Chanson des Alpes

This work, along with "Christmas Eve in the Tyrol" complete our travel for the day! :-)

Thomas Frederick Handel Candlyn (1892–1964) was an English-born organist, composer and choirmaster who spent most of his professional career at two Episcopal Church congregations in New York.

He was born December 17, 1892 in Davenham, Cheshire, England, the son of Thomas John Candlyn, an organist, and received the Bachelor of Music degree from Durham University in 1911. In 1915 he was offered the position of organist and choirmaster at St. Paul’s Church, Albany, and he emigrated to the United States. He was to remain at St. Paul’s for twenty-eight years. In 1918 he became a United States citizen.

In 1943 he succeeded T. Tertius Noble as organist and choirmaster at St. Thomas Episcopal Church, New York, where he remained until his retirement in 1954. He composed two hundred works, primarily anthems, cantatas, service settings and organ solos.

"Chanson des Alpes" was published by H. W. Gray in 1919 as No. 126 in their large, "St. Cecilia Series". It is dedicated: "To Mr. H.C. Peabody, Fitchburg, Mass.", who was organist of Christ Church in that city.

It is "Founded on a song popular in Savoie".

You'll need a very technically skilled and flexible left hand, preferably a BIG one, if you intend to do this at the metronome mark!

I couldn't and didn't try, as this seems fast enough, although I wish I could have got it a bit quicker. It's the sort of thing I could spend a month on, as opposed to a day, but it probably wouldn't sound much different.

HARD piece...

The other work that is "paired" with this one is "La Marche des Rois", which you can find here:

https://www.contrebombarde.com/concerthall/music/32744

The score is attached below, as well as several photos of Candlyn & St. Paul's Church in Albany. Also attached is a picture of Christ Church, Fitchburg, where the dedicatee was organist, as well as a period photo of their choir. Now, they have a praise band...