For many decades interpreters of Vierne’s organ music have had little choice other than to play from scores which have been quite difficult to read; differentiating between sharps and naturals has often been a problem, for example. Publishers have frequently resorted to photocopying old printed editions for a new print run, with an inevitable loss of clarity. In addition to this, the musical text has seldom been scrutinised in detail, and mistakes in registrations, phrasings and manual changes have remained unchallenged, causing much confusion to generations of organists.

David Sanger discusses his work as co-editor of the 2008 edition of Vierne's complete organ works by publishers Carus-Verlag, in an article which originally appeared in the RCO Journal of 2008.

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