Maurice Duruflé

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Maurice Duruflé (1962)

Maurice Duruflé (born January 11, 1902 in Louviers , Département Eure , † June 16, 1986 in Paris ) was a French organist and composer .

Life

Duruflé was initially a private student of Louis Vierne and Charles Tournemire , later he studied at the Paris Conservatory with Jean Gallon , composition with Paul Dukas , and Eugène Gigout . From 1929 he was organist at the Paris church of St. Étienne-du-Mont and toured Europe and North America as a concert organist. In 1943 he became a professor of harmony at the Conservatoire. In 1953 Duruflé married the organist Marie-Madeleine Chevalier (1921–1999), a student of Marcel Dupré , with whom he often performed together. Both suffered a serious car accident on May 29, 1975, which ended the Duruflés' organist career. His last work, the short choral setting Notre-Père , was written in 1977. Maurice Duruflé died in Paris in 1986 at the age of 84.

Honors

  • 1954 Chevalier of the Legion of Honor
  • 1966 Officer of the Legion of Honor

plant

Duruflé wrote mainly sacred vocal and organ music. Although he composed all his life, he only released a fraction of his work for publication. His oeuvre , influenced by late Romanticism , Impressionism and Gregorian chant , comprises only 14 works with an opus number, all of which, however, are characterized by great skill and high originality.

Among the organ works, the Suite op.5 from 1932 and the Prélude et Fuge sur le nom d'Alain op.7 from 1942 stand out. His Requiem (1947) for solos, choir, organ and orchestra, which is recognized as a masterpiece of French church music, became famous .

Maurice Duruflé was organist at the Paris church of St. Étienne-du-Mont for many decades

Compositions

Organ solo

  • Scherzo op. 2 (1926)
  • Prelude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le Veni Creator op.4 (1930)
  • Suite op. 5 (1932):
    • Prelude
    • Sicilienne
    • Toccata
  • Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain op.7 (1942)
  • Prelude sur l'Introït de l'Epiphanie op.13 (1961)
  • Fugue sur le carillon des heures de la Cathédrale de Soissons op.12 (1962)
  • Méditation op.posth. (1964)
  • Lecture à vue (unpublished)
  • Fugue (unpublished)
  • Lux aeterna (unpublished)

Chamber music

  • Prélude, Récitatif et Variations op.3 for flute, viola and piano (1928)

Piano solo

  • Triptyque op.1: Fantaisie sur des thèmes grégoriens (1927/1943, unpublished)
  • Trois Danses op.6 (1932, piano version by the composer):
    • Divertissement
    • Danse lente
    • Tambourine

Piano for four hands

  • Trois Danses op.6 (1932, transcription made by the composer):
    • Divertissement
    • Danse lente
    • Tambourine

Two pianos

  • Trois Danses op.6 (1932, transcription made by the composer):
    • Divertissement
    • Danse lente
    • Tambourine

Orchestral works

  • Trois Danses op.6 (1932):
    • Divertissement
    • Danse lente
    • Tambourine
  • Andante et Scherzo op.8 (1940)

Choral works

  • Requiem op.9 for soloists, choir, orchestra and organ (1947)
    • Version with large orchestra (1947)
    • Version with organ (1948)
    • Version with small orchestra (1961)
  • Quatre Motets sur des Thèmes Grégoriens op.10 for a cappella choir (1960):
  • Mass Cum Jubilo op.11 for baritone, male choral voice ( Schola ) and orchestra (1966):
    • Version with organ (1967)
    • Version with large orchestra (1970)
    • Version with small orchestra (1972)
  • Notre Père op.14 for four-part mixed choir (1977)

Other compositions

  • Homage to Jean Gallon (1953)
  • Sicilienne from the Suite op.5 for small orchestra (flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, horn and string quintet, unpublished)

Transcriptions

  • Johann Sebastian Bach : Four chorale preludes for organ , orchestrated by Maurice Duruflé (1942/1945):
    • Now come, the Gentile Savior (18 chants)
    • Now rejoice, dear Christians, in BWV 734
    • O Lamb of God innocent BWV 656 (18 chorales)
    • There is joy in you BWV 615 (little organ book)
  • Louis Vierne : Soirs étrangers op.56 , for violoncello and piano, orchestrated by Maurice Duruflé (1943):
    • Grenade
    • Sur le Léman
    • Venise
    • Steppe canadien
    • Poisson chinois
  • Louis Vierne: Ballade du désespéré op.61 , poème lyrique for tenor and piano, orchestrated by Maurice Duruflé (1943)
  • Maurice Duruflé: Requiem op.9, for voice and piano (1947)
  • Johann Sebastian Bach: Two chorales from the cantatas BWV 22 and 147, arranged for organ solo by Maurice Duruflé (1952)
  • Louis Vierne: Trois Improvisations for Organ (Notre-Dame-de-Paris, November 1928), transcribed by Maurice Duruflé (1954):
    • Marche épiscopale
    • Meditation
    • Cortège
  • Charles Tournemire : Cinq Improvisations for organ (Ste. Clotilde, Paris, 1930/1931), transcribed by Maurice Duruflé (1956–1958):
    • Petite rhapsodie improvisée
    • Cantilène improvisée
    • Improvisation on the "Te Deum"
    • Fantasy improvisation on the "Ave maris stella"
    • Choral improvisation sur le "Victimae paschali"
  • Gabriel Fauré : Prélude de Pelléas et Mélisande , transcribed for organ solo by Maurice Duruflé
  • Robert Schumann : Lamentation , transcribed for organ solo by Maurice Duruflé

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personal data
SURNAME Duruflé, Maurice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French composer
DATE OF BIRTH January 11, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH Louviers
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1986
Place of death Paris