Maurice Duruflé : the man and his music /: the man and his music. ([2007])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: James E. Frazier.
• Authors: Frazier, James E
• 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.
• Publisher Details: Rochester, NY : University of Rochester Press
• Publication Date: 2007
• Copyright Date: 2007
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxii, 375 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 780.92; Organists -- France -- Biography; Composers -- France -- Biography; MUSIC -- Individual Composer & Musician; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY -- Composers & Musicians; Composers; Organists; Organist; Komponist; France; Frankreich; Biographies; Biography; Biographies; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781580467452; 1580467458
• Related ISBNs: 9781580462273; 1580462278
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 337-354), discography (pages 250-258), and index.; Note: Print version record.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.