Youri Boutsko’s “Second Great Organ notebook” (2010): a “Swan Song”

Abstract

The article is devoted to analysis of the “Second Great Organ notebook” written in 2010 by the great Russian composer Youri Boutsko (1938–2015). The author, who has a double role of musicologist and concert organist to whom this “Second Great Organ notebook” was dedicated, presents its complete analysis (conception and images, harmony and musical form), completed by her personal impressions and recollections. Refs 6. Figs 7.