Abbreviations

MD Maurice Duruflé

MMD Marie-Madeleine Duruflé

SEM Saint Étienne-du-Mont

Original Works: Student Years

Untitled work in four parts, on a basse donnée by M. J. Morpain, in open score with four clefs. Composed for the men's harmony competition in 1924; published that year by Heugel.

Pastorale pour orgue

Duruflé played this piece for the examination in composition on January 26, 1926; unpublished.

Pièce pour orgue sur le thème du Credo

Submitted for the examination in composition on May 12, 1926; unpublished.

Scherzo, Op. 2. See below.

Méditation pour orgue

Duruflé played this piece for the examination in composition on January 26, 1927; unpublished.

Pièce pour orgue

Based on a theme by Raoul Lapavia; written for the examination in composition on April 26, 1927; unpublished.

Fugue in C Minor

Composed in 1928 on a subject by Henri Rabaud, in open score with four clefs, for the competition in fugue; published that year by Heugel under the title Fugues à 4 parties des élèves ayant remporté le premier prix aux Concours de Fugue (Année 1928).

Pièce pour orgue

Written on a given theme for the examination in composition on May 8, 1928; unpublished.

Original Works: Published Works and Works with Opus Numbers

Op. 1 Tryptique: Fantaisie sur des thèmes grégoriens (1927; revised 1943) for organ; ded.: Louis Vierne; unpublished

Op. 2 Scherzo (1926, 1928) ded.: Charles Tournemire; publ.: 1929, Durand; premiere: March 15, 1928, by André Fleury, at the Hôtel Majestic

Op. 3 Prélude, récitatif et variations (1928) for flute, viola, and piano; ded.: Jacques Durand; publ.: 1929, Durand; premiere: January 12, 1929, for the Société nationale de musique, by Marcel Moyse, Maurice Vieux, and Jean Doyen, at Salle Pleyel