Introduction

Biography

Dubois was the son of Ni­co­las Du­bois and Cé­lin­ie Char­bon­ni­er. He is re­mem­bered as a com­pos­er, or­gan­ist, and teach­er.

He stu­died at the Par­is Con­serv­atoire, and won the Prix de Rome in 1861.

He went on to serve as or­gan­ist and choir­mas­ter at sev­er­al church­es in Pa­ris, and at the same time taught har­mo­ny (1871–91) and com­po­si­tion (1891–96) at the Par­is Con­serv­atoire. In 1896, he be­came di­rect­or of the the Con­serv­atoire, suc­ceed­ing Am­broise Tho­mas.

Works

DuBois com­posed nu­mer­ous op­er­as, bal­lets, vo­cal and or­ches­tral works, and cham­ber mu­sic piec­es.