Paul Dukas

Paul Abraham Dukas (French: [dykɑ(ː)s] 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 and 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, largely due to its usage in the 1940 Disney film Fantasia. 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 de Paris; his pupils included Maurice Duruflé, Olivier Messiaen, Walter Piston, Manuel Ponce, Joaquín Rodrigo and Xian Xinghai.

50 Greatest Orchestral Showpieces - 2026-03-29T00:00:00.000000Z

"Rêveries" - The Refined Conductor - 2026-03-16T00:00:00.000000Z

Classics of the Cinema - 2025-11-01T00:00:00.000000Z

"Classical Drive - Guess that Theme" - 2025-09-06T00:00:00.000000Z

"Summer Classical Drive" - Guess that Theme - 2025-08-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Franck: Symphony in D Minor - Dukas: L’apprenti sorcier - Roussel: Symphony No. 3 (Live) - 2025-05-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Le jardin féerique de Martha Argerich - Ravel, Chopin, Mozart, Schumann, Brahms, Prokofiev, Beethoven - 2025-03-25T00:00:00.000000Z

L'art de Jean-Philippe Collard - 2025-03-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Léon Bakst - A Life for the Stage - 2025-01-21T00:00:00.000000Z

Boléro - From Ravel to Fauré and Chabrier - 2024-12-10T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: Piano Sonata - 2023-11-23T00:00:00.000000Z

Piano Sonata in E-flat Minor - 2023-09-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Get Organised! Organ Transcriptions - 2023-08-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: Complete Piano Music - 2023-01-27T00:00:00.000000Z

Respighi, Rossini: La boutique fantasque - Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier - 2022-03-11T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: Symphonie, La Péri, L’apprenti sorcier & Polyeucte - 2021-11-09T00:00:00.000000Z

L’Apprenti Sorcier - 2020-11-13T00:00:00.000000Z

Danse Macabre - 2016-10-14T00:00:00.000000Z

Paul Dukas: La Péri (Arr. for Organ) [Paul Dukas und seine Schüler Alain, Messiaen und Duruflé] - 2016-02-12T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: Cantates, chœurs et musique symphonique - 2015-11-20T00:00:00.000000Z

The Sorcerer's Apprentice - Der Zauberlehrling - 2015-05-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Paul Dukas: Oeuvres pour piano - 2015-04-06T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: Intégrale de la musique pour piano - 1970-01-01T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier, La péri & Symphony in C Major - 2014-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z

Dukas: L'apprenti sorcier, La péri & Symphony in C Major - 2014-11-04T00:00:00.000000Z

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