January 11 - Maurice Duruflé (The Musical Birthday Series, 3rd Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for January 11th are here: Christian Sinding; Maurice Duruflé (2020) and Reinhold Glière (2021)

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Maurice Duruflé (11 January 1902 – 16 June 1986) was a French organist and composer whose small

body of work is still part of the active repertoire.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Is It Done Yet?

Duruflé was highly critical of his own compositions. He published only a handful of works and often continued to edit and change pieces after publication. – adapted from Wikipedia

Since Duruflé wanted perfection,

He wrote after deep introspection,

But in spite of this thought,

He’d revised what he’d wrought

In a continuing course of correction.

 

 

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