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Théodore Dubois | Musical Moments with Philip Brunelle

February 4, 2021

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In this Musical Moment, VocalEssence artistic director and founder Philip Brunelle shares insider information and beautiful music by the composer Théodore Dubois. 

Théodore Dubois

1837-1924

Théodore Dubois, French composer, organist and teacher, is well-known for his religious choral works, some of which have been part of the French church repertory for decades. Born into a modest, non-musical family in a village near Reims, he made rapid progress in his piano studies with Louis Fanart. In 1854, he was accepted into the Paris Conservatoire where he studied piano with Marmontel, organ with Benoist, harmony with Bazin, and fugue and counterpoint with Ambroise Thomas. In 1861, he received a Prix de Rome for his compositions. While at the Conservatoire, he played the organ at St Louis-des-Invalides, Ste Clotilde, and was choirmaster at the Société des Concerts in the early 1870s. He also taught at the Conservatoire, teaching harmony, composition, then serving as inspector of musical education, and finally as director of the Conservatoire. Dubois’s religious choral works feature intervallic writing and phrasing making it easy music to sing. His music was admired for its French character and solid construction, elegance and charm, and purity of style and sentiment.

Suggested choral pieces: 

  1. Christ, we do all adore Thee, from “Seven Last Words” (Kalmus 26831) 
  2. Le Paradis Perdu (G. Schirmer 16474) 
  3. Panis angelicus (pd) 
Posted in: Musical Moments
Tags: Composers of the 17th 18th and 19th Centuries • Composers of the Early-Mid 20th Century • French Composers

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