Marcel Dupre

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Marcel Dupré was born in Rouen (Normandy, France). Born into a musical family, he was a child prodigy. His father Albert Dupré was organist in Rouen. Dupré entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1904, where he studied with Louis Diémer and Lazare Lévy (piano), Alexandre Guilmant and Louis Vierne (organ), and Charles-Marie Widor (composition). In 1914, Dupré won the Grand Prix de Rome for his cantata, Psyché. In 1926, he was appointed professor of organ performance and improvisation at the Paris Conservatoire, a position he held until 1954. Dupré became famous for performing more than 2,000 organ recitals throughout Europe, the United States, Canada and Australia, which included a recital series of 10 concerts of the complete works of Johann Sebastian Bach in 1920 (Paris Conservatoire) and 1921 (Palais du Trocadéro), both performed entirely from memory. The sponsorship of an American transcontinental tour by the John Wanamaker department store interests rocketed his name into international prominence. In 1934, Dupré succeeded Charles-Marie Widor as titular organist at St. Sulpice in Paris, a post he held until his death in 1971. From 1947-1954, he was director of the American Conservatory, which occupies the Louis XV wing of the Château de Fontainebleau near Paris. In 1954, Dupré succeeded Claude Delvincourt as director of the Paris Conservatoire, where he remained until 1956. He died in 1971 in Meudon (near Paris) at the age of 85. As a composer, he produced a wide-ranging oe

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DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 1

DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 2

DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 4

Christmas Music

DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 10

DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 11

Mouret, J.-J.: Sinfonies De Fanfares / Bach, J.S.: Organ Concerto, Bwv 593 / Galuppi, B.: Organ Sonata in D Minor

DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 7

DUPRE: Works for Organ, Vol. 13

Organ Recital: Britton, David - Conceicao, D. / Bach, J.S. / Corrette, M. / Gherardeschi, G. / Lefebure-Wely, L. / Vierne, L.

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Organ Recital (Widor & Franck)

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Star Over Bethlehem: Choral Jewels for Christmas

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