A G Preston Posted October 26, 2023 Share Posted October 26, 2023 Whilst browsing on IMSLP, I found an organ sonata by Ludwig Thuille, a pupil of Rheinberger. He is probably best known for his Sextet for Piano and Winds. He clearly had a natural facility for writing appealing melodies. Have any forum members heard and/or played it? https://imslp.org/wiki/Organ_Sonata%2C_Op.2_(Thuille%2C_Ludwig) https://spotify.link/88230wFfdEb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S_L Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I've never heard of Thuille but, for an early work, the Organ Sonata seems remarkably assured. I did look at the score of the much later Op. 22 'Cello Sonata with its appealing melodies. Thirty odd years ago I would have got that under my belt. The string quartet looks good too! He seems to have been a prolific teacher. I noted that he was the teacher of Walter Spalding who had the distinction, or otherwise, of teaching Leroy Anderson! His Harmonielehre seems to have been used, a bit like Fux, to persecute young music undergraduates in German/Austrian music conservatoires! I did notice, in the brief biography I found, no mention of the Organ Sonata!!! Several of his works are recorded and are available. As mentioned above the Sextet has always had a certain popularity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pwhodges Posted October 27, 2023 Share Posted October 27, 2023 I'm amused that the Sonata score has the wrong time signature for the second movement. And here, just for curiosity, is a recording I made of some students playing the Sextet exactly thirty years ago: https://cassland.org/sounds/Thuille/ Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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