L'Abbaye (Choeur, Orgue et Orchestre) - Kœchlin, Charles 1867-1950 (Paris Joanin)
Composed 1899-1902, orchestrated 1903, revised 1927. Premiere 1908-05-22 in Paris, Salle Gaveau.
Piano part = "reduction de l'Orchestre". This represents the version for chamber orchestra (orchestre réduit), there is also a version for "orchestre complet", which is Op.16bis
Charles Koechlin was a French composer, teacher and musicologist. He was a political radical all his life and a passionate enthusiast for such diverse things as medieval music, The Jungle Book of Rudyard Kipling, Johann Sebastian Bach, film stars (especially Lilian Harvey and Ginger Rogers), traveling, stereoscopic photography and socialism. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Koechlin]
Keywords: 20th Century (1901-2000); Vocal music; Religion; Choral music; Cantata