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The Trois Improvisations for organ were composed in 1911 at the request of Fr. Joseph Joubert, and published the following year. The Prelude begins in f minor and ends in the parallel major, but the middle section contains a surprising modulation to c# minor. The basic unit of construction is a melodic downbeat answered by three eighth-note chords.
Nadia Boulanger (1858-1979)
Prélude from Trois Improvisations, 1912
Recorded on the Lively-Fulcher at St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Washington, D.C.
26 April 2016
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