Dupré, Marcel

Performer

Marcel Dupré (3 May 1886 – 30 May 1971) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue. As a composer, he produced a wide-ranging oeuvre of 65 opus numbers, and also taught two generations of well-known organists such as Jehan Alain and Marie-Claire Alain, Jean-Marie Beaudet, Pierre Cochereau, Jeanne Demessieux, Rolande Falcinelli, Jean-Jacques Grunenwald, Jean Guillou, Jean Langlais, Carl Weinrich and Olivier Messiaen, to name only a few. Aside from a few fine works for aspiring organists (such as the 79 Chorales op. 28) most of Dupré's music for the organ ranges from moderately to extremely difficult, and some of it makes almost impossible technical demands on the performer (e.g., Évocation op. 37, Suite, op. 39, Deux Esquisses op. 41, Vision op. 44). [source from Wikipedia]

Work

• Organ Symphony No. 2, Op. 13
• Organ Symphony No. 6, Op. 42 No. 2
• Symphony No. 3 in C minor, Op. 78 - Organ
• 3 Pieces for the Grand Organ
• 3 Chorals for Organ