely rare in French organ music of the 19th and 20th centuries, although some works with a different name take up this musical form (e.g. César Franck's chorale in B minor or the Variations in Charles-Marie Widor's 8th Symphony). Duprés Chaconne contains 20 variations on a four-bar, rhythmically very concise theme in C minor in the classic 3/4 time, which, like Bach's Passacaglia in C minor , is initially presented as a pedal solo. The following variations often change the tone, measure and movement type until finally, at the sonic climax in the 18th and 19th variations, the original key and rhythm are reached again. The Chaconne ends in pianissimo with the distinctive first two bars of the theme.
musette
Contrary to all expectations, the middle movement “Musette” is a highly virtuoso piece. Similar to Dupré's Prelude op. 7/3, the whole movement is pervaded by a lively, whispering carpet of sound, which here, however , is assigned to the pedal in the 4′-pitch with its non-stop sixteenth-note movement . In addition, a folksong-like melody is heard first in the treble , later in the bass of the left hand, which is even canonically performed in the further course. The restless movement of the pedal is then extended alternately to both hands, which places very high demands on the player's technique.
Dithyrambe
The finale is titled " Dithyrambe ", a term from ancient Greek that describes an exuberant consecration song to Dionysus , the god of wine and intoxication. The character of this sentence is accordingly. It begins in unison with a bizarre-looking theme that is shaped by suggestions and appears several times between virtuoso insertions. Then a second theme appears that is calmer in terms of sound and movement, but after 26 bars it gives way to the rapid movement of the beginning. Working on the first theme, the composer really increases this movement into intoxication with virtuoso third, fifth, sixth and octave parallels in the pedal. The last part of the dithyrambe takes up the time signature of a gigue , which finally reaches its climax with the second theme in fortissimo - contrasted by violent pedal octaves. The conclusion is formed by wild chord strokes of both hands in alternation and parallel octave jumps in the pedal, which lead to the radiant ending in E major with three longer chords.
In the literature it is sometimes claimed that Olivier Messiaen composed his "Diptyque" based on the Triptyque, although this work was written much earlier (1930).
Sound recordings
- Marcel Dupré: Aeolian Skinner organ of St. Thomas Church Manhattan , New York, 1957.
- Robert Delcamp: West End Methodist Church Nashville , Tennessee, 1998.
- Jeremy Filsell: St. Boniface Episcopal Church Sarasota , Florida, 1999.
output
- Marcel Dupré: Triptyque op.51 pour orgue. Bornemann: Paris 1957 (28 pages).
Individual evidence
- ^ Graham Steed: The Organ Works of Marcel Dupré . Pendragon Press, Hillsdale 1999, p. 172.
- ↑ Karin Ernst: Olivier Messiaen's contribution to the organ music of the 20th century . Hochschulverlag, Freiburg [Breisgau] 1980, ISBN 978-3-8107-2010-8 , p. 28 .