Expressions (Langlais, Hakim)

Expressions is a score co-authored by Jean Langlais and Naji Hakim in 1988.

Description

In 1986, Langlais was commissioned by Fred Bock, the owner of H. T. FitzSimons Company, for a collection of 30 Elevations, each two pages in length. Initially, Langlais was reluctant to accept this task (especially as the large size was a commercial decision, as the publisher would have a larger score to sell). However, he later decided to split the publication with Naji Hakim.

In both Catholic and Protestant church services, the organ serves a variety of functions; prelude, postlude, offertory, communion, funerals, weddings, and general service music. The thirty selections in this book were designed to provide effective service music for the organ, useful in most any situation. Each piece is designed to lead into the next, so one can play as long or as short as necessary.
This organ book, written in an impressionistic/twentieth-century harmonic style, will surely be an especially useful and rewarding volume.
The Publishers

Contents of *Expressions*
No.	Composer	Incipit	Notes
1	Jean Langlais	$<< \relative g'' { \key g \major <g b,>4 <e g,> <fis a,> <d fis,> } \\ g1 \\ \relative d' { d4 b cis a } >>$	to Rulon Christiansen
2		$<< \relative g { \clef bass g4. f8 fis2 } \\ <e, b,>1 >>$
3		$<< \relative c'' { c16 d c d bes c bes c aes } \\ e'1*9/16 >>$
4		$<< \relative a' { a8 a a a c2 } \\ \relative a { <a c e>2 r4 4 } >>$
5		$\relative cis'' { \key a \major cis4 cis b a e' e }$
6		$<< \relative d'' { d8 e fis d e fis4 e8 d8 } \\ \relative d' { <d fis>1~ 2.1/6 } \\ \\ \relative b' { b2 cis b2.1/6 } >>$
7		$<< \relative a { \clef bass <a e' a>2 <g d' g> <a e' a>1 } \\ \relative d, { <d a'>2 <f c'> <d a'>1 } >>$
8		$\relative e' { \key e \major <e gis b>4 <cis eis gis>8 <dis fisis ais> <e gis b>4 4 }$
9		$\relative g'' { \time 3/4 g4. cis8 c4 fis,4 g cis, }$
10		$<< \relative a' { \time 6/8 a8 g a b a b c4. } \\ \relative f { f2.~2.*1/2 } \\ \\ \relative a { s2. a8 g a } >>$
11		$<< \relative gis' { \key aes \major \clef bass ges4 e8 des8~2} \\ <f, c aes>1 >>$
12		$<< \relative g' { \key ees \major g2 a } \\ \relative ees' { r8 ees d ees fis e g fis } >>$
13		$<< \relative c' { \clef bass \key c \minor c4. g8 g4. ees8 ees d c2. } \\ \relative c, { R1 <c aes'>2 g' } >>$
14		$\relative f' { \key des \major \time 3/4 f8 bes des aes ees' bes }$
15		$<< \relative g' { \time 5/4 g8 a b g d' c b a g4 } \\ \relative g { <g d'>2 <f c'> <g d'>4 } >>$
16	Naji Hakim	$<< \relative aes' { \time 3/4 aes8 g fis cis' ais dis } \\ \relative g { g8 aes ais2 } \\ \relative e' { e4 dis2 } \\ \relative c' { c4 cis2 } >>$	to my very dear master and friend, Jean Langlais
17		${ \relative f' {\time 6/8 f8 f f f f f } << \relative fis' { \time 9/8 fis8 ais cis cis } \\ \relative fis' { fis4 gis4.*2/3 } >> }$
18		$<< \relative fis'' { \time 6/8 fis8~8 gis a4. } \\ \relative fis' { r4 r8 fis4 gis8 } \\ \relative e'' { r8 e4 b8 d4 } >>$
19		$<< \relative fis'' { \time 3/4 fis16 g f8~f8 fis16 g gis a c b } \\ \relative g' { <b d>4 <ais cis>8 r8 r4 } >>$
20		$\relative b { <b cis eis gis>8 <des ees g bes> <e fis a cis> <fis gis bis dis> }$
21		$<< \relative g' { \time 2/4 <g e g,>2~2 } \\ \relative des' { r8 des ees des r des ees des } >>$
22		$<< \relative g' { \time 5/8 g16 fis c8 bes' a e } \\ \relative ees' { ees16 des e,8 r4 r8 }>>$
23		$<< \relative gis' { gis16 a ais b dis c g fis' d } \\ \relative g { <g~ a~ e'>4 <g a d> <bes f' g>2*1/8 } >>$
24		$<< \relative f' { \time 7/8 f8~f2~f8 b } \\ \relative a { r8 <a b dis>4 4 <aes bes e> } >>$
25		$\relative g'' { \time 6/4 g8 fis f ees f4 fis8 g fis4 f }$
26		$<< \relative aes' { r8 <aes g'>8 r8 8 } \\ \relative b { b4 b } \\ \relative b' { b4 b } \\ \relative d' { r8 <d f,>8 r8 8 } >>$
27		$<< \relative g' { \time 2/2 <g b>2 <cis fis> <a dis> <b g'> } \\ \relative e { <e d'>2 <f ees'> <fis e'> <gis f'> } >>$
28		$\relative b' { b8[ c d] ais'[ fis] e[ gis] }$
29		$\relative ees { \clef bass ees4 c'2 e,4 f aes b d }$
30		$<< \relative f'' { \key bes \major \time 2/4 f16 ees d c d8 bes } \\ \relative bes { <bes d>8 r8 <d f>8 r8 } >>$