Duruflé's Music Considered

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Part I: Organ Works
Chapter One: Unpublished Deux Pieces pour orgue, Scherzo, opus 2
Chapter Two: Prelude, Adagio et Choral varie sur le "Veni Creator," opus 4
Chapter Three: Suite, opus 5
Chapter Four: Prelude et Fugue sur le nom d'Alain, opus 7
Chapter Five: Fugue sur le theme du carillon des heures de la cathedrale de Soissons, opus 12 (1962), Prelude sur l'Introit de l'Epiphanie, opus 13 (1961), Meditation, opus posthumous (1964)
Part II: Other Instrumental Works
Chapter Six: Tryptique: Fantaisie sur des themes gregoriens, opus 1, orchestrated Sicilienne, opus 5 b, (1927?), Prelude, Recitatif et Variations, opus 3, Fugue (annee 1928), Chant donne (1953)
Chapter Seven: Trois Danses, opus 6
Chapter Eight: Orchestrated Scherzo and its Andante, opus 8
Part III: Choral/Vocal Works
Chapter Nine: Requiem, opus 9
Chapter Ten: Quatre Motets, opus 10, Notre Pere, opus 14
Chapter Eleven: Messe "Cum jubilo," opus 11

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In this book, Ronald Ebrecht has meticulously studied each of Duruflé’s works and put together the first book to discuss in detail all of Duruflé’s music. With encouragement from Duruflé’s editor and the foundation established in his name, Ebrecht has compiled copious examples from manuscript sources to be published for the first time along with the little-known contextualizing works of Messiaen and Barraine. Most widely known for his masterpiece Requiem, the composer’s orchestral gems are analyzed alongside his delightful miniature: the orchestration of the Sicilienne. The organ works which set the standard for virtuosity at conservatories around the world are given new insightful and thorough evaluation by Ebrecht, whose long association with late 19^th and early 20^th century France and French music affords illuminating connections between Duruflé and his predecessors and successors with sweeping insight and minute detail.

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Maurice Durufle needs no introduction to American organists; his manifold accomplishments as performer, transcriber/"reconstituter" of recorded improvisations, and above all, composer, have sustained and will continue to nourish interest. In Durufle's Music Considered, Ebrecht offers readers his view of Durufle's music. The result is both distinctive and a marvelous example of its kind: musical scholarship that keeps the focus on the inner workings of compositions through analysis (Ebrecht prefers "narrative") and compositional genesis.... To a noteworthy degree, it is grounded in the author's personal story. With this approach, Ebrecht is not afraid to attribute importance to his own feelings, experiences, and personal opinions within the context of the overall argument. A reader eventually learns that this book is but one part of the author's lifelong engagement with Maurice Durufle, the composer and performer; with his wife, Marie-Madeleine Durufle, the celebrated virtuoso organist; and with Durufle's compositions, scores, and related materials.... [A]fter reading this book, I cherish even more deeply my still vivid memories of and feelings for the first time I heard Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Durufle in concert (at Grace Cathedral, San Francisco, in 1969). For those who seek a more personal framework for music studies, Ebrecht's book provides a welcome example that merits consideration

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