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The Sorcerer's Apprentice
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Listen to Dukas' Sorcerer's Apprentice from the Peabody Institute
Dukas,
«dyoo
KAH», Paul Abraham
(1865-1935), was a French composer, music teacher, critic, and editor. He became
best known for The Sorcerer's Apprentice
(1897), written in a lively symphonic form called a
scherzo. Dukas was a master of orchestration. He
has been praised for the clarity of his music and for his ability to produce a
variety of tone colors from different combinations of instruments.
Dukas was born on Oct. 1,
1865, in Paris. He taught at the National Conservatory of Music in Paris for
several years. He also served as a music critic and prepared for publication and
performance works by such composers as Ludwig van Beethoven, Francois Couperin,
Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Domenico Scarlatti. Dukas composed only a few works in
addition to The Sorcerer's Apprentice.
They include the overture Polyeucte
(1891), Symphony in C
(1897), the opera Ariadne and Bluebeard
(1907), and the ballet The Peri
(1912). Dukas died on May 17, 1935.
McDermott, Vincent. "Dukas, Paul Abraham." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2011. Web. 23 Mar. 2011.
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