Alexandre Dubuque
Alexandre Dubuque ( Russian Александр Иванович Дюбюк / Aleksander Ivanovich Djubjuk * February 20 . Jul / 3. March 1812 greg. In Moscow , † December 27, 1897 . Jul / 8. January 1898 . Greg ) was a Russian pianist, composer and music teacher of French descent.
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Dubuque was the son of the French aristocrat Jean Charles Louis du Buc de Brimeau, who fled France during the Revolution and settled in Russia. He studied in Moscow with John Field . At the suggestion of Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein , he was appointed professor at the Moscow Conservatory and remained in office from 1866 to 1872. His students included Mili Alexejewitsch Balakirew and Nikolai Sergejewitsch Swerew . After leaving the conservatory, he gave private piano lessons.
Dubuque was a brilliant virtuoso and often performed works by his master John Field. He created about 40 piano transcriptions of the works of Franz Schubert and composed many songs, especially romances, which were soon performed by ensembles for gypsy music. He also wrote the manual Technique of Piano Playing (1866) and Memoirs of John Field.
He was married three times and fathered sixteen children, only six of whom survived. He was buried in Moscow's Vagankovsky Cemetery .
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- Biography (russian)
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| SURNAME | Dubuque, Alexandre |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Дюбюк, Александр Иванович (Russian); Djubyuk, Alexander Ivanovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1812 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 8, 1898 |
| Place of death | Moscow |