Enciclopedia Cattolica

DUBOIS, FRANÇOIS-CLÉMENT-THÉODORE

Volume IV · p. 1131 · 1950

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Machine translation of the 1948–1954 Italian original. The original text is authoritative.

FRANÇOIS-CLÉMENT-THÉODORE DUBOIS. - Musician, born in Rosnay on 24 August 1837, died in Paris on 11 June 1924. He won the Premier Prix de Rome and served as maître de chapelle first at Saint-Clotilde (1861) and later at La Madeleine.

Professor of composition and subsequently director of the Conservatoire (1896-1905). He is best known for his vocal and orchestral works. His oratorios Les sept paroles du Christ and Le paradis perdu (1878) are among his most esteemed compositions. In 1899, he wrote Le baptême de Clovis, a Latin ode set to a text by Pope Leo XIII, and in 1897, the symphonic poem Notre Dame de la mer. He also composed theatrical works.

Article illustration
Dubois is the author of a highly regarded Traité d'harmonie (Paris, 1921), which he completed after first finishing the one by Réber. Pietro Thomas

Article illustration
(fot. Enc. Catt.) DUBLIN - XXXI International Eucharistic Congress (1932). Final blessing imparted by the cardinal legate.
(ou devus Gregoriensis, in, 1940), n. of Jan.-Feb.) DUBOIS, LOUIS-ERNEST - Ritratto.

Cite this article

“DUBOIS, FRANÇOIS-CLÉMENT-THÉODORE.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. IV (1950), p. 1131. Azione Romana digital edition, https://azioneromana.com/article/dubois-francois-clement-theodore.