Samuel Ducommun

Samuel Ducommun (21 June 1914 - 6 August 1987) was a Swiss composer and organist.^[1] Ducommon's models included Arthur Honegger and Marcel Dupré.

Works

Ducommun's catalog comprises around a hundred works. The 1958 oratorio La Moisson de Feu, to lyrics by Marc Eigeldinger was premiered posthumously in Neuchâtel in March 2019.^[2]

Selected recordings

Samuel Ducommun: La Moisson de Feu, oratorio after the Book of Revelation Op.63a - Choeurs et orchestre de la HEM Genève-Neuchâtel, Choeur d’enfants de l’Institut Jaques-Dalcroze, Genève, P'tit Chœur au Grand Coeur du Conservatoire de musique neuchâtelois conductor Nicolas Farine. Claves 2020

References

^ John Henderson A Directory of Composers for Organ 1996 p 1954 "Ducommun S . b . 1914 Switzerland Samuel Ducommun , a pupil of Dupré , has been a teacher and organist in Neuchatel . Zeitgenossische Orgelmusik [ KUN ] contains two Preludes , a Toccata , a Ciacona and a Prelude and Fugue by him ."
^ Stabat Mater de Poulenc et La Moisson de Feu de Ducommun

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[1] John Henderson A Directory of Composers for Organ 1996 p 1954 "Ducommun S . b . 1914 Switzerland Samuel Ducommun , a pupil of Dupré , has been a teacher and organist in Neuchatel . Zeitgenossische Orgelmusik [ KUN ] contains two Preludes , a Toccata , a Ciacona and a Prelude and Fugue by him ."

[2] Stabat Mater de Poulenc et La Moisson de Feu de Ducommun

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