Pierre max dubois saxophone concerto
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Pierre Max Dubois
French composer (–)
Pierre Max Dubois, sometimes given as Pierre-Max Dubois (1 March 29 August ) was a French composer of classical music, conductor, and music educator.
Pierre max dubois saxophone concerto
He was a student of Darius Milhaud, and though not widely popular, was respected. He brought the ideas of Les Six, of which his instructor was a member, into the mids. This group called for a fresh artistic perspective on music. The music of Dubois is characteristically light hearted with interesting harmonic and melodic textures.[1]
Life and career
Born in Graulhet in the Tarndepartment of Southern France, Pierre Max Dubois studied at the Paris Conservatoire from through where he was a pupil of Jean Doyen (piano) and Darius Milhaud (composition).[2] His first professional commission, Suite humouristique (a piece for French radio), happened while he was a student at the age of [2]
He was awarded the Prix de Rome in for the cantataLe rire de Gargantu