Maurice Duruflé : The Man and His Music /

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Biography of the great French organist and composer (1902-86), and the most comprehensive in any language. James E. Frazier traces Durufle's musical training, his studies with Tournemire and Vierne, and his career as an organist, church musician, composer, recitalist, Conservatoire professor, a...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Frazier, James E. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press, 2019.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Durufle, Maurice, > 1902-1986.
Organists.
Composers.
Composers > France > Biography.
Organists > France > Biography.
France.
Biographies.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Durufle's childhood and early education
  • Life at the cathedral choir school
  • Lessons with Charles Tournemire
  • Lessons with Louis Vierne
  • The conservatoire student
  • Durufle's distinctions
  • The contested successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde
  • Durufle's performing career
  • The orchestral musician
  • The Poulenc organ concerto
  • Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire
  • Marie-Madeleine Chevalier
  • Overview of Durufle's compositions
  • Durufle's compositions : their genesis and first performances
  • Durufle'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
  • Durufle as organist and teacher
  • Durufle and organ design
  • The Church in transition
  • The North American tours
  • The man Durufle.

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