WORKS
all published and first performed in Paris, unless otherwise stated; autograph MSS of unpublished works in F-Pc and Pn. Opus numbers in italics refer to Franck’s first series, those in roman to his second series and Messe à 3 voix; no works composed after 1863 bear opus numbers. Thematic catalogue of published works in Mohr [M].
stage
all printed works in vocal score, unless otherwise stated
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Title, genre
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Acts, libretto
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Stradella, op
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3, E. Deschamps
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c1841
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First performances; remarks :
vs only
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Le valet de ferme, oc
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3, A. Royer and G. Vaëz
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1851–3
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First performances; remarks :
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49
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Hulda, op
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4, epilogue, C. Grandmougin, after Bjørnson
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1879–85
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1894
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First performances; remarks :
Monte Carlo, 8 March 1894; vs arr. Franck (to p.285) and S. Rousseau (from p.285 to end); 2nd edn (?1894) abridged
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50
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Ghiselle, drame lyrique
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4, G.-A. Thierry
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1888–90
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1896
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First performances; remarks :
Monte Carlo, 6 April 1896. Act 1 orchd Franck; Act 2 P. de Bréville, V. d’Indy, E. Chausson; Act 3 S. Rousseau; Act 4 A. Coquard
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all printed works in vocal score, unless otherwise stated
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Title, genre
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Scoring
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Text
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Notre-Dame des orages, cant.
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?1 v, pf
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Comte de Pastoret
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c1838
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First performances; remarks :
Erard’s piano salon, c10 Jan 1839, mentioned in Le ménestrel, 13 Jan 1839; lost
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51
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Ruth, églogue biblique
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Solo vv, chorus, orch
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Bible, with addns by A. Guillemin
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1843–6; rev. 1871
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1872
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First performances; remarks :
Conservatoire, 4 Jan 1846
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Plainte des israélites, cant.
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Chorus, orch
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?c1865
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First performances; remarks :
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La tour de Babel, cant.
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Solo vv, chorus, orch
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1865
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First performances; remarks :
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52
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Rédemption, poème-symphonie
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S, female vv, speaker, orch
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E. Blau
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First version
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1871–2
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1872
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First performances; remarks :
Concert National (Colonne), 10 April 1873
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Final version, with new chorus and symphonic interlude
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1874
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1875
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First performances; remarks :
Conservatoire, 15 March 1875
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53
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Les béatitudes, orat
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Solo vv, chorus, orch
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Bible: Matthew v, adapted by Mme J. Colomb
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1869–79
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1880
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First performances; remarks :
Franck’s apartment, 20 Feb 1879 (pf acc.); Dijon, 15 June 1891 (orch acc.); earlier performances of individual movts, Paris, 1878–90
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54
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Rébecca, scène biblique
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Solo vv, chorus, orch
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P. Collin
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1880–81
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1881
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First performances; remarks :
Société Chorale d’Amateurs Guillot de Sainbris, 15 March 1881 (pf acc.); Salle Gaveau, 16 May 1911
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op.
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Variations brilliantes sur un thème original
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1834
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First performance :
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5
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Variations brillantes sur l’air du Pré aux clercs
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1834
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First performance :
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Remarks :
also arr. solo pf
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8
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Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III, with solo pf
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1834–5
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First performance :
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11
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Deuxième grand concerto, g, with solo pf
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c1835
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First performance :
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13
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Première grande symphonie, G
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1840
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First performance :
Société d’Orléans, 16 Feb 1841
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Ce qu’on entend sur la montagne, sym. poem
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c1845–7
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First performance :
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Remarks :
after V. Hugo
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43
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Les Eolides, sym. poem
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1875–6
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1893; arr. 2 pf, 1892
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First performance :
Société Nationale, 13 May 1877
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Remarks :
after Leconte de Lisle
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44
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Le chasseur maudit, sym. poem
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1882
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1884; arr. pf 4 hands, 1884
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First performance :
Société Nationale, 31 March 1883
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Remarks :
after G. Bürger
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45
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Les Djinns, sym. poem with solo pf
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1884
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1893; arr. 2 pf 1892
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First performance :
Société Nationale, 15 March 1885
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Remarks :
after Hugo
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46
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Variations symphoniques, with solo pf
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1885
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1893; arr. 2 pf, 1892
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First performance :
Société Nationale, 1 May 1886
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47
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Psyché, sym. poem with chorus
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1887–8
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1903; arr pf 4 hands, 1893
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First performance :
Société Nationale, 10 March 1888
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Remarks :
text by S. Sicard and de Foucard
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48
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Symphonie, d
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1886–8
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1896; arr. pf 4 hands, 1890
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First performance :
Concerts du Conservatoire, 17 Feb 1889
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Remarks :
also arr. solo pf
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Ave Maria, ?chorus, 1845
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Sub tuum, 2 vv, 1849
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O gloriosa, 3 vv, ?c1850
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O salutaris, chorus, org, 1835; ReM, iv/2 (1922), suppl.
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Justus ut palma florebit, B, chorus, org, ?c1850
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Gratias super gratiam, chorus, org, ?c1850
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Tunc oblati sunt, chorus, org, ?c1850
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Sinite parvulos, 1v, org, ?c1850
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Laudate pueri, chorus, org, ?c1850
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55
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O salutaris, S, T/Mez, org, 1858 (c1858)
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56–8
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Trois motets, O salutaris, S, chorus, org; Ave Maria, S, B, org; Tantum ergo, B, chorus, org (1865)
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59
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Messe solennelle: O salutaris, B, org, 1858 (1858)
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Tendre Marie, canticle, ?c1858; cited by Vallas (1950)
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Les sept paroles du Christ, solo vv, chorus, orch, 1859
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60
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Le garde d’honneur, canticle, 1v, female vv, org, 1859 (1859); text by Mme ***
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Cantique de Moïse: Cantemus Domino, chorus, orch, pf, c1860; ?2nd chorus of Plainte des israélites, chorus, orch/pf, 1860, see Vallas (1951)
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La tour de Babel, orch/pf, 1865
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61
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12
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Messe à 3 voix, STB, orch (later reduced to org, harp, vc, db), 1860 (1872); Ste Clotilde, 2 April 1861
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Panis angelicus, T, org, hp, vc, db, 1872 (1872); interpolated in the Messe à 3 voix
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62
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Ave Maria, STB, org, 1863 (c1863)
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63–5
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Trois offertoires, 1861 (c1871): Quae est ista, solo vv, chorus, org, hp, db, orch; for the Feast of the Assumption; Domine Deus in simplicitate, STB, org, db; for the 1st Sunday in the month; Dextera Domini, solo vv, STB, org, db, orch; for Easter Sunday;
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66
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Domine non secundum, off, STB, org, 1865 (c1865); for a time of penitence
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67
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Quare fremuerunt gentes, off, STB, org, db, orch, 1865 (c1865); for the Feast of St Clotilde
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68
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Veni creator, T, B, org, 1872 (c1876)
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69
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Psaume, cl, chorus, org, orch, 1883 (Leipzig, 1896)
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L’Entrée en loge, 1v, pf (J.-F. Gail), c1840
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La Vendetta, 2vv, pf (A. de Pastout), c1840
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Orphée dans les bois, 1v, orch (H. Benton), c1840
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Agnès Sozel, 1v, pf (P.-A. Vieilland), 1840
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Fernand, 3vv, orch (Pastout), 1841
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Loyse de Montfort, 3vv, orch (E. Deschamps and E. Pacini), 1841
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Hymne à la patrie, 1v, orch, 1848; orch inc.
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Marlborough, chorus, org, pf, vc, db, 4 obbl mirlitons, 1869
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79
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Paris, patriotic ode, T, orch (‘B. de L.’), 1870 (1917); arr. pf (1917)
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Patria, patriotic ode, 1v, orch (V. Hugo), 1871 (1917); arr. pf (?c1917)
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Le philistin mordra la poussière, chorus, pf, 1875; cited by Vallas (1951)
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88
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La procession, 1v, orch (A. Brizeux), 1888 (c1893); Société Nationale, 27 April 1889; arr. pf (c1893)
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89
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Six duos, SA, pf, 1888 (1893): L’ange gardien (?Franck); Aux petits enfants (A. Daudet); La Vierge à la crèche (Daudet); Les danses de Lormont (L. Desbordes-Valmore); Soleil (G. Ropartz); La chanson du vannier (A. Theuriet)
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90
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Premier sourire de mai, 4 female vv, pf (V. Wilder), 1888 (c1904)
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91
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Hymne, 4 male vv, pf (J. Racine), 1888 (c1902); Tournai, c1890
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Cantique, chorus, obbl hn, 1888
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Blond Phébus, 1835; unsigned, authorship doubtful
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70
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Souvenance (Chateaubriand), 1842–3 (1862)
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71
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Ninon (A. de Musset), 1851 (1862)
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72
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L’émir de Bengador (J. Méry), 1842–3 (1862)
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73
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Le sylphe (A. Dumas père), 1842–3 (1862); with vc obbl
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74
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Robin Gray (J.-P. de Florian), 1842–3 (1862)
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75
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L’ange et l’enfant (J. Reboul), 1846 (1872)
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A cette terre, où l’on ploie sa tente (Hugo), 1847 (1985)
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76
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Aimer (Méry), 1849 (1862)
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77
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Les trois exilés (Chant national) (B. Delfosse), 1848 (1848/?9)
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78
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S’il est un charmant gazon (Hugo); ReM, iv/2 (1922), suppl.; 2 different settings: 1 c1855; 2 1857
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79
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Paris, see secular vocal
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80
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Le mariage des roses (E. David), 1871 (c1873)
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81
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Roses et papillons (Hugo), c1860 (c1873)
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82
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Passez, passez toujours (Hugo), 1860 (1862)
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83
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Lied (L. Paté), 1873 (1874)
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84
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Le vase brisé (R.-F.-A. Sully-Prudhomme), 1879 (1900)
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85
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Nocturne (L. de Fourcaud), 1884 (1900)
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86
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Pour les victimes 1887 (1912)
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87
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Les cloches du soir (M. Desbordes-Valmore), 1888 (1889)
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6
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Grand trio, pf, vn, vc, 1834
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1–3
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1
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3 trios concertants, f, B (Trio de salon), b; pf, vn, vc, 1839–42 (Paris, Hamburg and Leipzig, 1843)
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4
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2
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Quatrième trio concertant, b, vn, vc, pf, 1842 (Hamburg and Leipzig, 1843); orig. finale to Trio op.1 no.3
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5
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6
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Andantino quietoso, vn, pf, 1843 (1844)
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6
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14
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1er duo, pf, vn, 1844 (1844); on motifs from Dalayrac’s Gulistan
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pf solo, acc. str qnt, c1844 (1991)
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7
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Quintette, f, pf, 2 vn, va, vc, 1879 (1881); Société Nationale, 17 Jan 1880
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8
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Sonate, A, pf, vn, 1886 (1886); Société Nationale, 31 Dec 1887
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Quatuor, D, 2 vn, va, vc, 1889 (c1889); Société Nationale, 19 April 1890
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10
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Mélancolie, vn, pf (1911); transcr. of a solfège lesson
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Pièce, E, 1846 (1973)
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24
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L’organiste, vol.ii, org/hmn, 1858–63 (1905); 30 pieces
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Pièce, A, 1854 (1990)
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25
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Andantino, g, org, ?1856 (1857)
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Cinq pièces, hmn, c1858 (?1865); 2 offs, 2 vcles, 1 communion
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27
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Trois antiennes, org, 1859 (1859)
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16–21
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Six pièces, org, 1856–64 (1868): Fantaisie, C; Grande pièce symphonique, f; Prélude, fugue et variation, b, also transcr. 2 pf/pf, hmn, 1873 (?c1873); Pastorale, E; Prière, c; Final, B
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Quasi marcia, hmn, c1862 (1868)
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Offertoire sur un air breton, hmn, c1865 (1867)
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Trois pièces, org, 1878 (1883): Fantaisie, A; Cantabile, B; Pièce héroïque, b
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Trois chorals, E, b, a, org, 1890 (1892)
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L’organiste, org/hmn, 1889–90: 55 pieces pubd (1896); 4 further pieces ed. J. Bonfils and G. Litaize, as Suite (M42), harmonium (1956)
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Pièces posthumes (1905)
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Grand rondo, 1834
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Variations brillantes sur l’air du Pré aux clercs, see under Orchestral
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Variations brillantes sur la ronde favorite de Gustave III, see under Orchestral
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Première grande sonate, 1836
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Première grande fantaisie, before 1836
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Deuxième fantaisie, before 1836
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Deux mélodies, before 1837
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Deuxième sonate, before 1838
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Troisième grande fantaisie, before 1838
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Polka, before 1848
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Eglogue (Hirtengedicht), 1842
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12
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1er duo sur le God Save the King, pf 4 hands, 1842 (c1845)
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1er grand caprice, 1843 (?c1845)
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14
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Souvenir d’Aix-la-Chapelle, 1843 (Hamburg and Leipzig, c1845)
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Deux mélodies; à Félicité, c1847
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15
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8
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4 mélodies de François Schubert, 1844 (1844); arrs. of Die junge Nonne, Die Forelle, Des Mädchens Klage, Das Zügenglöcklein
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Ballade, 1844
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16
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11
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1re grande fantaisie: sur des motifs de Gulistan de Dalayrac, 1844 (1844)
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12
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2e fantaisie: sur l’air et le virelay ‘Le pont du jour’ de Gulistan de Dalayrac, 1844 (1844)
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Fantaisie, ?1844, lost
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Fantaisie sur deux airs polonais, 1845 (c1845)
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Trois petits riens: Duettino, Valse, Le songe, 1846
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2e duo: sur le quatuor de Lucile de Grétry, pf 4 hands, 1845 (1846)
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Les plaintes d’une poupée, 1865 (1904)
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Prélude, choral et fugue, 1884 (1885); Société Nationale, 24 Jan 1885
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Danse lente, 1885 (1888)
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Prélude, aria et final, 1887 (1888); Société Nationale, 12 May 1888
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4 mélodies de François Schubert, see under piano
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Accompagnements d’orgue et arrangements pour les voix, des offices en chant grégorien restauré par le R.P. Lambillotte, 1858 (c1858)
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Lénore, sym. poem by H. Duparc, arr. pf 4 hands, c1875 (1875)
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Ernelinde, op by F.A. Danican-Philidor, vs (1883)
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Tom Jones, op by F.A. Danican-Philidor, vs (c1883)
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95
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Le bûcheron, op by F.A. Danican-Philidor, vs (c1883)
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96
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Préludes et prières, org, 1889 (1889); arrs. of pf pieces by C.V. Alkan
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Hymnes (Creator alme siderum, Sanctorum meritis, Iste confessor), harmonizations, 3vv, org (1914)
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Franck, César
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R. Pearsall: ‘The “Serene Anxiety” of César Franck’, MR, xxvii (1966), 98–101
R. Berthelot: ‘A propos de César Franck’, L’orgue, no.121 (1967), 17–18 [incl. photograph from 1843]
P. Libert: ‘Het geboortehuis van César Franck’, Mens en melodie, xxiii (1968), 34–7
L. Davies: César Franck and his Circle (London, 1970/R)
J. Maegaard: ‘Romantikkens harmonik?’, DMt, xlvi (1971), 11–14 [Franck’s harmonic style]
B. Wegener: César Francks Harmonik (Regensburg, 1976)
A. Seipt: César Francks symphonische Dichtungen (Regensburg, 1981)
J.-L. Beauvois: Prélude, aria et final avec César Franck: cinquante ans de musique française (1830–1880) (Grenoble, 1990)
literature on specific works
P. Dukas: ‘Les béatitudes’, Revue hebdomadaire, xi (1893), 302–10
C. Franck: Notice analytique et thématique (Paris, 1896) [analysis of the Symphonie]
M.-D. Calvocoressi: ‘César Franck et “Les béatitudes”, Musica (1903) [incl. several photographs]
C. Bordes: ‘Le sentiment religieux dans la musique d’église de Franck’, Courrier musical (1 Nov 1904)
C. van den Borren: L’oeuvre dramatique de César Franck: ‘Hulda’ et ‘Ghiselle’ (Brussels, 1907)
J. Tiersot: ‘Les oeuvres inédites de César Franck’, ReM, iv/1–3 (1922–3), 97–138
A. Cortot: ‘L’oeuvre pianistique de César Franck’, ReM, vii (1925–26), nos.1–2, pp.1–24; nos.3–5, pp.22–38, 131–43 [repr. in Cortot (1930)]
R. Jardillier: La musique de chambre de César Franck (Paris, 1929)
H. Grace: The Organ Works of César Franck (London, 1948)
G. Sievers: ‘Analyse von César Francks Prélude, choral et fugue pour piano’, Musik im Unterricht, xlix (1958), 210–13
H. Hollander: ‘Die tonpoetische Idee in der Sinfonie César Francks’, SMz, xcix (1959), 425–7
R. Stephan: ‘Ein seltsam notierter Takt in César Francks Quintett’, NZM, Jg.123 (1962), 218–19
M. Monnikendam: ‘De symfonie van César Franck’, Leren histeren, xiii (1963)
W. Pruitt: ‘Charles Tournemire and the Style of Franck’s Major Organ Works’, The Diapason, lxiii (1969–70), 17 only
P. Gülke: ‘Wider die Übermacht des Thematischen: zum Verständnis César Francks anhand seiner d-Moll Sinfonie’, BMw, xiii (1971), 261–5
A. Hedinger: “Les Béatitudes” von César Franck’, SMz, cxi (1971), 353–4
F. Peeters: ‘Franck’s orgeloeuvre’, Praestant, xx (1971), 25
F. Peeters: ’César Franck’s Organ Music’, MT, cxiii (1972), 395–7, 499–500
A. Landgraf: Musica sacra zwischen Symphonie und Improvisation: César Franck und seine Musik für den Gottesdienst (Tutzing, 1975)
R. Smith: Toward an Authentic Interpretation of the Organ Works of César Franck (New York, 1983)
D.R. Cranford: Harmonic and Contrapuntal Techniques in the Late Keyboard Works of César Franck (diss., U. of North Texas, 1992)
contextual literature
G. Servières: La musique française moderne (Paris, 1897)
A. Bruneau: La musique française (Paris, 1901)
D.G. Mason: From Greig to Brahms (New York, 1902, 3/1927/R)
A. Hervey: French Music in the Nineteenth Century (London, 1903)
A. Elson: Modern Composers of Europe (Boston, MA, 1905)
R. Rolland: Musiciens d’aujourd’hui (Paris, 1908, 6/1914; Eng. trans., 1914, 4/1919)
O. Séré [J. Poueigh]: Musiciens français d’aujourd’hui (Paris, 1911, 8/1921)
G. Jean-Aubry: La musique française d’aujourd’hui (Paris, 1916; Eng. trans., 1919/R)
M. Boucher: L’école de César Franck (Paris, 1917)
J. Tiersot: Un demi-siècle de musique française (Paris, 1918, 2/1924)
A. Cortot: La musique Française de piano, i (Paris, 1930/R; Eng. trans., 1932/R)
N. Cardus: Ten Composers (London, 1945, rev. 2/1958 as A Composer’s Eleven)
D. Brook: ‘César Franck’, Five Great French Composers (London, 1946)
M. Cooper: French Music from the Death of Berlioz to the Death of Fauré (London, 1951)
F. Noske: La mélodie française de Berlioz à Duparc (Amsterdam, 1954; Eng. trans., rev., 1970/R by R. Benton and F. Noske)
R.S. Grover: The Influence of Franck, Wagner and Debussy on Representative Works of Ernest Chausson (diss., U. of North Carolina, 1966)
F. Douglas: Cavaillé-Coll and the Musicians (Raleigh, NC, 1980)
R. Bayer: Die musikalische Darstellung der Person Christi in verschiedenen Stilepochen (MA diss., Hochschule für Musik, Vienna, 1982)
F. Reinisch: Das französische Oratorium von 1840 bis 1870 (Regensburg, 1982)
M. Stockhem: Eugène Ysayë et la musique de chambre (Liège, 1990)
monographs and collections of articles
V. d’Indy: César Franck (Paris, 1906; Eng. trans., 1910/R) [incl. catalogue of works]
M. de Rudder: César Franck (Turnhout, 1920)
P. de Wailly: La vie et l’âme de César Franck (Amiens, 1922)
E. Closson: César Franck (Charleroi, 1923)
M. Emmanuel: César Franck (Paris, 1930)
C. Tournemire: César Franck (Paris, 1931)
W. Mohr: César Franck (Stuttgart, 1942, 2/1969) [2nd edn incl. thematic catalogue of pubd works]
A. Ysaye: César Franck et son époque (Brussels, 1942)
R. Zimmerman: César Franck (Aachen, 1942)
M. Kunel: La vie de César Franck: l’homme et l’oeuvre (Paris, 1947)
J. Horton: César Franck (London, 1948)
H. Andriessen: César Franck (Amsterdam, n.d.; Eng. trans., 1949)
N. Demuth: César Franck (London, 1949)
N. Dufourcq: César Franck (Paris, 1949)
M. Monnikendam: César Franck (Amsterdam, 1949, 2/1966)
L. Vallas: César Franck (London, 1951/R; Fr. orig., Paris, 1955, as La véritable histoire de César Franck)
M. Kunel: César Franck inconnu (Brussels, 1958)
J. Gallois: César Franck (Paris, 1966)
E. Buenzod: César Franck (Paris, 1967)
N. Rogožina: César Franck (Moscow, 1969)
L. Davies: Franck (London, 1973)
A. Bassi: César Franck (Bordenove, 1988)
César Franck et son temps: Liège 1990 [RBM, xlv (1991)]
L’orgue: cahiers et mémoires, no.44 (1990) [César Franck issue]
Revue européenne d’études musicales (1991) [César Franck issue]
J.-M. Fauquet: César Franck (Paris, 1999)
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