Table of Contents

  • List of Illustrations ix
  • Foreword, by Jesse Eschbach xi
  • Preface xv
  • Acknowledgments xvii
  • A Note to the Reader on Terminology xx
  • Introduction 1
  • 1 Duruflé's Childhood and Early Education 9
  • 2 Life at the Cathedral Choir School 15
  • 3 Lessons with Charles Tournemire 24
  • 4 Lessons with Louis Vierne 29
  • 5 The Conservatoire Student 36
  • 6 Duruflé's Distinctions 46
  • 7 The Contested Successions at Notre-Dame and Sainte Clotilde 49
  • 8 Duruflé's Performing Career 55
  • 9 The Orchestral Musician 65
  • 10 The Poulenc Organ Concerto 69
  • 11 Professor of Harmony at the Paris Conservatoire 76
  • 12 Marie-Madeleine Chevalier 81
  • 13 Overview of Duruflé's Compositions 97
  • 14 Duruflé's Compositions: Their Genesis and First Performances 114
  • 15 Duruflé's Role in the Plainsong Revival 143
  • 16 The Vichy Commissions 156
  • 17 The Requiem 166
  • 18 The Musical History of Saint Étienne-du-Mont 181
  • 19 The Organs at Saint Étienne-du-Mont 191
  • 20 Duruflé as Organist and Teacher 200
  • 21 Duruflé and Organ Design 212
  • 22 The Church in Transition 219
  • 23 The North American Tours 228
  • 24 The Man Duruflé 238
  • Appendix A Maurice Duruflé: Complete Oeuvre
  • Appendix B Discography: Works by Maurice Duruflé and Other Composers Recorded by Maurice Duruflé and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
  • Appendix C Stoplists of Organs Important to the Careers of Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
  • Notes
  • Bibliography 
  • Index