Maurice Duruflé (January 11, 1902, Louviers–June 16, 1986, Paris) was a French composer and organist. He was born in Louviers, and died in Paris. January 11 is the 11th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... Events January-April January 28 - The Carnegie Institution is founded in Washington, DC with a $10 million gift from Andrew Carnegie. ... Louviers is a French town in upper Normandy in the Eure département. ... June 16 is the 167th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (168th in leap years), with 198 days remaining. ... 1986 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ... The French Republic or France (French: République française or France) is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... This article or section should be merged with Pipe organ The Casavant pipe organ at Notre-Dame de Montréal Basilica, Montreal The organ is a type of keyboard musical instrument, distinctive because the sound is not produced by a percussion action, as on a piano or celesta, or by... Louviers is a French town in upper Normandy in the Eure département. ... The Eiffel Tower has become the symbol of Paris throughout the world. ...

He wrote only fourteen published works, the most famous of which is his Requiem, Op 9. The requiem, also known formally as the Mass of Requiem, is a liturgical service of the Roman Catholic Church and its Eastern Rite. ...

As a schoolboy, he attended Rouen Cathedral Choir School where he was a chorister, and where he studied piano and organ. When he was 17 he went to Paris, and studied organ with Charles Tournemire, and at 18 he entered the Paris Conservatory, where he studied composition under Charles-Marie Widor and Paul Dukas and organ with Eugene Gigout. Charles Tournemire (Bordeaux, 1870 - 1939) was a French composer and organist, famous also for his improvisations. ... Conservatoire de Paris, or Paris Conservatoire, has been central to the evolution of music in France and Western Europe. ... Charles-Marie Jean Albert Widor (February 21, 1844 – March 12, 1937) was a French organist, composer and teacher. ... Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935) was a French composer of classical music. ...

Between 1922 and 1928 he won several prizes, including prizes for composition, piano accompaniment, harmony and organ. In 1927 he became an assistant to Louis Vierne at Notre Dame. Vierne wanted Duruflé to succeed him but the authorities were somewhat displeased with Vierne and appointed Leonce de Saint-Martin instead. However it was Duruflé who was alongside Vierne at the console in Notre Dame when Vierne died during his 1750th recital in the church. Louis Vierne, (1870-1937) was a French organist and composer. ...

In 1929 he won the Paris "Friends of the organ" prize, for organ and improvisation, and he obtained the position of organist at the church of St-Etienne-du-Mont, Paris. His Op 3. piece Prelude, Recitative and Variations for flute, viola and piano was given its first performance by Marcel Moyse, Maurice Vieux and Jean Doyen. Marcel Moyse was a famous French flute player, for whom many pieces were written. ...

He gave the premiere of Poulenc's Organ Concerto under Roger Désormière in Paris in 1939. He had earlier advised Poulenc on the registration of the solo part. Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (January 7, 1899 - January 30, 1963) was a French composer. ...

From 1942 he assisted Marcel Dupré in organ classes at the Paris Conservatory. Marcel Dupré Marcel Dupré ( May 3, 1886– May 30, 1971), was a French organist and composer. ...

In 1947 he wrote his most famous piece, his Requiem Op. 9, for choir, soloists and orchestra, which was given its first performance by Paul Paray. The Requiem has some similarities with Fauré's, though it also shows the strong influence of Gregorian chant. The piece was reworked into two other versions, and now exists in three versions—one for full orchestra, one for reduced orchestra, and a version with organ (plus an obbligato solo for cello in the "Pie Jesu"). His Messe "Cum Jubilo" also exists in three such versions. Paul Paray (born Le Tréport, May 24, 1886 - died Monte Carlo, October 10, 1979) was a French conductor, organist and composer. ... Gabriel Urbain Fauré (May 12, 1845 – November 4, 1924) was a French composer. ... Gregorian chant is also known as plainchant or plainsong, and is a form of monophonic, unaccompanied singing, which was developed in the Catholic church, mainly during the period 800-1000. ... In classical music an obbligato is an elaborate accompaniment part played by a single instrument. ...

The organist Marie-Madeleine Chevalier became his assistant a St-Etienne-du-Mont in 1947. He married her in 1953 at the age of 51. They shared the position of organist at St-Etienne-du-Mont thereafter.

He gave up performing after a car accident in 1975.

His last published work (1977) was a setting of the Lord's Prayer for 4 mixed voices. The Lords Prayer (sometimes known by its first two Latin words as the Pater Noster, in Greek as the , or the English equivalent Our Father) is probably the best-known prayer in the Christian religion. ...

Although he is most famous for his Requiem, it must not be forgotten that he was a distinguished organist, and he gave numerous performances, including the premieres of Louis Vierne's 6th Symphony (1935) and Poulenc's organ concerto. He composed "Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain" in memory of Jehan Alain, an organist killed in action in 1940.

He also made numerous recordings, including his own Requiem, but also Poulenc's organ concerto, Saint-Saëns's 3rd Symphony, Charpentier's Midnight Mass for Christmas, and performed in recordings of Faure's Requiem, and Honegger's Christmas Cantata and King David. He also made recordings of Bach's organ music, some of them with his wife Marie-Madeleine, besides other recordings of organ music including works by Tournemire and Vierne and other composers. Marc-Antoine Charpentier (1643 - February 24, 1704) was a French composer of the Baroque era. ... Arthur Honegger (March 10, 1892 – November 27, 1955) was a Swiss composer. ... Johann Sebastian Bach, 1748 portrait by Elias Gottlob Haussmann Johann Sebastian Bach (March 21, 1685[1] (O.S.) – July 28, 1750[2] (N.S.)) was a German composer and organist of the Baroque period, and is universally regarded as one of the greatest composers of all time. ...

He died in Paris in 1986.

List of Works

• Tryptique, Op 1
• Scherzo, Op 2, 1926
• Prélude, Récitatif et Variations for flute, viola, and piano, Op 3, 1928
• Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du "Veni Creator", for organ and baritone choir, Op 4, 1930
• Suite, Op 5, 1933
• 3 Danses, Op 6, 1937
• Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, Op 7, 1940/1942?
• Andante et scherzo, Op 8, 1940
• Requiem, Op 9, for soloists, chorus, orchestra, and organ 1947 (also arranged for chamber orchestra with organ, and organ solo)
• Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op 10, a cappella SATB chorus, 1960
• Messe "Cum Jubilo", Op 11, baritone solo, baritone choir, orchestra, and organ, 1966 (also arranged for chamber orchestra with organ, and organ solo; the baritone solo may be split between a baritone and a tenor)
• Fugue sur le carillon des heures de la cathedral de Soissons, Op 12, 1962
• Prelude sur l'introit de l'epiphanie, Op 13, 1960
• Notre Père Op 14, a cappella SATB chorus, 1976 (also exists as unison chorus plus organ)

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External links

• http://www.france-orgue.fr/durufle/