Search results
Paul Abraham Dukas (French: or ; 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.
May 13, 2024 · Paul Dukas (born Oct. 1, 1865, Paris, Fr.—died May 17, 1935, Paris) was a French composer whose fame rests on a single orchestral work, the dazzling, ingenious L’Apprenti sorcier (1897; The Sorcerer’s Apprentice).
May 9, 2023 · It’s the composer Paul Dukas! By creating “The Sorcerer’s Apprentice“, a symphonic poem based on a ballad by Goethe, Dukas inspired Walt Disney to turn it into a cartoon in Fantasia, further popularizing this major work of classical music. What is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice about? And who was Paul Dukas?
Paul Dukas was a central figure of French musical life, although his catalogue of works comprises less than twenty titles. Of these, only the symphonic poem The Sorcerer’s Apprentice is played regularly, which – to put it inelegantly – makes Dukas a “one-hit wonder”.
The Frenchman Paul Dukas belongs to that dreaded fraternity. His single claim to fame is The Sorcerer’s Apprentice, which he wrote in 1897. A very methodical (read “painstakingly slow”), highly self-critical musician who destroyed many of his compositions before his death, Dukas considered himself a teacher who composed.
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (French: L'Apprenti sorcier) is a symphonic poem by the French composer Paul Dukas, completed in 1897. Subtitled "Scherzo after a ballad by Goethe", the piece was based on Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's 1797 poem of the same name.
Jan 6, 2015 · Paul Abraham Dukas was a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher. A studious man, of retiring personality, he was intensely self-critical, and he abandoned and destroyed many of his compositions.
French composer and critic Paul Dukas was born in Paris on 1 October 1865. His mother was a pianist, but she died in childbirth when Paul was five. At fourteen he began to compose and two years later began to study at the Paris Conservatoire, where he became friends with Debussy.
Jul 20, 2021 · Paul Dukas (October 1865, Paris - 18 May 1935, Paris) was a French composer. He has been consider a glittering ornament of French modern music, and his name has been linked with the revolt of contemporary composer against artistic formalism.
Sep 20, 2021 · THE COMPOSER – PAUL DUKAS (1865-1935) – It would have been possible, even advisable based on available facts, to foresee a very undistinguished future for Dukas in 1897. After only moderate success as a composer with the overture Polyeucte and his Symphony in C, Dukas seemed destined for remembrance only as a critic of Wagner’s operas and ...
