Marcel Dupré , French organist and composer (1886-1971) grew up in a family of musicians - his two grandfathers were organists and chapel masters, his mother pianist and cellist, his father holding the Saint-Ouen organ in Rouen . He studied at the Paris Conservatoire with L. Diemer, A. Guilmant, L. Vierne and Ch.-M. Widor, and won First Prize piano, organ, fugue, as well as the Prix de Rome in 1914. His career as a virtuoso organist took off when he performed, in 1920, all the work of Bach memory - in 1953, he had given 1900 concerts around the world. He succeeded Widor in 1934 at the tribune of Saint-Sulpice, which he kept until his death. Professor at the Conservatoire de Paris since 1926, he formed a pleiad of students among whom we can name O. Messiaen, J. Langlais, J. Alain, P. Cochereau, R. Falcinelli, M. Cl. Alain, M. Chapuis, J. Guillou, O. Pierre. He is the composer of many works of organ, instrumental and vocal music, and the author of important educational works.
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