There must be an organist reading who can confirm the meaning in context, but "corner" is to honk, like a standard two-tone car horn (e.g. Parisian taxi), and I always thought it referred to the two notes sounding together (possibly because of a malfunction or a clumsy finger). A berceuse is a cradle song, and a cradle sways from side to side.
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AHAH! Does it involve "wedging" 2 notes? I've never heard it or seen the score, but..............??Originally posted by mercia View PostComment
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I have the score here. Treble C-sharp and D-sharp are held down right through the piece.Comment
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Bingo! Thanks! Must get hold of it (along with more Alain pieces) I only play the Deux Chorales at the momentOriginally posted by Vile Consort View PostComment
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IANAnO, but the technical term is "cipher", which is when an organ pipe sounds even when the key is not depressed. That is the description used in the booklet accompanying my complete works recording by Kevin Bowyer on Nimbus. Perhaps the organ chez Alain exhibited that fault on these two notes at some point.
I'd love to go to this recital - I have the Franck CD mentioned by Alain Maréchal - but Dundee to Ripon is a bit too far in February.Comment
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French mistress (yes, back already) bemused by title of piece, but I guess we already have the answer!
I think writing a piece over a held note has been done quite often....only example springing to mind immediately is Purcell's fantasia.Comment
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Grainger: The Immovable DoOriginally posted by ardcarp View Post
mangerton is correct in that the technical term for a stuck note is a cipher, but I suggest JA's title refers to the effect created, not the manner in which it is achieved.Comment
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In the notes to one of her recordings of her brother's complete works, Marie-Claire Alain suggests precisely this. Apparently the organ had very light pallets and frequently suffered such faults.Originally posted by mangerton View Post
That is interesting. I was under the same impression as mangerton. So what is the French for a cipher - or does referring to the effect suffice?Originally posted by Alain Maréchal View PostComment
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I attend recitals often enough but I'm not an organist, so I don't know what the technical word would be. Somebody reading this must know.Originally posted by Vox Humana View Post
I was approaching "Berceuse sur deux notes qui cornent" in its descriptive and allusive sense rather than its technical meaning. I would give "cradle-song with two rocking notes" to maintain the implied other meanings of corner. Direct translations from one language to another are good for clarity but death to sensibility.Last edited by Alain Maréchal; 14-01-14, 23:15.Comment
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According to my French-English dictionary the term for the musical verb "to cipher" is "corner".Originally posted by Vox Humana View PostComment
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Ah! Thank you. An open and shut case then. As we thought: "Cradle-song on Two Ciphering Notes".Comment
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Your security guard has been stood down from croissant duty in the morning, then...?Originally posted by ardcarp View Post
"...the isle is full of noises,
Sounds and sweet airs, that give delight and hurt not.
Sometimes a thousand twangling instruments
Will hum about mine ears, and sometime voices..."
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