Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace

The Verset pour la fête de la Dédicace (French: Verset for the Festival of the Dedication of a Church) is a short composition for organ by French composer Olivier Messiaen.

The Verset was composed as a response to a commission by the Conservatoire de Paris.

The piece would be used at the organ competitive examination which took place on June 13, 1961, at the Conservatoire.

[3][5] The piece is scored for solo organ and has a total duration of around 9 minutes.

The Verset starts with a monodic theme entitled Alleluia de la Dédicace, which he also used in the second movement of his Méditations sur le mystère de la Sainte Trinité.