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Dukas

[ dy-ka ]

noun

  1. Paul (Ab·ra·ham) [pawl , a, -b, r, a, -, am], 1865–1935, French composer.


Dukas

/ dykɑ /

noun

  1. DukasPaul18651935MFrenchMUSIC: composer Paul (pɔl). 1865–1935, French composer best known for the orchestral scherzo The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1897)


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Of the modern French we are loth to omit the symphonies of Chausson and of Dukas.

Dukas uses them later in divided violins, violas and cellos, having thus a triad of harmonics doubled in the octave.

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