The melodies, harmonies, rhythm, registration-all grow more loved as they become more familiar, in part because long practice hours are necessary to learn these masterworks. The music is consistently challenging and always rewarding. Beyond the beauty of his compositions, this scarceness may contribute to their being prized, for they are both rare and perfect, and, like the last of anything, especially delicious. He emulated his teacher Paul Dukas (1865–1935) not only in compositional style, but also like Dukas he left conspicuously little music for posterity. Though organists are thought to favor counterpoint and there are contrapuntal movements, free forms predominate. This allows for the significant talent of the Debussy of the organ, Maurice Duruflé, who by the mid-20th century contributed to the musical world organ works that define Impressionistic virtuosity-and its most notable Gregorian-based Requiem, with an Impressionistic orchestral accompaniment.ĭuruflé is Impressionist in his use of form, harmony, rhythm, and registration. Some scholars define French Impressionist composers as those born up to 1902 rather than 1900.
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