Unpublished sheet music by Jean Langlais
Since 2012, with the indispensable help of Richard Powell, several unpublished manuscripts by Jean Langlais have been transcribed into PDF and are now freely available, by request, from Marie-Louise Langlais (mail to ml.langlais@wanadoo.fr).
Richard Powell was born in Dorset and studied music at London University, Goldsmiths College. He moved to Norway in 1985, where he remained until 2017, working with choirs, giving organ concerts and playing for services in the Norwegian Lutheran Church. He now works freelance in the UK, composing, arranging and typesetting manuscripts, especially an important setting of unknown vocal music by Jean Langlais.
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Sacred vocal music
O Salutaris (1943) for one voice and organ, in Latin, duration 3mn.
Pie Jesu (1943) for soprano or tenor solo and organ, in Latin, duration 3mn.
Ave Maria (1949) for one voice and organ, in Latin, duration 3mn.
Je vous salue Marie (1949) for one voice and organ, in French, duration 3mn.
A la Vierge Marie (1981) for one voice and piano or organ, in French, duration 3mn.
Alleluia-Amen (1982) for one voice and organ, in Latin, duration 3mn.
Psaume CXXIII « Je lève les yeux vers Toi » (1937) in French, for soprano and tenor chanting, SATB, accompaniment ad libitum, duration 4mn.
Psaume LVIII « Contre les juges iniques » (1937) in French, for SATB and organ or piano, duration 2mn 30.
Motet pour un temps de pénitence (1960) for 6 mixed voices a capella, in Latin, duration 7mn.
Secular vocal music
Humilis (1935) 6 melodies for soprano and piano on poems by Pierre-Jean Jouve, in French, duration 8mn.
L’Arbre (1936) for soprano and piano, in French, duration 5mn.
Hommage à Louis Braille (1975) for mezzo-soprano and piano, in French, duration 5mn.
Orchestra, chamber music
La Voix du vent (1934) for orchestra, soprano solo, 5 voices mixed choir, in French, duration 8mn.
Elegie (1965) for dixtuor, duration 13mn.