Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
Marie-Madeleine Duruflé (born May 8, 1921 in Marseille , Bouches-du-Rhône , † October 5, 1999 in Louveciennes ; née Chevalier ) was a French organist .
Live and act
She received her first piano lessons from her grandmother. She wrote her first composition when she was eight. At the age of eleven she was appointed titular organist at the Cathedral of Cavaillon . At the age of 13, after a year of training at the Avignon Conservatory, she received first prize for piano, and the following year first prize for harmony. In 1939 she was invited by Marcel Dupré to his organ class at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Paris . She only accepted this offer after the war and finished her studies in 1949 with the first prize. In 1947 she became an assistant to Maurice Duruflé , whom she married in 1953.
She and her husband gave concerts all over Europe, the USSR and the USA. She regularly accompanied her husband's choral works on the organ. In 1987 the French Ministry of Culture honored her with the title Officier des Arts et Lettres . Until 1997 she was still organist in the organ of the parish church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont .
Fonts
- Le Grand Orgue de St-Etienne-du-Mont
- Souvenirs sur les Amis de l'orgue
Audio documents
- Marie-Madeleine Duruflé - Memorial (St. Eustache - Paris)
- M. Duruflé: Prelude et fugue ALAIN
- M. Duruflé: Trois danses pour orchester
Web links
- Association Maurice et Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
- Discography
- Works by and about Marie-Madeleine Duruflé in the catalog of the German National Library
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| SURNAME | Duruflé, Marie-Madeleine |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine (maiden name); Duruflé-Chevalier, Marie-Madeleine |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French organist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 8, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Marseille |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 5, 1999 |
| Place of death | Louveciennes |