“Carillon-Sortie” and “Tu Es Petra” are Mulet’s only works which are frequently
performed, although even these masterpieces are essentially unknown in France.
However, there are other works, including the recently found harmonium works in this
collection, composed when Mulet was choir organist at Église Saint-Roch, Paris, and
organ professor at l’École Niedermeyer. At least one is a transcription of
an earlier orchestral work, and the others may have similar origins.
Given Mulet’s lifelong dislike for the harmonium, the very existence of these works is
surprising.
The goal of these adaptations is to remain true to the spirit of the original works while at the same time making the pieces idiomatic for organ. Each of these works is a masterpiece in miniature, written just before Henri Mulet stopped composing about 1911. It is my hope that this edition may serve as a memorial to a man whose achievements were surely greater than... More > those for which he is remembered.
Stephen Best< Less
