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Maurice Duruflè
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French organist and composer who was a pupil of Tournemire and Gigout and eventually became a professor at the Paris Conservatoire. A representative of the French tradition of organ-playing and composition inherited from his teachers, and from the example of Guilmant and Vierne, he enjoyed a career as an organist both in Paris and in numerous concert tours abroad.
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| Duruflé's organ music includes a Prélude, adagio and choral varié on the Veni Creator Spiritus, a Suite and a Prelude and Fugue in memory of the composer and organist Jehan Alain, killed in action in 1940. Duruflé's best known work is his Requiem, music firmly founded on Gregorian chant in its melodic material and treatment of the liturgical text. MIDI FILE - from Suite No.5 for organ: "Sicilienne" (6'19'') He also left some fine unaccompanied motets and a Mass setting.
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