Pierre-Max Dubois

Pierre-Max Dubois (born March 1, 1930 in Graulhet ; † August 29, 1995 in Rocquencourt ) was a French composer .

Dubois began his training at the Tours Conservatory , where he received a piano award in 1945. He was then a pupil of Darius Milhaud at the Paris Conservatory and won the Grand Prix de Rome with the cantata Le Rire de Gargantua . In 1964 he received the Grand Prize of the City of Paris for the Symphony Serenade . He was Professor of Analysis at the Conservatoire de Paris and the Conservatoire of Québec and also a sought-after conductor.

Dubois composed more than one hundred and fifty works, including piano pieces, works for wind instruments (especially for the saxophone), orchestral and vocal works, most of which were published by Alphonse Leduc . He stood in the tradition of tonal and melodic music and stayed away from the dodecaphonic and serial experiments of contemporary composers.

Works

• Beaugency Concerto for clarinet and string orchestra
• BIS , Presto for violin and string orchestra
• Cancanages , Scherzo
• Capriccio for violin
• Concertino for four saxophones and orchestra
• Concertino for trumpet and chamber orchestra
• Concerto for horn and chamber orchestra
• Concerto for flute and chamber orchestra ("Hommage à Florian")
• Concerto for saxophone and string orchestra
• Concerto for four trombones
• Concerto L'Irrespectueux for trombone and string orchestra
• Concerto Printanier for four flutes
• Cortége for trombone and piano
• Dialogues Canadiens for oboe and string orchestra
• Divertissement for string orchestra
• Double Concertino for oboe, bassoon and orchestra
• Polka for tuba
• Sonatina for alto saxophone
• Suite breve for two trumpets and organ
• Suite de Danses
• Petite Suite for flute and bassoon
• Feu de Paille for violin and alto saxophone