Maurice Duruflé : the man and his music / James E. Frazier.
| Author/creator |
Frazier, James E. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2007. |
| Description | xxii, 375 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Eastman studies in music ; [v. 47] Eastman studies in music ; v. 47. ^A494093 |
| 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 performing 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 performances -- 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. |
| Abstract | This new biography of the great French organist and composer (1902-86) is the most comprehensive in any language. The author traces Duruflé's musical training, his studies with Tournemire and Vierne, and his career as an organist, church musician, composer, recitalist, Conservatoire professor, and orchestral musician. The author also examines the career and contributions of Duruflé's wife, the formidable organist Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier. Duruflé brought the church's unique language of plainsong into a compelling liaison with the secular harmonies of the modern French school (as typified by Debussy, Ravel, and Dukas) in works for his own instrument and in his widely loved masterpiece, the Requiem Op. 9 for soloists, chorus, organ, and orchestra. Drawing on the accounts of those who knew Duruflé personally as well as on the author's own detailed research, Maurice Duruflé offers a broad sketch of this modest and elusive man, widely recognized today for having created some of the greatest works in the organ repertory--and the masterful Requiem. |
| General note | List of Duruflé's works: pages 245-249. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-354), discography (pages 250-258), and index. |
| LCCN | 2007009847 |
| ISBN | 9781580462273 (hardcover : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 1580462278 (alk. paper) |
Available Items
| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Music | Music Stacks | ML416.D87 F73 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |