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Dukas

American  
[dy-ka] / düˈka /

noun

  1. Paul (Abraham) 1865–1935, French composer.


Dukas British  
/ dykɑ /

noun

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

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Besides Berlioz, the lineup featured works by composers from the 18th to early 20th centuries, such as Franz Joseph Haydn and Paul Dukas, that have long been in the public domain.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026

Seeking the ideal Halloween costume, he finds inspiration not just in the Paul Dukas composition mentioned in the program’s title, but also in passages from other works.

From New York Times ● Oct. 15, 2020

Long before Walt Disney and composer Paul Dukas, there were stories about magicians and their — usually — overreaching pupils.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 25, 2017

Degas, Mallarmé, Rodin and Renoir mixed with Paul Dukas and Henri Duparc at the soirées that Ernest Chausson held at his elegant home on the Boulevard de Courcelles.

From The Guardian ● Aug. 29, 2012

Sixty, however, of these great productions of genius have come down to us, and are contained in the various collections of the Attic orators by Aldus, Stephens, Taylor, Reiske, Dukas, Bekker, Dobson, and Sauppe.

From The Old Roman World, : the Grandeur and Failure of Its Civilization. by John Lord

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