Canon
Where to start with Dukas
Essential works to know this composer by — spread across their styles-
OrchestralL'Apprenti Sorcier
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StageLa Péri — Ballet
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KeyboardLa plainte, au loin, du faune...
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VocalVocalise-étude for voice and piano
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OrchestralSymphony in C major
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StageAriane et Barbe-Bleue — Opera
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OrchestralLa Peri
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KeyboardPiano Sonata in E flat minor
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OrchestralPolyeucte
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KeyboardPrélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn
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KeyboardVariations, Interlude and Finale sur un thème de Rameau
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OrchestralVillanelle, for horn and orchestra
Listening guide
Hand-curated paths into Dukas's catalogueMost Popular
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The Sorcerer\’s Apprentice
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La Péri (ballet poem)
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Piano Sonata in E-flat minor
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Villanelle for horn and piano
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Symphony in C major
Most Acclaimed
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Piano Sonata in E-flat minor
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La Péri
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Ariane et Barbe-Bleueopera after Maeterlinck — Bluebeard’s wives choose to stay
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Variations, Interlude et Finale (piano)
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String Quartet in C major (unfinished)
Most Weird
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Ariane et Barbe-Bleuein this version of Bluebeard, Ariane rescues all the wives — and they choose to return to the castle
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Piano Sonata in E-flat minormassive 4-movement structure; Dukas was so self-critical he destroyed most of his compositions
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Villanellethe horn piece everyone plays in recital
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La Plainte, au loin, du fauneelegy for Debussy — piano; only 15 bars
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Prélude élégiaque (piano)
Similar composers
Same era, overlapping styles — by genre & period affinityWorks 12
- Orchestral
- ● L'Apprenti Sorcier
- Symphony in C major
- La Peri
- Polyeucte
- Villanelle, for horn and orchestra
- Stage
- La Péri — Ballet
- Ariane et Barbe-Bleue — Opera
- Keyboard
- La plainte, au loin, du faune...
- Piano Sonata in E flat minor
- Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn
- Variations, Interlude and Finale sur un thème de Rameau
- Vocal
- Vocalise-étude for voice and piano