Dix versets dans les modes grégoriens, op. 130 (1962)

Jean Langlais (1907–1991) — Dix versets dans les modes grégoriens, op. 130 (1962) for organ

1. Mode I (ending on D): Allegro
2. Mode I (ending on Eb): Lento
3. Mode II (ending on A): Allegro
4. Mode III (ending on E): Moderato
5. Mode IV (ending on C#): Largo
6. Mode V (ending on F): Allegro
7. Mode VI (ending on Eb): Allegro
8. Mode VII (ending on D): Andantino
9. Mode VII (ending on Eb): Allegretto
10. Mode VIII (ending on E): Maestoso

The French composer Jean Langlais (1907–1991) was born in La Fontenelle (near Mont Saint-Michel) and was educated at the National Institute for the Blind and the Paris Conservatory. He studied with André Marchal, Marcel Dupré, Paul Dukas, and Charles Tournemire. Langlais served as organiste titulaire of the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris from 1945 until 1988. He performed many recital tours throughout Europe and the United States, and taught at the Schola Cantorum in Paris from 1961 to 1976. As a composer, Langlais published hundreds of works, most of which are for the organ.

Published by Éditions Musicales de la Schola Cantorum in "Douze petites pièces" (#SC LAN)