Léon Du Bois

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Charles-Louis-Léon Du Bois (born January 10, 1859 in Brussels ; died November 19, 1935 in Boitsfort ) was a Belgian composer and organist . Du Bois (sometimes spelled Dubois) won first prize in the Belgian Rome competition in 1885 . From 1899 he was director of the music school of Leuven (Leuven). After the death of Edgar Tinel , he became director of the Royal Conservatory of Music in Brussels in 1912 , a position he held until 1925. He composed several operas, including Son excellence ma femme (1884) and La revanche de Sganarelle (1886), a symphonic poem ( Atala ), octets for eight (chromatic) horns , etc. Volume 6 of the Les Maîtres contemporains de collection lorgue ("Contemporary Masters of the Organ") is dedicated to him.

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  1. Sound sample on YouTube
  2. urresearch.rochester.edu The eight volumes as PDF documents.