Maurice Duruflé
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Maurice Duruflé was a 20th-century French composer, organist, and improviser renowned for his refined, chant-inspired sacred works, especially the Requiem, Op. 9.
All labels observed (1)
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| Maurice Duruflé canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11163142 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Duruflé Context triple: [Paul Dukas, taught, Maurice Duruflé]
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Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré was a renowned French organist, composer, and pedagogue celebrated for his virtuosic performances, improvisational mastery, and influential teaching at the Paris Conservatoire.
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B.
Louis Vierne
Louis Vierne was a French organist and composer best known for his symphonic organ works and long tenure as principal organist at Notre-Dame de Paris.
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C.
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a 20th-century French composer, organist, and influential music teacher known for his innovative use of rhythm, harmony, and birdsong.
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D.
Gérard Roussel
Gérard Roussel was a 16th-century French bishop and humanist reformer associated with early evangelical currents within the Catholic Church.
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E.
André Jolivet
André Jolivet was a 20th-century French composer known for his innovative, often mystical works and his exploration of new sonorities and instruments.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Maurice Duruflé Target entity description: Maurice Duruflé was a 20th-century French composer, organist, and improviser renowned for his refined, chant-inspired sacred works, especially the Requiem, Op. 9.
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A.
Marcel Dupré
Marcel Dupré was a renowned French organist, composer, and pedagogue celebrated for his virtuosic performances, improvisational mastery, and influential teaching at the Paris Conservatoire.
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B.
Louis Vierne
Louis Vierne was a French organist and composer best known for his symphonic organ works and long tenure as principal organist at Notre-Dame de Paris.
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C.
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a 20th-century French composer, organist, and influential music teacher known for his innovative use of rhythm, harmony, and birdsong.
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D.
Gérard Roussel
Gérard Roussel was a 16th-century French bishop and humanist reformer associated with early evangelical currents within the Catholic Church.
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E.
André Jolivet
André Jolivet was a 20th-century French composer known for his innovative, often mystical works and his exploration of new sonorities and instruments.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
20th-century composer
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French composer ⓘ composer ⓘ human ⓘ improviser ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| activeYearsEnd | 1970s ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | 1920 ⓘ |
| burialPlace | Cimetière du Montparnasse, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1902-01-11 ⓘ |
| dateOfDeath | 1986-06-16 ⓘ |
| educatedAt | Conservatoire de Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Église Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup | French ⓘ |
| familyName | Duruflé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
choral music
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organ music ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| givenName | Maurice ⓘ |
| influencedBy | Gregorian chant NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| instrument | organ ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | French ⓘ |
| movement |
20th-century classical music
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French classical music ⓘ |
| name | Maurice Duruflé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor |
integration of Gregorian chant into modern harmony
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refined harmonic language ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Messe "Cum jubilo", Op. 11
NERFINISHED
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Prélude et Fugue sur le nom d’Alain, Op. 7 NERFINISHED ⓘ Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du "Veni Creator", Op. 4 NERFINISHED ⓘ Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, Op. 10 NERFINISHED ⓘ Requiem, Op. 9 NERFINISHED ⓘ Suite, Op. 5 NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
composer
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music teacher ⓘ organist ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Louviers, Eure, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfDeath |
Paris
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surface form:
Paris, France
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| positionHeld | organist at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont, Paris ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| spouse | Marie-Madeleine Duruflé NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| studiedUnder |
Charles Tournemire
NERFINISHED
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Louis Vierne NERFINISHED ⓘ Paul Dukas NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| style | chant-inspired ⓘ |
| workLocation | Paris, France NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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Subject: Maurice Duruflé Description of subject: Maurice Duruflé was a 20th-century French composer, organist, and improviser renowned for his refined, chant-inspired sacred works, especially the Requiem, Op. 9.
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