FRANCOIS

See also:

• CLEMENT (Lat. Clemens, i.e. merciful; Gr. K)4gs)
• CLEMENT, FRANCOIS (1714-1793)
• CLEMENT, JACQUES (1567-1589)

CLEMENT

See also:

• THEODORE
• THEODORE (602-690)
• THEODORE (Fedor) GRIGORIEVICH ORLOV, COUNT (1741–1796)
• THEODORE (Rus. Fedor, or Feodor)

THEODORE

See also:

• DUBOIS
• FRANCOIS CLEMENT THEODORE DUBOIS (1837– )
• DUBOIS, GUILLAUME (1656–1723)
• DUBOIS, JEAN ANTOINE (1765-1848)
• DUBOIS, PAUL (1829-1905)
• DUBOIS, PIERRE (c. 1250-c. 1312)

DUBOIS (1837– )  , French musical composer, was born at Rosney (Marne) on the 24th of August 1837 . He studied at the Conservatoire under Ambroise Thomas, and won the Grand Prix de Rome in 1861 with his cantata Atala . After the customary sojourn in Rome, Dubois returned to Paris and devoted himself to teaching . He was appointed " maitre de Chapelle " at the church of Ste Clotilde, where Cesar Franck was organist, in 1863, and remained at this post for five years, during which time he composed a quantity of sacred music, notably Les Sept Paroles du Christ (1867), a work which has become well known in France . In 1868 he became " maitre de Chapelle " at the church of the Madeleine, and nine years later succeeded Camille Saint-Satins there as organist . He became professor of harmony at the Conservatoire in 1871, and was appointed professor of composition in succession to Leo Delibes in 1891 . At the death of Ambroise Thomas in 1896 he became director of the Conservatoire . Dubois is an extremely prolific composer and has written in a variety of forms . His sacred works include four masses, a requiem, Les Sept Paroles du Christ, a large number of motets and pieces for organ . For the theatre he has composed La Guzla de l'Emir, an opera comique in one act, played at the Theatre Lyrique de 1'Athenee in 1873; Le Pain bis, an opera comique in one act, given at the Opera Comique in 1879; La Farandole, a ballet in three acts, produced at the Grand Opera in 1883; Aben-Hamet, a four-act opera., heard at the Theatre Italien in 1884; Xaviere, a dramatic idyll in three acts, played at the Opera Comique in 1895 . His orchestral works include two concert overtures, the overture to Frithioff (188o), several suites, Marche heroique de Jeanne d'Arc (1888), &c . He is also the author of Le Paradis perdu, an oratorio which gained for him the prize offered by the city of Paris in 1878; L'Enlevement de Proserpine (1879), a scene lyrique; Delivrance (1887), a cantata; Hylas (189o), a scene lyrique for soli, chorus and orchestra; Notre Dame de la mer, a symphonic poem (1897); and a musical setting of a Latin ode on the baptism of Clovis (1899) .

In addition, he composed much for the piano and

voice .