Marcel dupre biography

Marcel Dupré (born Rouen, Normandy, 3 May 1886; died Meudon, near Paris, 30 May 1971), was a leading French organist, composer, and teacher.

Biography

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Marcel Dupré was born to a musical family in Rouen (Normandy, France). His father Albert Dupré was organist at the gothicabbey of St Ouen in Rouen.

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The young Marcel was a child prodigy. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1904, where he studied the piano and organ. He studied organ with Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne, and Charles-Marie Widor. His studies with Widor also included composition.

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In 1914, Dupré won the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata, Psyché. Twelve years later, he became professor of organ at the Paris Conservatoire, serving until 1954.

Among his best-known work were more than 2,000 organ recitals in Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia.

In 1920, he played in a series of concerts at the Paris Conservatoire in which he played the complete organ works