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{{Short description|French composer and organist}}
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'''Jean Huré''' (17 September 1877 – 27 January 1930) was a French composer and organist. Though educated at a monastery in Angers, as a musician, he was mostly self-taught. His only published organ work is the 1913 ''Communion pour une Messe de Minuit à Noël''.<ref name="Smith">{{cite book| last = Smith & Vierne| first = Rollin, Louis| title = Louis Vierne: organist of Notre-Dame Cathedral| url = https://books.google.com/books?id=lKtDXBjrHMIC&pg=PA198| year = 1998| publisher = Pendragon Press| isbn = 1-57647-004-0| pages = 198 }}</ref>
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| death_date = 27 January 1930
| nationality = French
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'''Jean-Louis Charles Huré''' (17 September 1877 – 27 January 1930) was a French [[composer]] and [[organist]]. Though educated in music at a monastery in Angers, he was mostly self-taught.
 
==Life==
Born in [[Gien]], [[Loiret]], Huré studied [[anthropology]], [[Musical composition|composition]], [[improvisation]] and [[medieval music]] at the École Saint-Maurille in [[Angers]] and served as organist at [[Angers Cathedral|the cathedral]] in the city. In 1895 he wentmoved to [[Paris]], where he, was advised by [[Charles-Marie Widor]] and [[Charles Koechlin]] were advised to study at the Conservatory. Huré preferred to live an independent life.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Huré, Ernest Chausson, Jeanne Barbillion, Vincent d'Indy, Joseph-Guy Ropartz: French Sonatas for Cello & Piano {{!}} Etcetera |url=https://www.etcetera-records.com/product/jean-hure-ernest-chausson-jeanne-barbillion-vincent-dindy-joseph-guy-ropartz-french-sonatas-for-cello-piano-viviane-spanoghe-jan-michiels/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Etcetera Records |language=en-US}}</ref>
From 1910 he taught at the [[École Normale Supérieure]], where [[Yves Nat]] and [[Manuel Rosenthal]] were among his students. In 1911 he helped found the Paris Mozart Society,; he was also was a member of the short-lived [[Association des Compositeurs Bretons]] during 1912–14. He worked as organist at the churches of [[Notre-Dame-des-Blancs-Manteaux]], [[St-Martin-des-Champs Priory|Saint-Martin-des-Champs]] and [[Saint-Séverin, Paris|Saint-Séverin]] between 1911 and 1914.<ref name="Smith"/> From 1924 he was appointed successor to Lucien Grandjany at [[Sacré-Cœur, Paris|Sacré-Cœur]] and from 1926 as the successor to [[Eugene Gigout]] at [[Saint-Augustin, Paris|Saint-Augustin]]. Between 18241924 and 18261926 he edited and published a monthly journal called ''L'Orgue et les Organistes''.<ref name="Smith"/> Huré died in Paris.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Founding committee of the Société musicale indépendente 1909. Gabriel Faure (1845-1924) and Jean Roger-Ducasse (1873-1954), French composers, at the piano, accompanied, behind them, by Louis Aubert, Maurice Ravel, A.Z. Mathot, Andre Caplet, Charles Koechlin, Emile Vuillermoz and Jean Hure, from left to right. |url=https://www.superstock.com/asset/founding-committee-societe-musicale-independente-gabriel-faure-jean-roger-ducasse/1746-21104484 |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=SuperStock |language=en}}</ref>
In addition to a number of organ works Huré composed a comic opera and a ballet, three symphonies and chamber works. In 2010 a CD with works by Huré was recorded, featuring a four-movement sonata for violin and piano and a piano quintet performed by the [[Quatuor Louvigny]] and pianist [[Marie-Josephe Jude]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jean Huré, Ernest Chausson, Jeanne Barbillion, Vincent d'Indy, Joseph-Guy Ropartz: French Sonatas for Cello & Piano {{!}} Etcetera |url=https://www.etcetera-records.com/product/jean-hure-ernest-chausson-jeanne-barbillion-vincent-dindy-joseph-guy-ropartz-french-sonatas-for-cello-piano-viviane-spanoghe-jan-michiels/ |access-date=2024-05-06 |website=Etcetera Records |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
He died in [[Paris]] in 1930.
 
==Works==
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* Symphony No. 3 (1903)
* ''Poèmes enfantins'' for chamber orchestra (1906)
*''Nocturne'' (Paris: A.Z. Mathot, 1908)
* ''Prélude symphonique'' for orchestra
 
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;Chamber music
* ''Suite sur des Chants bretons'' for violin, cello and piano or harp (1898; Paris: A.Z. Mathot, 1913)
* Sonata in C minor for violin and piano (1900–1901)
* ''Petite chanson'' for cello (or viola) and piano (1901)
* ''Air'' in F major for cello and piano or organ (1901)
* Sonata No. 1 in F{{music|sharp}} minor for cello and piano (1903; Paris: A. Z. Mathot, 1914)
* Sonata for violin and piano (circac. 1905)
* Sonata No. 2 in F major for cello and piano (1906)
* ''Sonatine'' in G major for violin and piano (1907; Paris: A.Z. Mathot, 1909)
* Piano Quintet (1907–19081907–08; Paris: A.Z. Mathot, 1914)
* Sonata No. 3 in F{{music|sharp}} major for cello and piano (1909)
* String Quartet No. 1 in C major (1913–1917)
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* ''Sérénade en trio'' for violin, cello and piano (1920)
* Sonata for violin and piano (1920)
* String Quartet No. 2 (Paris: M. Sénart, 1921)
* Sonata No. 4 for cello and piano (1924)
 
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;Piano
* ''Poèmes Enfantin'' (1906)
* ''Jacques et Jacqueline'' (Paris: A. Z. Mathot, ca 1910; ''Musica'', July 1912, [[Pierre Lafitte (journalist)|Pierre Lafitte]] et Cie)
* Sonata No. 1 in F minor for piano (or harp) (1907; Paris: A. Z. Mathot, 1913)
* Sonata No. 2 (1916)
 
;Vocal
* ''Élégie'' for voice, cello and piano (Paris: A. Z. Mathot, 1905); words by René de Brédenbec
* ''Te Deum'' for soprano, chorus and organ (Paris: A. Z. Mathot, 1907)
* ''Sept chantons de Bretagne'' for voice and piano (Paris: A. Z. Mathot, 1910)
* ''Ave Maria'' for 2 female voices (1924; Paris: Éditions musicales de la Schola cantorum et de la Procure générale de musique, 1956)
* ''L'Âme en peine'' for 4 voices (1925)
* ''4 Lettres de femmes'' for voice and piano (1928)
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* ''Défense et illustration de la musique française'' (Angers, 1915)
* ''La Technique de l'orgue'' (Paris, 1918)
* ''L'Esthétique de l'orgue'' (Senart, Paris: Sénart, 1923)
* ''Saint Augustin musicien'' (Paris: Sénart, 1924)
 
==Bibliography==
*[[Georges Migot]]: ''Jean Huré'' (Paris: Sénart, 1926)
*[[Jean Bonfils]]: ''Jean Huré'' (Kassel: Bärenreiter, 1957)
 
==References==
{{Reflist}}
 
;Attribution
* ''This article is based on a translation of the corresponding article of the German Wikipedia. A list of contributors can be found there at ''[http://de.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Jean_Hur%C3%A9&action=history History.]
 
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