Maurice Duruflé
Subtitle: the man and his music
By: James E. Frazier.
Series: Eastman studies in music -- [v. 47]
Publisher: University of Rochester Press
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Rochester, NY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 375
ISBN-13: 9781580462273
Subjects: Duruflé, Maurice, -- 1902-1986; Organists -- France -- Biography; Composers -- France -- Biography
Genres: Biography.
Notes: List of Duruflé's works: p.

Includes bibliographical references, discography (p.   ), and index.
Table of contents: title: Duruflé's childhood and early education; title: Life at the cathedral choir school; title: Lessons with Charles Tournemire; title: Lessons with Louis Vierne; title: The conservatoire student; title: Duruflé's distinctions; title: The contested successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde; title: Duruflé's performing career; title: The orchestral musician; title: The Poulenc organ concerto; title: Professor of harmony at the Paris Conservatoire; title: Marie-Madeleine Chevalier; title: Overview of Duruflé's compositions; title: Duruflé's compositions : their genesis and first performances; title: Duruflé's role in the plainsong revival; title: The Vichy commissions; title: The Requiem; title: The musical history of Saint Étienne-du-Mont; title: The organs at Saint Étienne-du-Mont; title: Duruflé as organist and teacher; title: Duruflé and organ design; title: The Church in transition; title: The North American tours; title: The man Duruflé.