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Duruflé suffered severe injuries in a car crash on 29 May 1975, 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 crash). He died in a clinic at
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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.
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became his assistant at St-Étienne-du-Mont. They married on 15 September 1953. (Duruflé's first marriage to
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Prélude, adagio et choral varié sur le "Veni
Creator"
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1233:Maurice Duruflé. Souvenirs et autres écrits
1095:. University Rochester Press. p. 117.
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162:in 1902. He became a chorister at the
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702:Nun freut euch, lieben Christen gmein
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384:Prélude sur l'introït de l'epiphanie
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1202:Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 2002.
620:Version with small orchestra (1972)
378:Prélude et fugue sur le nom d'Alain
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1117:"Ebrecht Sicilienne" on SoundCloud
646:Chant Donné: Hommage à Jean Gallon
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854:, transcribed for organ solo
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1142:Requiem", pp. 166–180
1089:Frazier, James E. (2007).
811:Petite rapsodie improvisée
882:James E. Frazier (2007).
614:Version with organ (1967)
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1174:. "Maurice Duruflé", in
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708:O Lamm Gottes unschuldig
310:Fugue sur le nom d'Alain
225:. In 1939, he premiered
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123:Maurice Gustave Duruflé
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178:, whom he assisted at
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1079:Ebrecht (2002, pg 63)
939:. Oxford Music Online
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190:(1922), harmony with
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1138:"Chapter Seventeen:
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1018:. Mauricedurufle.com
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851:Pelléas et Mélisande
816:Cantilène improvisée
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402:de la Cathédrale de
321:Later life and death
154:Duruflé was born in
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640:Miscellaneous works
594:Ubi caritas et amor
396:Carillon des Heures
194:(1924), fugue with
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937:Grove Music Online
933:"Duruflé, Maurice"
803:Charles Tournemire
609:Messe "Cum jubilo"
550:Andante et scherzo
251:Marie-Claire Alain
215:St-Étienne-du-Mont
176:Charles Tournemire
168:Alexandre Guilmant
1349:Organ improvisers
1237:Atlantica-Séguier
1130:Chapter Sixteen:
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1043:. France-orgue.fr
994:"Maurice Duruflé"
967:"Maurice Durufle"
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793:Maurice Duruflé:
775:Marche épiscopale
714:In dir ist Freude
479:Piano for 4 hands
413:op. posth. (1964)
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1279:Musimem.com
1235:. Éditions
1047:22 November
1022:22 November
1000:22 November
862:Lamentation
716:, BWV 615 (
603:Tantum ergo
541:Danse lente
517:Danse lente
493:Danse lente
469:Danse lente
429:Lux aeterna
192:Jean Gallon
101:Occupations
53: 1962
1288:Categories
978:13 October
943:14 October
909:14 October
869:References
780:Méditation
652:Sicilienne
627:Notre Père
566:Op. 9
503:Two pianos
449:Piano solo
411:Méditation
369:Sicilienne
339:Organ solo
295:Sicilienne
211:Notre-Dame
200:Paul Dukas
67:1902-01-11
1182:. Paris:
972:The Times
704:, BWV 734
544:Tambourin
520:Tambourin
496:Tambourin
472:Tambourin
455:Triptyque
205:In 1927,
172:plainsong
1239:, 2005.
675:chorales
404:Soissons
202:(1928).
156:Louviers
140:organist
136:composer
110:Organist
107:Composer
95:, France
76:, France
48:Duruflé
1166:Sources
823:Te Deum
796:Requiem
785:Cortège
739:Grenade
564:Requiem
372:Toccata
366:Prélude
345:Scherzo
259:Requiem
127:French:
65: (
18:Durufle
1243:
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1184:Fayard
1155:
1136:, and
1099:
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892:
749:Venise
679:BWV 22
648:(1953)
900:JSTOR
656:Suite
654:from
423:Fugue
361:Suite
306:Suite
233:(the
1241:ISBN
1219:ISBN
1204:ISBN
1153:ISBN
1097:ISBN
1049:2015
1024:2015
1002:2015
980:2017
945:2017
911:2017
890:ISBN
681:and
673:Two
572:1950
249:and
160:Eure
82:Died
60:Born
1265:at
1144:in
1140:The
683:147
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