Marie Ducrot

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Marie Ducrot (* 1919 in Belgium ; † 2001 , probably in Laon ) was a French organist who was known beyond the borders of France as an interpreter of French organ music. From 1966 to 2000 she was titular organist at Notre Dame Cathedral in Laon.

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Marie Ducrot was of Belgian descent and from early childhood she lived in Laon , the capital of the Aisne department . She received her musical training from the blind composer Jean Langlais in Paris. She then returned to Laon to work as a music teacher at the local conservatory .

At the age of eleven, Ducrot had already played the choir organ ( Orgue de Chœur ) of Laon Cathedral, later she switched to the main organ ( Grand Orgue ), an instrument built in 1899 in the workshop of the organ builder Henri Didier from Epinal, and became the deputy of the long-time titular organist Jules Fouquet . After he died on July 19, 1966, Ducrot was officially appointed as his successor on August 7, 1966. She held the office of titular organist until 2000. Her successors were Laurent Fèvres and Lidia Książkiewicz .

In addition to her work as a music teacher and church musician , Ducrot gave numerous organ concerts and was an interpreter of French organ music well known beyond the borders of France. Until the 1980s, she worked repeatedly with her former teacher Langlais, whose love of paraphrasing Gregorian melodies she shared. Therefore, although her repertoire spanned a wide range, she preferred the contemporary French composers and their works in the Gregorian style.

Recordings of their concerts, which took place not only in Laon, but also on the great historical organs in the cathedrals of Quimper , Saint-Omer , Dol-de-Bretagne and Angoulême , were initially released as vinyl long-playing records under the Wiesbaden label in the 1980s Ursina Motette , later published by Carthagène . In 2012 some of these recordings were reissued on CD.

Marie Ducrot probably died in Laon in 2001 at the age of 80.

Publications (selection)

LPs
  • D'Indy , Ropartz, Busser, Bonnet. Jean-Louis Durand à l'orgue Haerpfer; Marie Ducrot à l'orgue Henri Didier. Musique française pour orgue, volume 1. Carthagène 730516.
  • Marie Ducrot: Orgue Henri Didier (1897) de la Cathédrale Notre Dame, Laon; Orgue Georges Wenner (1870) de l'église Saint-Martin, Pau; Orgue Louis Debierre (1877) de la cathédrale Saint-Samson, Dol-de-Bretagne. Musique française pour orgue, volume 2. Carthagène 730517.
  • Marie Ducrot à l'orgue Cavaillé-Coll (1855) de la Basilique Notre Dame, Saint-Omer. Musique française pour orgue, volume 3. Carthagène 730519.
  • Marie Ducrot interprète Vierne , Dubois , Tournemire et Langlais à l'orgue de Saint-Martin de Pau. Musique française pour orgue, volume 4. Carthagène 730529.
CDs
  • Jean Langlais centenary celebration. Marie Ducrot and others. 4 CDs. Motette, Düsseldorf 2007.
  • French Music For Organ CD. Carthagène Records, 2012.
  • Marie Ducrot Plays Franck , Dallier, Saint-Saëns . CD. Carthagène Records, 2012.
  • Joseph Bonnet : Organ Works. Henri Didier organ (1897) of Notre Dame Cathedral, Laon. CD. Carthagène Records, 2013. (Original recording 1974.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Bonnet: Organ Works - Ducrot. In: opusklassiek.nl. Retrieved October 7, 2017 (Dutch).
  2. ↑ a b Record cover, back: Marie Ducrot: Grandes Orgues de la Cathédrale de Laon . Vinyl record. Motette-Ursina-Schallplattenverlag, Wiesbaden 1980.
  3. ↑ Marie Ducrot at orgues-aisne.com, accessed October 7, 2017. (French)
predecessor Office successor
Jules Fouquet Titular organist at Laon Cathedral
1966–2000 		Laurent Fèvres
personal data
SURNAME Ducrot, Marie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French organist
DATE OF BIRTH 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Belgium
DATE OF DEATH 2001
Place of death unsure: Laon , France