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Alphonse Mailly (arr. J.F. Barnett): Contemplation

243 views · Published 9 August 2016 · 3:35 · Indexed 14 November 2026

Channel: PSearPianist · 2016 · Music

Phillip Sear plays a piano transcription by John Francis Barnett from 1911 of an organ piece by the Belgian organist and composer Alphonse Mailly (1833-1918).
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The Belgian organist and composer Alphonse Mailly (1833-1918) studied at the Brussels conservatory, where he later taught. He was famous as a concert organist, and Berlioz described him as "One of the most skilful virtuosos ever produced by the modern art of the great organ". You can read much more about his interesting life here: http://bit.ly/2ayRAMN . I'm not sure when this piece was written. The transcription sticks pretty closely to the organ original. The transcriber, John Francis Barnett (1837-1916), studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London, and later at the Leipzig Conservatory, where his teachers included Moscheles. He later taught at the Royal College of Music and the Guildhall School in London. As a composer, he is best-known for his choral and vocal works, although he also wrote a symphony, a piano concerto, and other orchestral works.

My thumbnail shows a painting of Mailly by Léonard Schaeken in the Brussels Conservatory.
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Alphonse Mailly (arr. J.F. Barnett): Contemplation

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