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Name
  
Theodore Dubois

Education
  
Conservatoire de Paris

Role
  
Composer

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Died
  
June 11, 1924, Paris, France

Albums
  
Dubois: Chamber music

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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

  • La prova di un'opera seria, (unpublished, composed in Rome, 1863).
  • La guzla de l'emir, opera comique (1 act, J. Barbier & M. Carre), f.p. 30 April 1873, Theatre de l'Athenee, Paris.
  • Le pain bis, opera comique (1 act, A. Brunswick & A.R. de Beauplan), f.p. 26/27 February 1879, Opera-Comique (Theatre Favart), Paris.
  • L'enlevement de Proserpine, scene lyrique (1 act, P. Collin), f.p. 1879.
  • Aben-Hamet, opera (4 acts, L. Detroyat & A. de Lauzieres), f.p. 16 December 1884, Theatre du Chatelet, Paris.
  • Xaviere, idylle dramatique (3 acts, L. Gallet, after F. Fabre), f.p. 26 November 1895, Opera Comique (Theatre Lyrique), Paris.
  • Miguela, opera (3 acts) (Originally unperformed, except prelude and second act tableau from Act 3, concert perf. 23 February 1896, Paris.) f.p. 18 May 1916, Opera, Paris.
  • La fiancee d'Abydos (unperformed)
  • Le florentin (unperformed)
  • Ballets

  • La Korrigane, (ballet by Louis Merante), f.p. 12 January 1880, Opera, Paris.
  • La Farandole, (ballet by Louis Merante), f.p. 14 December 1883, Opera-Comique, Paris.
  • Vocal works

  • Les Sept Paroles du Christ, (1867) oratorio dedicated to Abbot Jean-Gaspard (1797-1871) cure of La Madeleine.
  • Le Paradis Perdu, oratorio (1878 - Prix de la ville de Paris)
  • Numerous cantatas, including: L'enlevement de Proserpine, Hylas, Bergerette; Les Vivants et les Morts
  • Masses and religious compositions
  • Orchestral works

  • Marche heroique de Jeanne d'Arc
  • Fantaisie triomphale for organ & orchestra
  • Hymne nuptial
  • Meditation, Prieres for strings, oboe, harp, & organ
  • Concerto-Cappricio for piano & orchestra
  • Concerto pour piano n° 2
  • Concerto pour violon
  • Notre-Dame de la Mer, poeme symphonique
  • Adomis, poeme symphonique
  • Symphonie francaise (1908)
  • Symphonie n°2
  • Symphonie n°3
  • Fantasietta (1917)
  • Suite for Piano and String Orchestra in F minor (1917)
  • Chamber music

  • Cantabile (or Andante Cantabile) for viola or cello and piano (1886)
  • Hymne nuptial for violin, viola, cello, harp and organ
  • Quintet for oboe, violin, viola, cello and piano
  • Terzettino for flute, viola and harp (1905)
  • Piano Quartet in A minor (1907)
  • Dectet for string and wind quintets
  • Nonetto for flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 2 violins, viola, cello and double bass
  • Other compositions

  • Piano works : Chœur et Danse des Lutins, Six Poemes Sylvestres, etc.
  • Numerous pieces for organ and for harmonium.
  • Douze Pieces pour orgue ou piano-pedalier (1889), including the famous Toccata in G (no. 3)
  • Douze Pieces Nouvelles pour orgue ou piano-pedalier (1893), including In Paradisum (no. 9)
  • Deux Petites Pieces pour orgue ou harmonium (1910) : Petite pastorale champenoise et Prelude
  • 42 Pieces pour orgue sans pedales ou harmonium (1925)
  • Writings

  • Dubois, Theodore (1889). Notes et etudes d'harmonie pour servir de supplement au traite de H. Reber. Paris: Conservatoire de Paris.
  • Dubois, Theodore (1901). Traite de contrepoint et de fugue. Paris: Heugel.
  • Dubois, Theodore (n.d., 1921?). Traite d'harmonie theorique et pratique. Paris: Heugel. (Note: The copyright reads: Realisations des basses et chants du Traite d'harmonie par Theodore Dubois).
  • Recording selection

  • Theodore Dubois, Organistes de Paris a la Belle Epoque, Vol 1 (2004), Helga Schauerte-Maubouet, Organ Merklin Cathedral in Moulins(F) Syrius 141382.
  • Theodore Dubois, The Romantic Piano Concerto #60, 2013 Concerto-capriccioso in C minor; Piano Concerto #2 and Suite for Piano and String Orchestra, Cedric Tiberghien-pianist,BBC Scottish Symphony Orchestra,Andrew Manze-conductor,Hyperion 67931
  • 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 ?

    References

    Theodore Dubois Wikipedia