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Donald Macleod focuses on Dukas's development up to the point he wrote The Sorcerer's Apprentice. Works include Polyeucte, which first brought him public attention, and Le roi Lear. Show more
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Donald Macleod focuses on the circumstances surrounding the creation of Dukas's only symphony and considers its significance in French musical history. Show more
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Donald Macleod introduces Dukas's most substantial contribution to piano repertoire, his Piano Sonata. It made critical waves and was a blueprint for later composers. Show more
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Donald Macleod focuses on Dukas's later years, and why he failed to produce any large-scale works after 1912, turning instead to teaching and music criticism. Show more
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Donald Macleod considers Dukas's collaboration with Belgian poet and playwright Maurice Maeterlinck on the celebrated opera Ariane et Barbe-bleu. Show more
