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new organ works Example 5 solo compositions Chronological list of solo organ works by Naji Hakim as of May 2011 Ave maris stella, stanza 1 "Danse" from Mariales, Naji Hakim, mm. 1-9 flutes. Example three shows the Salve Regina chant and the beginning of "Antienne." The fourth piece, "Hymne," is based on Virgo Dei genitrix, which is sung at the Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The form of "Hymne" is ABA with four measures in each A section and seven measures in the B section. The seven measures of the B section correspond to the seven phrases of the Virgo Dei genitrix chant. The chant is played by the right hand. The pedal is silent except for the B section where it has an E and B drone. Example four shows the Virgo Dei genitrix chant and the beginning of the B section of "Hymne." The final piece, "Danse," is based on the Gregorian hymn Ave maris stella. It has a sixteenth note ostinato played in the left hand. "Danse" begins with the ostinato, and the chant enters in the right hand in m. 5. The chant is fragmented in the soprano voice. Example f ive shows the Ave maris stella chant and mm. 1-9 of "Danse." As discussed in Hakim's book, The Improvisation Companion, the melodic, rhythmic, harmonic, and expressive characteristics of the themes help generate his works. The development of the theme(s) produces the form of the work, both when improvising and composing. The formal design of Hakim's Mariales is free form for "Incantation" and "Antienne," while the design of "Pastorale" is AB, "Hymne" is ABA, and "Danse" is AA'. Heather M. Hernandez is organist at St. Thomas the Apostle Catholic Church in Phoenix, AZ and director of the doctoral grant program for Sigma Alpha Iota Philanthropies, Inc.  She received a Doctorate in Organ Performance from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.  Her doctoral document was published in 2008 as Selected Chant-Based Organ Works of Naji Hakim: the influence of improvisation. Cosmogonie, 1983 Petite Suite, 1984 Symphonie en Trois Mouvements pour Grand Orgue, 1984 The Embrace of Fire: Triptyque pour orgue, 1986 Fantaisie sur "Adeste, Fideles" (with second organ ad libitum), 1986 Hommage à Igor Stravinski: Triptyque pour Grand Orgue, 1986 Expressions, 1988 Memor, 1989 Rubaïyat, 1990 Variations on Two Themes "Old Hundredth" & "Donne Secours," 1991 Mariales, 1993 Le Tombeau d'Olivier Messiaen, 1993 Vexilla Regis Prodeunt, 1994 Canticum, 1995 Sinfonia in Honore Sancti Ioannis Baptistæ, 1996 Pange Lingua, 1996 Te Deum, 1997 Bagatelle, 1997 Chant de Joie, 1997 The Last Judgment, 1999 Quatre Etudes-Caprices for pedal solo, 2000 Gershwinesca, 2000 In Organo, Chordis et Choro, 2001 Le Bien-aimé Suite symphonique, 2001 Ouverture Libanaise, 2001 Agapê, 2001 BACH'ORAMA: Orgelfantasie über Themen von Johann Sebastian Bach, 2003 Gregoriana, 2003 Salve Regina, 2004 SAKSKØBING PRÆLUDIER, 2005 Mit seinem Geist und Gaben: Variationen über Ein feste Burg, 2006 AALAIKI'SSALAAM: Variations on a Lebanese theme, 2006 Esquisses Grégoriennes, 2006 Hommage à Jean Langlais, 2006 Glenalmond Suite, 2007 To Call My True Love To My Dance (Variations on a Danish theme 'Vil du danse med mig'), 2007 All My Founts Shall Be With You, 2007 Ich liebe die farbenreiche Welt, 2008 Arabesques, 2009 Amazing Grace for organ (and soprano ad libitum), 2009 Fanfare for Nottingham, 2010 Jonquilles : Trois Préludes Pascals, 2010 Theotokos, 2010 footnotes 1 Marcel Dupré, Méthode d'Orgue (Paris: Alphonse Leduc, 1927). 2 Five editions of Harold Gleason's Method of Organ Playing were issued by various publishers between 1937 and 1962. 3 4 Naji Hakim, interview by author, transcript and tape recording, Eglise de la Trinité, Paris, France, March 4 2001. Jacques Dhaussy, "Naji Hakim : Rendre la musique d'église à des personnes compétentes," Una Voce 216 (Janvier-Février 2001): 24-25 5 6 Naji Hakim, interview by author, March 4 2001, Eglise de la Trinité, Paris, France. 7 Hakim, Mariales, UMP Organ Repertoire Series - No. 22 (London: UMP, 1993). Chase, 69. sai-national.org SUMMER 2011 PAN PIPES 11

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