Maurice Duruflé - The Man and His Music

A new, deeply researched biography of the great French organist, who composed some of the best-loved works in the organ repertory -- and the masterful Requiem.

List of contents

Duruflé's Childhood and Early Education
Life at the Cathedral Choir School
Lessons with Charles Tournemire
Lessons with Louis Vierne
The Conservatoire Student
Duruflé's Distinctions
The Contested Successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde
Duruflé's Peforming Career
The Orchestral Musician
The Poulenc Organ Concerto
Professor of Harmony at the Paris Conservatoire
Marie-Madeleine Chevalier
Overview of Duruflé's Compositions
Duruflé's Compositions: Their Genesis and First Performance
Duruflé's Role in the Plainsong Revival
The Vichy Commissions
The Requiem
The Musical History of Saint Étienne-du-Mont
The Organs at Saint Étienne-du-Mont
Duruflé as Organist and Teacher
Duruflé and Organ Design
The Church in Transition
The North American Tours
The Man Duruflé

Summary

A new, deeply researched biography of the great French organist, who composed some of the best-loved works in the organ repertory -- and the masterful Requiem.

Product details

• Authors: James Frazier, James E Frazier, James E. Frazier
• Publisher: Boydell & Brewer
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.09.2007
• EAN: 9781580462273
• ISBN: 978-1-58046-227-3
• No. of pages: 402
• Dimensions: 163 mm x 233 mm x 31 mm
• Weight: 794 g
• Series: Eastman Studies in Music; Eastman Studies in Music
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature > Letters, diaries; Humanities, art, music > Music > General, dictionaries; Biografien: allgemein, BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / General, MUSIC / History & Criticism, Music / Songbooks