Name Theodore Dubois Education Conservatoire de Paris | Role Composer | |
Died June 11, 1924, Paris, France Albums Dubois: Chamber music Similar People Marie‑Claire Alain, Cedric Tiberghien, Jean‑Francois Heisser, Marc Coppey, Andrew Manze |
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Francois-Clement Theodore Dubois (24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French composer, organist and music teacher.
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Biography
Theodore Dubois was born in Rosnay in Marne. He studied first under Louis Fanart (the choirmaster at Reims cathedral) and later at the Paris Conservatoire under Ambroise Thomas. He won the Prix de Rome in 1861. In 1868, he became choirmaster at the Church of the Madeleine, and in 1871 took over from Cesar Franck as choirmaster at the Basilica of Sainte-Clotilde. In 1877, Dubois returned to the Church of the Madeleine, succeeding Camille Saint-Saens as organist there. From 1871 he taught at the Paris Conservatoire, where his pupils included Pierre de Breville, Guillaume Couture, Gabrielle Ferrari, Gustave Doret, Paul Dukas, Achille Fortier, Xavier Leroux, Alberic Magnard, Edouard Risler, Guy Ropartz, Spyridon Samaras, and Florent Schmitt. See: List of music students by teacher: C to F#Theodore Dubois.
Dubois was director of the Conservatoire from 1896 (succeeding Thomas upon the latter's death) to 1905. He resigned two months before the refusal to award the Prix de Rome to Maurice Ravel; this created, nonetheless, a substantial public outcry against him, which was increased by an open letter from the novelist and musicologist Romain Rolland. Gabriel Faure took over from Dubois as director.
Although he wrote many religious works, Dubois had considerable hopes for a successful career on the operatic stage. His fascination with Near-Eastern subjects lead to the composition to his first staged work, La guzla de l'emir, and his first four-act opera, Aben-Hamet, which broke no new ground. His other large-scale opera, Xaviere, has a wildly dramatic tale set in the rural Auvergne. The story revolves around a widowed mother who plots to kill her daughter, Xaviere, with the help of her fiance's father to gain the daughter's inheritance. However, Xaviere survives the attack with the help of a priest, and the opera finishes with a conventional happy ending.
The music of Dubois also includes ballets, oratorios and three symphonies. His best known work is the oratorio Les sept paroles du Christ ("The Seven Last Words of Christ" [1867]), which continues to be given an occasional airing; his Toccata in G (1889), for the organ, is a recital staple, by no means solely in France. The rest of his large output has almost entirely disappeared from view. He has had a more lasting influence in teaching, with his theoretical works Traite de contrepoint et de fugue (on counterpoint and fugue) and Traite d'harmonie theorique et pratique (on harmony) still being sometimes used today.
Operas
Ballets
Vocal works
Orchestral works
Chamber music
Other compositions
Writings
Recording selection
Songs
Toccata
Les Sept Paroles du Christ
In Paradisum
First Word
42 Pieces pour Orgue sans Pedales ou Harmonium: XL Toccatina
Partie 3: Le Paradis - La Tentation C'est le jour
Suite concertante pour violoncelle - piano et orchestre : III Larghetto
Douce Pieces Nouvelles pour Orgue: No 2 Chant Pastoral
Partie 1: La Revolte L'enfer - o reprouves
Douce Pieces Nouvelles pour Orgue: No 3 Cortege Funebre
Deuxieme Suite - Petite Valse
The Seven Last Words Of Christ: VIII Seventh Word
Introduction
Douce Pieces Nouvelles pour Orgue: No 6 Alleluia
Partie 2: L'Enfer Toi qui nous perdis
In memoriam mortuorum - chant elegiaque
Douce Pieces Nouvelles pour Orgue: No 10 Offertoire
Partie 1: La Revolte A qui la donna retourne la gloire
Partie 4: Le Jugement Seigneur - gloire a ta justice
Concerto capriccioso pour piano et orchestre : II Allegro
Deuxieme Suite - Stella Matituna
Suite concertante pour violoncelle - piano et orchestre : IV Allegro
Douce Pieces Nouvelles pour Orgue: No 5 Canon
Partie 2: L'Enfer Demons - troupeaux blemes
Sonata for cello and piano in D major: III Allegro bien rythme
Partie 1: La Revolte Aux profondeurs etherees
Partie 2: L'Enfer Pour cette oeuvre difficile
Partie 4: Le Jugement Adam - Eve - couple rebelle
Partie 1: La Revolte O Seigneur - ces cris de menace
Concerto capriccioso pour piano et orchestre : I Andante come recitativo
Partie 2: L'Enfer Flammes toujours vivantes
Partie 1: La Revolte Qu'entends-je ?