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Ernest Chausson
Ernest Chausson
French composer
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Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy
French composer
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Albert Roussel
Albert Roussel
French composer
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Elsa Barraine
Elsa Barraine
French composer (b. 1910)
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Manuel Rosenthal
Manuel Rosenthal
French composer and conductor
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Armin Jordan
Armin Jordan
Swiss conductor (1932-2006)
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André Jolivet
André Jolivet
French composer
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Jean Hubeau
Jean Hubeau
French musician
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Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht
Désiré-Émile Inghelbrecht
French conductor and composer
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Jean Fournet
Jean Fournet
French conductor
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Jacques Ibert
Jacques Ibert
French composer
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Pierre Monteux
Pierre Monteux
French conductor
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Edison Denisov
Edison Denisov
Russian Soviet composer
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Jean-Joseph Mouret
Jean-Joseph Mouret
French composer
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Edouard Lalo
Edouard Lalo
French composer
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Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau
French Baroque composer and music theorist
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Jean Martinon
Jean Martinon
French conductor and composer
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Florent Schmitt
Florent Schmitt
French composer
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Joaquín Turina
Joaquín Turina
Spanish composer
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Charles Koechlin
Charles Koechlin
French composer, teacher and writer on music
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Paul Bonneau
Paul Bonneau
French composer
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André Messager
André Messager
French opera composer and conductor
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Ernest Ansermet
Ernest Ansermet
Swiss conductor (1883–1969)
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Maurice Ravel
Maurice Ravel
French composer
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François Francoeur
François Francoeur
French composer and violinist
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Osvaldas Balakauskas
Osvaldas Balakauskas
Lithuanian composer and diplomat
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Robert Gerhard
Robert Gerhard
Catalan composer and musical scholar and writer
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Gian Francesco Malipiero
Gian Francesco Malipiero
italian composer of the 20th century
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Ernest Guiraud
Ernest Guiraud
French composer and music teacher
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Esa-Pekka Salonen
Esa-Pekka Salonen
Finnish conductor and composer
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Manuel de Falla
Manuel de Falla
Spanish composer
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Yvonne Desportes
Yvonne Desportes
composer
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French composer
Awards Received
Prix de Rome
Officer of the Legion of Honour
Paul Dukas

Paul Abraham Dukas (French: [dykas]; 1 October 1865 – 17 May 1935) was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, having abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions. His best-known work is the orchestral piece The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier), the fame of which has eclipsed that of his other surviving works. Among these are the opera Ariane et Barbe-bleue, his Symphony in C and Piano Sonata in E-flat minor, the Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau (for solo piano), and a ballet, La Péri.

At a time when French musicians were divided into conservative and progressive factions, Dukas adhered to neither but retained the admiration of both. His compositions were influenced by composers including Beethoven, Berlioz, Franck, d'Indy and Debussy.

In tandem with his composing career, Dukas worked as a music critic, contributing regular reviews to at least five French journals. Later in his life he was appointed professor of composition at the Conservatoire de Paris and the École Normale de Musique; his pupils included Maurice Duruflé, Olivier Messiaen, Manuel Ponce, and Joaquín Rodrigo.