"Between 1894 and 1903 Charles-Marie Widor published a
quarterly collection of organ composition by his pupils
and other young organists and composers under the title
L'Orgue moderne. Vierne's Allegretto in B minor, Op. 1
appeared in 1894 in the first volume of this series,
together with composition by Henri Libert and Charles
Tournemire. The piece has a three-part A-B-A1 form. A
charming oboe solo above a syncopated bass is set off
by a middle section in the major, in which the
syncopated rhyth...(+)
"Between 1894 and 1903 Charles-Marie Widor published a
quarterly collection of organ composition by his pupils
and other young organists and composers under the title
L'Orgue moderne. Vierne's Allegretto in B minor, Op. 1
appeared in 1894 in the first volume of this series,
together with composition by Henri Libert and Charles
Tournemire. The piece has a three-part A-B-A1 form. A
charming oboe solo above a syncopated bass is set off
by a middle section in the major, in which the
syncopated rhythm is continued. The influence of
Vierne's teacher, Widor, is clearly recognisable in the
elegant writing style. Yet at the same time Vierne's
characteristic flair for harmonic colour and poetry is
already discernible." (Ben van Oosten)
