Louis Vierne - Berceuse from 24 Pièces en style libre, Op.31 (With original manuscript)

Uploaded on the occasion of the 151st birthday of Monsieur Vierne.
With autograph manuscript (c. 1913-14)

Louis Victor Jules Vierne (8 October 1870 – 2 June 1937)
Berceuse sur les paroles classiques (à ma fille Colette)
Nr. 19 of 24 Pièces en style libre pour Orgue ou Harmonium (avec pédale facultative) par Louis Vierne, (op. 31), Livre II (1914)

Leon van de Brand, organ
Played on the 1894 Franciscus Cornelis Smits II organ in Sint Jacobus de Meerderekerk, Zeeland, the Netherlands.

Stoplist:
Hoofdwerk C-f''' (II enclosed)
Prestant 16 vt
Bourdon 16 vt
Prestant 8 vt
Holpijp 8 vt
Diaposon 4 vt
Quint 3 vt
Octaaf 2 vt
Cornet 2-3 st
Trompet 8 vt
Clairon 4 vt

Positief (I enclosed)
Vioolprestant 8 vt
Bourdon 16 vt
Holpijp 8 vt
Salicet 4 vt
Flûte Douce 4 vt
Picolo 2 vt
Flûte Octaviante 4 vt
Basson 8 vt

Echowerk (II enclosed in HW swellbox)
Violine 4 vt
Fluit 8 vt
Voix Céleste 8 vt
Viola di Gamba 8 vt

Pedaal
Violon 16 vt
Subbas 16 vt
Octaaf­bas 8 vt
Bazuin 16 vt

all pipework original, 1894
1999 Elbertse Orgelmakers: restoration

Couplers: HW-Pos, Ped-HW, Ped-Pos
Ventil HW
Swell pedals to HW and Pos Ventil

Manual Compass C-f3
Pedal Compass C-e1
Pitch a1=435 Hz
Tuning: equal temperament
Mechanical action throughout

[paulcaswell]

Looking at the dates written, thank God Vierne was blind. His brother, René, lost his life in the trenches.