“The triumph of plainsong, of polyphony, and of truly liturgical organ playing, in the first half century of his life, represented for Duruflé the victory of a transcendent, hieratic worldview over the secular and popular aberrations ushered in by the… — James E. Frazier Copy Share Image
“The poignant words that Mme Duruflé addressed to one of her American students, saddened that his year's study with her had come to an… — James E. Frazier Copy Share Image
“One cannot deny that Duruflé's improvisations and compositions had their source and their summit in a climate of belief. And to that extent it… — James E. Frazier Copy Share Image
“The triumph of plainsong, of polyphony, and of truly liturgical organ playing, in the first half century of his life, represented for Duruflé the… — James E. Frazier Copy Share Image
“The pursuit of the beautiful was, for [Duruflé], a gesture of the soul, not merely a function or an exercise of musical giftedness, or… — James E. Frazier Copy Share Image
![“The pursuit of the beautiful was, for [Duruflé], a gesture of the soul, not merely a function or an exercise of musical giftedness, or even of liturgical necessity. That is, perhaps, what Mme Duruflé meant in saying that he had ... a Gregorian soul.” quote by James E. Frazier](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/52a/james-e-frazier-65553_maurice-durufle_the-pursuit-of-the-beautiful-was-for-dur_2248096.jpg)