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Théodore Dubois

1837 - 1924

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Clément François Théodore Dubois (French pronunciation: [klemɑ̃ fʁɑ̃swa teɔdɔʁ dybwa]; 24 August 1837 – 11 June 1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist and pedagogue. After study at the Paris Conservatoire, Dubois won France's premier musical prize, the Prix de Rome in 1861. He became an organist and choirmaster at several well-known churches in Paris, and at the same time was a professor in the Conservatoire, teaching harmony from 1871 to 1891 and composition from 1891 to 1896, when he succeeded Ambroise Thomas as the Conservatoire's director. He continued his predecessor's strictly conservative curriculum and was forced to retire early after a scandal erupted over the faculty's attempt to rig the Prix de Rome competition to prevent the modernist Maurice Ravel from winning. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Théodore Dubois is the 484th most popular composer (down from 469th in 2019), the 2,058th most popular biography from France (down from 2,009th in 2019) and the 75th most popular French Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Théodore Dubois ranks 484 out of 1,451. Before him are Oscar Straus, Paolo Tosti, Vicente Martín y Soler, Florent Schmitt, Fikret Amirov, and Claudio Merulo. After him are Johann Crüger, André Messager, Danny Elfman, Giuseppe Sarti, Rikard Nordraak, and Thomas Arne.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1837, Théodore Dubois ranks 44. Before him are Pierre Auguste Cot, Georg Ebers, Nell Arthur, Henry Draper, Alexandre Guilmant, and Carolus-Duran. After him are Algernon Charles Swinburne, James Murray, Theodore Gill, Ernest Guiraud, Prince Albert of Prussia, and Horace Parnell Tuttle. Among people deceased in 1924, Théodore Dubois ranks 37. Before him are Helge von Koch, Lyubov Popova, Fernand Cormon, Ziya Gökalp, Franz von Bayros, and Arne Garborg. After him are Valery Bryusov, Jacques de Morgan, Roland Bonaparte, Hermann Kövess von Kövessháza, Aleksa Šantić, and Matsukata Masayoshi.

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In France

Among people born in France, Théodore Dubois ranks 2,058 out of 6,770. Before him are Raymond Roussel (1877), François-Marie Raoult (1830), Florent Schmitt (1870), Jean Girault (1924), Joseph Monier (1823), and Beatrice of Burgundy, Lady of Bourbon (1257). After him are Wilfred the Hairy (840), Beatrice of Lorraine (1017), Christiane Martel (1936), Rose Bertin (1747), François Georges-Picot (1870), and André Messager (1853).

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Among COMPOSERS In France

Among composers born in France, Théodore Dubois ranks 75. Before him are Yo-Yo Ma (1955), Alexandre Guilmant (1837), Gabriel Pierné (1863), Jaufre Rudel (1125), Étienne Méhul (1763), and Florent Schmitt (1870). After him are André Messager (1853), Jehan Alain (1911), Monsieur de Sainte-Colombe (1640), Jean Françaix (1912), Nicolas-Charles Bochsa (1789), and Franck Pourcel (1913).

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