LBMP–072: Gerald Hendrie –– The Complete Music for Organ, Volume I: Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré
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A richly expressive organ work paying tribute to the legendary Marcel Dupré, revised by the composer. This edition offers performers a deeply nuanced and powerful musical experience, blending tradition with contemporary insight.
Composed by Gerald Hendrie.
ISBN: 978-1-917401-27-2 (Hardback) | 978-1-917401-28-9 (Wire)
- The first of a four-volume set of Gerald Hendrie’s complete organ music
- A new revision by the composer
- First time its contents have been collated into a single volume
- Three available formats
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Le Tombeau de Marcel Dupré is a striking homage to the great French organist-composer Marcel Dupré, composed between 1990 and 1992 by Gerald Hendrie. The suite initially comprised three substantial preludes and fugues—Toccata and Fugue, Prelude and Fugue, and Prelude and Fugue on B–A–C–H—each echoing, without imitating, the spirit and stylistic hallmarks of Dupré’s celebrated Trois Préludes et Fugues, Op. 7. These are works of character and technical brilliance, fusing contrapuntal rigour with rhythmic vitality and a bold harmonic language.
Following their composition, Hendrie added two further pieces—Two Sketches on the name B–A–C–H—in loose parallel to Dupré’s Deux Esquisses, Op. 41. Dedicated to and first performed by John Scott, these miniatures reflect the same elegance, invention, and architectural clarity found throughout the suite.
Now, for the first time, all four works are gathered into a single volume, newly revised by the composer especially for Lyrebird Music. This edition not only brings together a significant body of Hendrie’s organ writing, but also presents the definitive version of a suite that has gained growing attention among recitalists in the UK and beyond.
Gerald Hendrie’s organ music has recently enjoyed a renewed surge of interest, with the release of The Complete Organ Music, Vol. 1 on the Toccata Classics label. Performed by Tom Winpenny, this acclaimed recording has brought wider recognition to Hendrie’s distinctive voice.
Lyrebird Music is delighted to make this important edition available, and to continue its association with Gerald Hendrie through the publication of several of his major works.
Gerald Hendrie (b. 1935) is a distinguished English composer, organist, pianist and scholar. Educated at the Royal College of Music and Selwyn College, Cambridge, he holds a PhD and is a Fellow of the Royal College of Organists. His academic appointments have included posts at the University of Manchester, the Open University, and St John’s College, Cambridge, where he served as Director of Studies in Music.
Hendrie’s wide-ranging output includes organ and choral music, works for piano and harpsichord, and a major body of concert rags. As a scholar, he is known for his authoritative editions of music by Handel, Purcell, Elgar, and others. Since 1996 he has lived in France, continuing to compose and publish. His complete organ music is currently being recorded by Tom Winpenny for Toccata Classics.
