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Maurice as a young boy
The Duruflé family home in Louviers (center, with white dormer).
Young Maurice at the instrument in his family home. Photograph courtesy of Paul Duruflé.
Notre-Dame, Louviers, the Duruflé family’s church
Maurice, age 15, at the Abbey organ, Notre-Dame, Louviers, 1917. Photograph courtesy of Paul Duruflé.
Rouen Cathedral, view from the altar, showing the choir in the foreground. Photograph courtesy of the Boston Organ Library.
The choir school of the Rouen Cathedral
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé
Maurice Duruflé on his bicycle
Maurice Duruflé playing his clarinet
Duruflé at his parents' home in Louviers. Photograph courtesy of Paul Duruflé.
Maurice and Marie-Madeleine at the organ of Saint Étienne-du-Mont. Photograph by Seeberger, courtesy of the American Guild of Organists.
Marie-Madeleine Duruflé-Chevalier
The home of Maurice and Marie-Madeleine Duruflé, across the street from St. Étienne-du-Mont, on place du Panthéon, top floor left, partially obscured. Photograph by the author.
Exterior of the Church of St. Etienne-du-Mont, Paris
Interior of the Church of St. Etienne-du-Mont, Paris
Processional with the Blessed Sacrament, Saint Étienne-du-Mont, view from the west, showing the spiral stairs to the jubé. Engraving by T. Turnbull.