le négligé Pierre Max Dubois (1930-1995)

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Scion7

September 25, 2020, 05:54:50 AM Last Edit: September 25, 2020, 10:46:00 PM by Scion7
From across the channel came this record industry much-ignored composer.

- studied with Jean Doyen (piano) and Milhaud (composition) at Paris Conservatoire (1949–53)
- composed the Suite humouristique as a teen for radio after winning a commission
- won the Prix de Rome in 1955 with Le rire de Gargantua (a cantata for soprano, tenor, bass and orchestra)
- won Grand Prix of the city of Paris in 1964 for Symphonie-sérénade
- in the mid-Sixties, became a conductor, making tours of France, Belgium, the USA and Canada
- granted a post at the Paris Conservatoire
- incorporated elements from jazz to folksong
- musical style is influenced by Milhaud, Françaix and Prokofiev

Chamber music:
Circus Parade
Divertissement
10 figures a danser
Petite suite for flute & bassoon
Pieces Caracteristiques, Op.77
Quatuor for horns in F
Sonata for flute and piano
Trombone Quartet
Variations, for oboe and piano
Sonata, for flute and piano
Quatuor, for 4 flutes
Divertissement, for saxophone and piano
Konzertstück for saxophone and piano
Sonata, for saxophone and piano
5 Characteristic Pieces, for saxophone and piano
Sonatina, for saxophone and piano
Rapsodie, for clarinet and piano
Romance, for clarinet and piano
Sonatina, for clarinet and piano
Épitaphe, for clarinet and piano
Sonata di Mady, for clarinet and piano
Coïncidence, for clarinet and piano
Sonata Breve, for solo clarinet
Quator, for clarinet and piano
9 Impromptus, for B-flat clarinet and piano
Menuet de Beaugency, for B-flat clarinet and piano
Novelette pour Flûte et Piano
La piccolette, for flute and piano: Tempo di Gavotta
Mini-Quatuor, for 2 piccolos and 2 tubas
Incantation et Danse pour Flûte seule
Pop-Variations pour Flûte et Piano
Berceuse et Rondo capriccioso pour deux Flûtes
Dix figures à danser, for saxophone and organ
Sonata, violin, piano, 1962
Suite for violin, clarinet & piano, 1968
Pop Variations, flute, piano, 1971
Suite, dans le style ancien, a recorder, 1971
Le cinéma muet, horn, trumpet, trombone, tuba, 1972
Fantaisie sur une chanson canadienne, cornet/trumpet, piano, 1972
Coincidence, clarinet, piano, 1977
3 sérénades, oboe, clarinet, saxophone, 1982


Orchestral works:
Piano Concerto no.2, 1957
Violin Concerto no.1, 1957
Symphony no.2 (Drame pour Epidaure), 1962
Horn Concerto, 1963
Cello Concerto, 1963
Rapsodie, 1963
Double Concerto for Violin & Piano, orch, 1963
Symphonie-sérénade, for strings, 1964
Easy Sliding, 4 trombones & orchestra, 1981
Hommage à Rabelais, 1981
Flute Concerto
Alto Saxophone Concerto, No.2
Alto Saxophone Concerto
Piano Concerto No.1
Piano Concerto No.3


For the stage:
Impressiones foraines (ballet), 1951
Le docteur Ox (ballet, 3), 1961, Lyons, 1965
Comment causer (opéra bouffe 1, J. Tardieu), 1970, Liège, Royal, 14 Oct 1971
Les Suisses (opéra à grand spectacle, 2, after P.A. Bréal), 1972, Liège, 1973
Hommage à Hoffnung (ballet, 1), 1980, Bordeaux, 1981
Le ruban merveilleux (conte musicale, D. Blanc), 1990, Paris, Forum des Halles, 31 May 1991

Vocal works:
Le rire de Gargantua (cant., Escalada), S, T, B, orch, 1955
Cantate sur 3 psaumes, 4 solo vv, 1959
Educativement vôtre, mixed chorus, children's vv, orch, 1975
Pauvre aveugle, 4-part mixed chorus, 1981






When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

kyjo

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September 25, 2020, 08:00:15 AM
I found recordings - in decent sound quality - of his 1st and 3rd PCs (absent from your otherwise excellent list ;)) on YT:

No. 1: https://youtu.be/Nb0xXRyIDHs

No. 3: https://youtu.be/DFxZJfY_828
"Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music" - Sergei Rachmaninoff

Scion7

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September 25, 2020, 08:36:24 AM
sounds like they were radio broadcasts
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Scion7

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September 25, 2020, 03:56:44 PM
If anyone has a source - in English - about this composer that is more detailed than the two-paragraph New Grove article, please provide - hopefully with a works list that has the dates of composition.
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Scion7

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September 25, 2020, 10:48:01 PM


another piece unavailable from a record company release
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Roasted Swan

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September 25, 2020, 11:09:00 PM
I have just 2 Dubois CD's (apart from the DG version of saxophone concerto);



and a "Hommage" of the piano music.  This disc is rather a gem in its entirety

Scion7

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September 25, 2020, 11:18:55 PM
yes, Hungaroton has released several on this composer - good label

 

When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

Scion7

#7
September 25, 2020, 11:31:14 PM
https://open.spotify.com/album/6RUgPdSe8TQz1wJesNVisF

- for the Pierce & Jonas recording
When, a few months before his death, Rachmaninov lamented that he no longer had the "strength and fire" to compose, friends reminded him of the Symphonic Dances, so charged with fire and strength. "Yes," he admitted. "I don't know how that happened. That was probably my last flicker."

pjme

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September 29, 2020, 01:05:18 AM
Quote from: Scion7 on September 25, 2020, 03:56:44 PM
If anyone has a source - in English - about this composer that is more detailed than the two-paragraph New Grove article, please provide - hopefully with a works list that has the dates of composition.

This catalogue may be a good start.
https://www.billaudot.com/fr/composer.php?p=Pierre-Max&n=Dubois
Peter
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