Dupré, Marcel. (1886 - 1971) [Emmanuel, Maurice. (1862 - 1938)]
Symphonie-Passion, Op. 23 - INSCRIBED PRESENTATION COPY TO MAURICE EMMANUEL
Paris: Alphonse Leduc . 1925. 1st Edition. Scarce signed score from the great French organist, pianist, composer, and pedagogue. 4 parts numbered from I to IV. 41 pages (numbered), large in-4. Inscribed on the front cover "A Maurice Emmanuel - souvenir profondément affectueux - Marcel Dupré - 16 mai 1925." An interesting association copy.A student of Louis Diémer and Lazare Lévy (piano), Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne (organ), and Charles-Marie Widor (composition), Dupré was later professor of organ performance and improvisation at the Paris Conservatoire (1926 - 1954) and teacher of two generations of well-known organists including Jehan Alain and Marie-Claire Alain, Pierre Cochereau, Jeanne Demessieux, Rolande Falcinelli, Jean Guillou, Jean Langlais, and Olivier Messiaen, to name only a few. In 1934, Dupré succeeded Charles-Marie Widor as titular organist at St. Sulpice in Paris, a post he held until his death in 1971. Winner of the Grand Prix de Rome in 1914 and regarded as a virtuoso of the highest order, Dupré contributed extensively to the development of organ technique, both through his own organ music and in his pedagogical works.
French composer Maurice Emmanuel studied with Delibes and Franck, about whom he wrote a short book in 1930. A professor at the Paris Conservatoire from 1909, his own students included Olivier Messiaen and Henri Dutilleux. (11002)
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