Marie auguste durand biography of william
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This brief historical sketch begins in 1891 with the completion of the construction of Morrill Hall and the recorded sale of "the old organ" which had been used in Old Main. The minutes of the Board of Trustees meeting on December 14, 1894 note that Pres. William M. Beardshear and Trustee C.F. Saylor were appointed to a committee to purchase a chapel organ, and that the sum of $2000, in addition to the $300 obtained from the sale of the old organ, was authorized. In 1895, the firm of Henry Pilcher's Sons of Louisville, Kentucky was selected to provide the instrument. The founder of this respected organ building company had operated in Dover, England in 1820. Twelve years later, he emigrated to the U.S. where he built organs with his sons until his retirement in 1859. His successors were his sons and grandsons who eventually sold the business to M.P. Moeller in 1944.
The organ was installed in an alcove provided by the architect on the north wall of the second-floor chapel. Two manuals and pedal keyboard controlled perhaps 17 ranks of pipes using a tubular-pneumatic action. Upwards of 1,000 pipes would have been mounted on windchests behind the display pipes seen in vintage photos of the chapel. One undated early photo in Un
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William Durandus
(Also: Duranti or Durantis). Canonist and one of the most important medieval liturgical writers; born about 1237, at Puimisson in the Diocese of Béziers, Provence; died at Rome, 1 November, 1296. He was called Speculator from the title of one of his works, Speculum Judiciale. He studied law at Bologna under Bernard of Parma and then taught it at Modena. Clement IV (Guy Foulques, 1265-1268, also a Provençal) summoned Durandus to Rome, ordained him subdeacon, and gave him titular canonries at Beauvais and Chartres. He was then attached to the papal curia as Auditor generalis causarum sacri palatii. He accompanied Gregory X (1271-1276) to the Second Council of Lyons (1274) and as the pope s secretary, drew up its decrees. In 1279 he was made dean of Chartres, but did not reside there. At about the same time he went to Romagna as papal governor and succeeded in subduing a rebellion under Guy of Montefeltro. He destroyed Guy's fortress della Ripa and founded in its place the town of Urbania In 1286 he was elected bishop by the chapter of Mende (Mimatum) in the province of Narbonne, but did not go into residence till 1291. Meanwhile his diocese was administered by his nephew, William Durandus the younger. In 1295 he was again in Italy (under Boniface VIII, 1294-130
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Auguste Durand
Marie-Auguste Massacrié-Durand (18 July 1830 – 31 Possibly will 1909) was a Land music proprietor, organist, careful composer. |
Birth and Surround Data: Innate July 18, 1830 (Paris), Died Haw 31, 1909 (Paris)
Date Lay out of DAHR Recordings: 1902 - 1940
Roles Represented slash DAHR: composer, conductor
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Recordings
| Company | Matrix No. | Size | First Video recording Date | Title | Primary Performer | Description | Role | Audio |
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| Victor | B-6949 | 10-in. | 3/31/1909 | First concert valse | Arthur Pryor's Band | Band | composer | |
| Victor | B-9030 | 10-in. | 5/27/1910 | Premiere valse | Roger Casini-Florenz | Mandolin solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-11736 | 10-in. | 3/15/1912 | Chaconne | Ada Sassoli | Harp solo | composer | |
| Victor | B-13678 | 10-in. | 8/8/1913 | Chaconne | Victor Orchestra | Orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | B-21098 | 10-in. | 11/21/1917 | Chaconne | William H. Reitz | Xylophone solo, break orchestra | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-32585 | 12-in. | 5/8/1925 | Waltz suppose E flat | Harold Bauer | Piano solo | composer | |
| Victor | CVE-38429 | 12-in. | 4/4/1927 | Chacone | Irene Gruenberg | Piano solo | composer | |
| Victor | BS-048991 |
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