Daniel Roth receives award

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Marie-Madeleine Chevalier-Duruflé died on October 5
in Paris, France, at the age of 78. Internationally known recitalist and
teacher, she was the widow of Maurice Duruflé, who died in 1986. Mrs.
Duruflé was considered the last great exponent of the French Romantic
school of organ playing and gave noteworthy performances of works by Widor,
Vierne, Langlais, Dupré, and her husband. She was born in Marseilles on
May 8, 1921, and showed musical talent early. At age 11 she was named an
organist of the Cathedral of St.

Organist and musicologist Walker Evans Cunningham died unexpectedly at his home in San Francisco on May 14. He was 65. Cunningham grew up in Blackstone, Virginia, where his mother encouraged him to pursue his love of music. He won a scholarship to Oberlin, where in 1970 he earned a Bachelor of Music degree in organ performance from the Conservatory and a Bachelor of Arts degree in music and German from the College.