Description: Marcel Dupré (1886–1971) composed 24 Inventions, Op. 50 in 1956, the final year of his tenure as Director of the Paris Conservatoire and one of the last major works of his distinguished career. Dedicated to the memory of fellow composer Marcel Samuel-Rousseau, the collection pays deliberate homage to Johann Sebastian Bach’s Two-Part Inventions by presenting twenty-four concise contrapuntal studies that traverse all the major and minor keys. Although conceived as pedagogical works, each invention is a fully realized concert miniature, demonstrating Dupré’s extraordinary mastery of counterpoint, motivic development, and idiomatic organ writing while exploring a broad range of expressive moods, from lyrical meditation to brilliant virtuosity. Today, 24 Inventions, Op. 50 is regarded as one of the finest twentieth-century contributions to the pedagogical and recital literature for organ, valued equally by students, teachers, and concert artists for its synthesis of Baroque discipline and modern harmonic language, and it remains a cornerstone of advanced organ study and an enduring testament to Dupré’s lifelong admiration for Bach. Reprint edition.

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