In 1927, Louis Vierne nominated him as his assistant at Notre-Dame. Duruflé and Vierne remained lifelong friends, and Duruflé was at Vierne's side acting as assistant when Vierne died at the console of the Notre-Dame organ on 2 June 1937, even though Duruflé had become titular organist of St-Étienne-du-Mont in Paris[3] in 1929, a position he held for the rest of his life. In 1930 he won a prize for his Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le "Veni Creator",[3] and in 1936 he won the Prix Blumenthal.[4] In 1939, he premiered Francis Poulenc's Organ Concerto (the Concerto for Organ, Strings and Timpani in G minor); he had advised Poulenc on the registrations of the organ part. In 1943 he became Professor of Harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris,[3] where he worked until 1970; among his pupils were the revered organists Pierre Cochereau, Jean Guillou and Marie-Claire Alain.[2]
In 1947 he completed probably the most famous of his few pieces: the Requiem op. 9, for soloists, choir, organ, and orchestra. He had begun composing the work in 1941, following a commission[5] from the Vichy regime. Also in 1947, Marie-Madeleine Chevalier became his assistant at St-Étienne-du-Mont. They married on 15 September 1953.[6] (Duruflé's first marriage to Lucette Bousquet, in 1932, ended in civil divorce in 1947 and was declared null by the Vatican on 23 June 1953.) The couple became a famous and popular organ duo, going on tour together several times throughout the sixties and early seventies.[citation needed]
He was made a Chevalier de la Legion d'honneur in 1954. He was promoted to an Officier de la Legion d'honneur in 1966.
Perfectionism
Duruflé was highly critical of his own compositions. He particularly disparaged the third and final movement 'Toccata' from his Suite, op. 5, and never recorded it. He never programmed the Toccata, his Sicilienne or the Prelude or Adagio from Veni Creator.[7]
He published only a handful of works and often continued to edit and change pieces after publication. For instance, the Toccata from Suite has a completely different ending in the first edition than in the more recent version, and the score to the Fugue sur le nom d'Alain originally indicated accelerando throughout. The result of this perfectionism is that his music, especially his organ music, tends to be well polished, and is still frequently performed in concerts by organists around the world.
Duruflé and his wife were musically conservative. In 1969 they attended a "jazz mass" at St-Étienne-du-Mont. Marie-Madeleine was visibly upset by the experience, and Duruflé called it a scandalous travesty.[8]
Later life and death
Duruflé suffered severe injuries in a car accident on 29 May 1975,[6] and as a result he gave up performing; indeed he was largely confined to his apartment, leaving the service at St-Étienne-du-Mont to his wife Marie-Madeleine (who was also injured in the accident). He died in a clinic at Louveciennes (near Paris) in 1986, aged 84, never having fully recovered from the accident.[9]
Compositions
Organ solo
Scherzo op. 2 (1926)
Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le theme du 'Veni Creator' op. 4 (1926/1930)[10]
For vocal soloists, choir and (large) orchestra (normally including organ, but can be performed without one): commissioned as a symphonic poem in 1941; completed in September 1947; first performed on 2 November 1947; published in 1950
For the same vocal forces and organ ("organ reduction" version; cello ad libitum in one movement): published in 1948
For the same vocal forces, organ and (reduced) orchestra (several instruments ad libitum, but one or more string instruments in every movement): published in 1961
^James E. Frazier (2007). Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music. Boydell & Brewer. ISBN978-1-58046-227-3. JSTOR 10.7722/j.ctt14brtzv. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ abcdNicholas Kaye. "Duruflé, Maurice". Grove Music Online. Oxford Music Online. Retrieved 14 October 2017.
^ abcd"Maurice Durufle". Obituaries. The Times. No. 62493. London. 26 June 1986. p. 22. Retrieved 13 October 2017.
^"Maurice Duruflé". Answers.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^"Excerpts - Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music". Mauricedurufle.com. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^ ab"Marie-Madeleine DURUFLÉ, biographie". France-orgue.fr. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
^Frazier, James E. (2007). Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music. p. 117. ISBN978-1-58046-227-3.
^Ebrecht has restored a recapitulative transition from the manuscript Durufle used to perform the premier in 1932 that is not in the published version. "Ebrecht Sicilienne" on SoundCloud.
^James E. Frazier. Chapter Sixteen: The Vichy Commissions", pp. 156–165, and "Chapter Seventeen: The Requiem", pp. 166–180 in Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music. University Rochester Press, 2007. ISBN1-58046-227-8
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Maurice Gustave Durufle 1 French dyʁyfle 11 January 1902 16 June 1986 was a French composer organist musicologist and teacher Maurice DurufleDurufle c 1962Born11 January 1902 1902 01 11 Louviers Eure FranceDied16 June 1986 1986 06 16 aged 84 Louveciennes Yvelines FranceOccupationsComposer Organist Professor Contents 1 Life and career 2 Perfectionism 3 Later life and death 4 Compositions 4 1 Organ solo 4 2 Chamber music 4 3 Piano solo 4 4 Piano for 4 hands 4 5 Two pianos 4 6 Orchestral works 4 7 Choral works 4 8 Miscellaneous works 4 9 Transcriptions 5 References 6 Sources 7 External linksLife and career EditDurufle was born in Louviers Eure in 1902 He became a chorister at the Rouen Cathedral Choir School from 1912 to 1918 where he studied piano and organ with Jules Haelling a pupil of Alexandre Guilmant 2 The choral plainsong tradition at Rouen became a strong and lasting influence 2 At age 17 upon moving to Paris he took private organ lessons with Charles Tournemire whom he assisted at Basilique Ste Clotilde Paris 3 until 1927 In 1920 Durufle entered the Conservatoire de Paris eventually graduating with first prizes in organ with Eugene Gigout 1922 harmony with Jean Gallon 1924 fugue with Georges Caussade 1924 piano accompaniment with Cesar Abel Estyle 1926 and composition with Paul Dukas 1928 2 In 1927 Louis Vierne nominated him as his assistant at Notre Dame Durufle and Vierne remained lifelong friends and Durufle was at Vierne s side acting as assistant when Vierne died at the console of the Notre Dame organ on 2 June 1937 even though Durufle had become titular organist of St Etienne du Mont in Paris 3 in 1929 a position he held for the rest of his life In 1930 he won a prize for his Prelude adagio et choral varie sur le Veni Creator 3 and in 1936 he won the Prix Blumenthal 4 In 1939 he premiered Francis Poulenc s Organ Concerto the Concerto for Organ Strings and Timpani in G minor he had advised Poulenc on the registrations of the organ part In 1943 he became Professor of Harmony at the Conservatoire de Paris 3 where he worked until 1970 among his pupils were the revered organists Pierre Cochereau Jean Guillou and Marie Claire Alain 2 In 1947 he completed probably the most famous of his few pieces the Requiem op 9 for soloists choir organ and orchestra He had begun composing the work in 1941 following a commission 5 from the Vichy regime Also in 1947 Marie Madeleine Chevalier became his assistant at St Etienne du Mont They married on 15 September 1953 6 Durufle s first marriage to Lucette Bousquet in 1932 ended in civil divorce in 1947 and was declared null by the Vatican on 23 June 1953 The couple became a famous and popular organ duo going on tour together several times throughout the sixties and early seventies citation needed He was made a Chevalier de la Legion d honneur in 1954 He was promoted to an Officier de la Legion d honneur in 1966 Perfectionism EditDurufle was highly critical of his own compositions He particularly disparaged the third and final movement Toccata from his Suite op 5 and never recorded it He never programmed the Toccata his Sicilienne or the Prelude or Adagio from Veni Creator 7 He published only a handful of works and often continued to edit and change pieces after publication For instance the Toccata from Suite has a completely different ending in the first edition than in the more recent version and the score to the Fugue sur le nom d Alain originally indicated accelerando throughout The result of this perfectionism is that his music especially his organ music tends to be well polished and is still frequently performed in concerts by organists around the world Durufle and his wife were musically conservative In 1969 they attended a jazz mass at St Etienne du Mont Marie Madeleine was visibly upset by the experience and Durufle called it a scandalous travesty 8 Later life and death EditDurufle suffered severe injuries in a car accident on 29 May 1975 6 and as a result he gave up performing indeed he was largely confined to his apartment leaving the service at St Etienne du Mont to his wife Marie Madeleine who was also injured in the accident He died in a clinic at Louveciennes near Paris in 1986 aged 84 never having fully recovered from the accident 9 Compositions EditOrgan solo Edit Scherzo op 2 1926 Prelude adagio et choral varie sur le theme du Veni Creator op 4 1926 1930 10 Suite op 5 1932 Prelude Sicilienne 11 Toccata Prelude et fugue sur le nom d Alain op 7 1942 Prelude sur l introit de l epiphanie op 13 1961 Fugue sur le theme du Carillon des Heures help info de la Cathedrale de Soissons op 12 1962 Meditation op posth 1964 Lecture a vue unpublished Fugue unpublished Lux aeterna unpublished Chamber music Edit Prelude recitatif et variations op 3 for flute viola and piano 1928 Piano solo Edit Triptyque op 1 Fantaisie sur des themes gregoriens 1927 1943 unpublished Trois danses op 6 1932 piano version by the composer Divertissement Danse lente TambourinPiano for 4 hands Edit Trois danses op 6 1932 transcribed by the composer Divertissement Danse lente TambourinTwo pianos Edit Trois danses op 6 1932 transcribed by the composer Divertissement Danse lente TambourinOrchestral works Edit Trois danses op 6 1932 Divertissement Danse lente Tambourin Andante et scherzo op 8 1940 Choral works Edit Requiem Op 9 12 For vocal soloists choir and large orchestra normally including organ but can be performed without one commissioned as a symphonic poem in 1941 completed in September 1947 first performed on 2 November 1947 published in 1950 For the same vocal forces and organ organ reduction version cello ad libitum in one movement published in 1948 For the same vocal forces organ and reduced orchestra several instruments ad libitum but one or more string instruments in every movement published in 1961 For the same vocal forces and piano unpublished Quatre Motets sur des themes gregoriens op 10 for choir a cappella 1960 Ubi caritas et amor Tota pulchra es Tu es Petrus Tantum ergo Messe Cum jubilo op 11 for baritone solo male choir and orchestra 1966 Version with organ 1967 Version with orchestra 1970 Version with small orchestra 1972 Notre Pere op 14 for unison male choir and organ 1977 Version for 4 part mixed choir a capella 1978 Miscellaneous works Edit Chant Donne Hommage a Jean Gallon 1953 Sicilienne from Suite op 5 for small orchestra flute oboe clarinet bassoon horn and string quintet unpublished Transcriptions Edit Johann Sebastian Bach Two chorales from cantatas BWV 22 and 147 arranged for organ solo 1952 4 chorales preludes for organ orchestrated 1942 45 Nun komm der Heiden Heiland Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes Nun freut euch lieben Christen gmein BWV 734 O Lamm Gottes unschuldig BWV 656 Great Eighteen Chorale Preludes In dir ist Freude BWV 615 Orgelbuchlein Louis Vierne Soirs etrangers op 56 for violoncello and piano orchestrated 1943 Grenade Sur le Leman Venise Steppe Canadien Poisson chinois Ballade du desespere op 61 lyrical poem for tenor solo and piano orchestrated 1943 Three improvisations for organ Notre Dame de Paris November 1928 transcribed 1954 Marche episcopale Meditation Cortege Maurice Durufle Requiem op 9 for voices and piano 1947 Charles Tournemire Five improvisations for organ Ste Clotilde Paris 1930 1931 transcribed 1956 58 Petite rapsodie improvisee Cantilene improvisee Improvisation sur le Te Deum Fantaisie Improvisation sur l Ave maris stella Choral Improvisation sur le Victimae paschali Gabriel Faure Prelude of Pelleas et Melisande transcribed for organ solo Robert Schumann Lamentation transcribed for organ soloReferences Edit James E Frazier 2007 Maurice Durufle The Man and His Music Boydell amp Brewer ISBN 978 1 58046 227 3 JSTOR 10 7722 j ctt14brtzv Retrieved 14 October 2017 a b c d Nicholas Kaye Durufle Maurice Grove Music Online Oxford Music Online Retrieved 14 October 2017 a b c d Maurice Durufle Obituaries The Times No 62493 London 26 June 1986 p 22 Retrieved 13 October 2017 Maurice Durufle Answers com Retrieved 22 November 2015 Excerpts Maurice Durufle The Man and His Music Mauricedurufle com Retrieved 22 November 2015 a b Marie Madeleine DURUFLE biographie France orgue fr Retrieved 22 November 2015 Ebrecht 2002 pgs vi and 58 Ebrecht 2002 pg 48 Ebrecht 2002 pg 63 Frazier James E 2007 Maurice Durufle The Man and His Music p 117 ISBN 978 1 58046 227 3 Ebrecht has restored a recapitulative transition from the manuscript Durufle used to perform the premier in 1932 that is not in the published version Ebrecht Sicilienne on SoundCloud James E Frazier Chapter Sixteen The Vichy Commissions pp 156 165 and Chapter Seventeen The Requiem pp 166 180 in Maurice Durufle The Man and His Music University Rochester Press 2007 ISBN 1 58046 227 8Sources EditDarasse Xavier Maurice Durufle in Guide de la musique d orgue edited by Gilles Cantagrel Paris Fayard 1991 335 337 James E Frazier Maurice Durufle The Man amp His Music The Boydell Press 2007 Ronald Ebrecht ed Maurice Durufle 1902 1986 The Last Impressionist Lanham MD Scarecrow Press 2002 ISBN 0 8108 4351 X Jorg Abbing Maurice Durufle Aspekte zu Leben und Werk Verlag Peter Ewers 2002 ISBN 3 928243 07 1 Frederic Blanc Maurice Durufle Souvenirs et autres ecrits Editions Atlantica Seguier 2005 ISBN 2 84049 411 6 External links Edit Wikimedia Commons has media related to Maurice Durufle Association de Maurice et Marie Madeleine Durufle Maurice Durufle at Requiem Survey Pseudo poseidonios net Musimem com Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Maurice Durufle amp oldid 1134158468, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
