Duruflé, Maurice 01/11/1902 - 06/16/1986

Maurice Duruflé (* January 11, 1902 in Louviers, Eure department; † June 16, 1986 in Paris) was a French organist and composer.
Duruflé was initially a private pupil of Louis Vierne and Charles Tournemire. Later he studied at the **Paris Conservatoire'' with Jean Gallon, composition with Paul Dukas, and with Eugène Gigout. From 1929, he was organist at the Church of St. Étienne-du-Mont in Paris and traveled Europe and North America as a concert organist. In 1943, he became professor of harmony at the Conservatoire. In 1953, Duruflé married the organist Marie-Madeleine Chevalier (1921-1999), who was a pupil of Marcel Dupré, with whom he also often performed. Both suffered a serious car accident on May 29, 1975, which ended Duruflé's organist career. His last work, the short choral movement Notre-Père, was composed in 1977. Maurice Duruflé died in Paris in 1986 at the age of 84.