Steemit Open Mic Week 140 Prière, Oscar van Durme

This is my entry for the Steemit Openmic contest, week 141

Oscar Van Durme (1876 - 1925) was a Belgian composer and organist. He was born in Exaarde. He studied organ in Sint-Niklaas and later at the Lemmens Institute in Leuven. Besides beging an organist he started composing as well. He composed mainly religious work, masses, cantatas and works for organ. His works were published in journals like "Le Journal des organistes" and "L'organiste moderne" and were often reprinted.

This Prière is a melodious work, firmly rooted in the romantic tradition, with an elegant harmonic language.

The sound recording was done with the Hauptwerk software and the sampleset, made by Voxus, of the Stahlhuth/Jahn organ in the St. Martin’s church, Dudelange (https://www.voxusorgans.com/en/product/dudelange).

For those interested in playing it themselves, the score is available here:

http://partitura.org/index.php/oscar-van-durme-priere/