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Organ solo: Pedaliter - Late Intermediate SKU: EC.9121 Composed by Frank Ferko. E.C. Schirmer Publishing #9121. Published by E.C. Schirmer Publishing (EC.9121). UPC: 600313491214.Composed in 1996 and intended for concert use as a novelty piece. The plainsong theme which is the basis for the variations is the “Alleluia” from the “Mass for the Day of St. Richardis,” the ninth century empress who became a nun and founded a Benedictine abbey at Andlau.

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