Livre d'orgue explained

Livre d'orgue ('organ book') is a French term which usually designates a collection of pieces for organ. It may refer to many such publications, including:

• Livre d'orgue (Messiaen), by 20th century French composer Olivier Messiaen
• Livre d'orgue de Montréal, a manuscript collection, brought to North America from France, dating from the early 18th century
• , a manuscript collection dating from the early 18th century
• Livre d'orgue by André Raison (1688)^[1]
• Livre d'orgue by Pierre du Mage (1708),^[2] only extant work.
• Livre d'orgue by Louis-Nicolas Clérambault (1710)^[3]
• Three livres d'orgue by Nicolas Lebègue (1676,^[4] 1678^[5] & 1685^[6])
• Livre d'orgue by Nicolas de Grigny (1699, with a posthumous edition in 1711^[7]).

See also

• French organ Mass
• French organ school

Notes and References

1. Web site: Livre d'orgue (Raison, André) . IMSLP.
2. Web site: Livre d'orgue (Du Mage, Pierre) . IMSLP.
3. Web site: Livre d'orgue (Clérambault, Louis-Nicolas) . IMSLP.
4. Web site: Livre d'orgue No.1 (Lebègue, Nicolas) . IMSLP.
5. Web site: Livre d'orgue No.2 (Lebègue, Nicolas) . IMSLP.
6. Web site: Livre d'orgue No.3 (Lebègue, Nicolas) . IMSLP.
7. Web site: Livre d'orgue (Grigny, Nicolas de) . IMSLP.