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{{short description|Sacred motet by Maurice Duruflé}}
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{{Infobox musical composition
| name              = {{lang|fr|Notre Père}}
| type              = Sacred [[motet]]
| composer          = [[Maurice Duruflé]]
| image             = Maurice Duruflé.gif
| image_upright     = 0.9
| caption           = The composer c. 1962
| translation       = Our Father
| key               =
| opus              = 14
| dedication        = Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
| text              = [[Lord's Prayer]]
| language          = French
| composed          = {{Start date|1976}}
| performed         = <!--{{Timeline-event|date={{Start date|1961|05|04|df=y}}|location=Paris}}-->
| published         = {{Start date|1977}}/78
| scoring           = {{plainlist|
* {{hlist| voice | organ}}
* [[SATB|{{abbr|SATB|soprano, alto, tenor and bass}}]] [[a cappella]]
}}
}}
'''{{lang|fr|Notre Père}}''' (Our Father), [[Opus number|Op]]. 14, is a sacred [[motet]] by [[Maurice Duruflé]], setting the [[Lord's Prayer]] in French as a sacred [[motet]]. It was published for voice and organ in 1977, and for a four-part choir [[a cappella]] in 1978, by [[Éditions Durand]]. Durufle dedicated the composition to his wife, Marie-Madeleine Duruflé. It is his last published composition, and his only work suitable for congregational singing.
== History ==
Duruflé, who was organist in at [[Saint-Étienne-du-Mont]] in Paris{{sfn|Frazier|2007}} and also director of the [[Gregorian Institute of Paris]],{{sfn|ACDA|2007}} set the [[Lord's Prayer]] in French as {{lang|fr|Notre Père}} for liturgical use.{{sfn|Sutton|1989}} It was a commission from a priest at Saint-Etienne.{{sfn|Frazier|2007}} It is his only work suitable for congregational singing, as requested by the [[Second Vatican Council]].{{sfn|Rone|2018}} He regretted the decline of [[Gregorian chant]] in Latin which had influenced his earlier compositions.{{sfn|Rone|2018}} He wrote first a version for unison male voices with organ,{{sfn|ACDA|2007}} then a transcription for a four-part choir [[a cappella]].{{sfn|ACDA|2007}} Both versions were published by [[Éditions Durand]], dedicated to his wife, Marie-Madeleine Duruflé, the unison version in 1977 and the choral version in 1978. It became his last published composition,{{sfn|Association Durufle|2019}} which appeared also with an English translation.{{sfn|ACDA|2007}}
== Music ==
The melody of {{lang|fr|Notre Père}} is chant-like, although not original Gregorian chant. Like chant, it is in free motion and with narrow ambitus, and the beginning uses the same notes as the chant melody.{{sfn|Frazier|2007}} It is written in reverential approach to the prayer, with a subtle treatment of [[harmony]] used to interpret the significant text in [[homophony]]. The composition is in [[F major]], mostly in triple meter but shifting to 2/4 time when the natural flow of the text demands it.{{sfn|ACDA|2007}} The four-part setting is accessible, and the unison version can also be performed by children's choirs.{{sfn|ACDA|2007}}
== References ==
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=== Cited sources ===
* {{cite book
| last = Frazier
| first = James E.
| chapter-url = https://books.google.com/books?id=EW4FfK2XhWoC&pg=PA132
| chapter = ''Notre Père'', Op. 14
| title = Maurice Duruflé: The Man and His Music
| publisher = University of Rochester Press
| year = 2007
| pages = 132ff
| isbn = 978-1-58-046227-3
}}
* {{cite journal
| last = Rone
| first = Vincent
| title = Vatican II, Maurice Duruflé, and the Harmony of Resignation in ''Notre père'': Part Two
| journal = Journal of Musicological Research
| issn =  0141-1896
| volume = 37
| issue = 2
| pages = 166–180
| date = 13 April 2018
| doi = 10.1080/01411896.2018.1451713
| s2cid = 195001177
}}
* {{cite web
| last = Sutton
| first = Wadham
| url = https://www.hyperion-records.co.uk/dw.asp?dc=W1247_GBAJY9475714
| title = ''Notre Père'', Op 14
| publisher = [[Hyperion Records]]
| year = 1989
| access-date = 25 November 2019
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://www.france-orgue.fr/durufle/index.php?zpg=drf.mmm.oeu
| title = Les oeuvres de Maurice Duruflé
| publisher = Association Maurice & Marie-Madeleine Duruflé
| year = 2019
| language = fr
| access-date = 25 November 2019
| ref = {{sfnref|Association Durufle|2019}}
}}
* {{cite web
| url = https://acda.org/ACDA/ACDA/Our_Father.aspx
| title = ''Our Father'' (''Notre Pere'')
| website = American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
| year = 2007
| access-date = 25 November 2019
| ref = {{sfnref|ACDA|2007}}
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== External links ==
* [https://data.bnf.fr/en/14810199/maurice_durufle_notre_pere__op__14/ ''Notre Père''], French National Library
* [https://www.musicanet.org/bdd/de/partitur/93780-notre-pere-maurice-durufle ''Notre Père''], musicanet.org
* [https://musicbrainz.org/work/739a1c7b-fbd3-4005-ae0b-9561c909f529 "''Notre Père'', Op. 14"], [[MusicBrainz]]
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