Théodore Dubois
Théodore Dubois (1837–1924) was a French composer, organist and pedagogue. Sacred and organ works form the part of his large output that still reaches the concert platform, above all the oratorio Les sept paroles du Christ and the Toccata in G.
Dubois wrote ballets, operas, oratorios and symphonies, yet only a handful of pieces remain in regular use. Organ voluntaries and short liturgical works continue to appear in recital programmes, while his theoretical books on counterpoint, fugue and harmony kept a longer life in the classroom than most of the scores themselves.
Compositions by Théodore Dubois appear on
Organ Miniatures
A collection of 33 short organ works on the 1882 T.C. Lewis organ at St George’s Uniting Church, East St Kilda. The programme samples music written for small pipe organs and harmoniums, from Baroque chorales to twentieth-century miniatures.
Centenary Plus
Sydney City Organist Robert Ampt plays the restored William Hill and Son Grand Organ at Sydney Town Hall in a programme spanning more than a century of music linked with the instrument, from Handel and Bach to Koehne, Dubois, Best and Ampt.
Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Grand Organ
Historic recordings from the 1979 inaugural recital series that launched the Sydney Opera House Concert Hall Grand Organ, Ronald Sharp’s vast mechanical-action instrument.