Talk:Marcel Dupré

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His most often heard and recorded compositions tend to be from the earlier years of his career. During this time he wrote the Three Preludes and Fugues Op. 7 (1914), with the First and Third Preludes (in particular the G minor with its phenomenally fast tempo/figuarations and pedal chords) being pronounced unplayable by no less than Widor. Indeed, such is their difficulty that Dupre was the only organist able to play them until several years later. In many ways Dupre may be viewed as a 'Paganini' of the organ - being a virtuoso of the highest order, he contributed extensively to the development of technique (both in his organ music and pedagogical works) although, like Paganini, his music is relatively unknown to musicians other than those who play the instrument for which the music was written. A fair and objective critique of his music should take into account the fact that, occasionally, the emphasis on virtuosity and technique can be detrimental to the musical content and substance. However, his more successful works combine this virtuosity with high degree of musical integrity, qualities found in works such as the Symphonie-Passion, the Preludes and Fugues, the Esquisses and Evocation, and the Cortege et Litanie.

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In addition to his own compositions, Dupré prepared editions of the organ works of Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Alexander Glazunov, George Frederick Handel, Franz Liszt, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and Robert Schumann. Dupré also wrote treatises on organ improvisation in two volumes (1925 and 1937), harmonic analysis (1936), counterpoint (1938), fugue (1938), accompaniment of Gregorian chant (1937), an organ method (1927), as well as essays on organ building, acoustics, and philosophy of music

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This text was removed from the article by 203.214.13.58. Some of it was reincorporated in his final edit, but much of this is still relevant, valid, and encyclopedic information. I fail to see why it was deleted. This makes me sad. This should be added back in, incorporating 203.214.13.58's edit as well. —Cor anglais 16 12:13, 19 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Dupré's father

Dupré's father became organist of St-Ouen in 1911. In particular, he did not yet hold that position during Marcel's childhood. Flute harmonique (talk) 22:23, 30 May 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Dupré's teachers

Since someone insisted on reinstating Vierne (assistant to Guilmant in the organ class), I think it's only fair to mention Lazare Lévy as well (who was assistant to Diémer in the piano class). Flute harmonique (talk) 22:23, 30 May 2008 (UTC)