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Composer of the Week

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An informative guide to composers' lives and their music.

An informative and accessible guide to composers' lives and their music.

Composer of the Week: Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Composer of the Week: Paul Dukas (1865-1935): Episode 4

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Paul Dukas (1865-1935)

Episode 4

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Donald Macleod assesses Paul Dukas' opera Ariane et Barbe-bleu.

Donald Macleod considers Dukas's collaboration with Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck on the celebrated opera Ariane et Barbe-bleu.

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Paul Dukas' scholarship and work as a music critic may well have encouraged him to compose the Variations, Interlude and Finale on a theme by Rameau. But the diversity of Dukas' activities also probably contributed to the long gestation period for his only opera, Ariane et Barbe-bleue, hailed by Vincent d'Indy as the most important piece of theatrical music since Wagner's music-dramas!

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Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Paul Dukas

Donald Macleod explores the life and work of Paul Dukas. An influential voice in musical circles, he comfortably sharedhis time between roles as a composer, musicologist, music critic and teacher

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