Composers

Gabriel Dupont

Piano
Voice
Orchestra
Organ
Mixed chorus
Violin
Soprano
Female chorus
Viola
Cello
Song
Piece
Operas
Melody
Chanson
Airs
Lyric dramas
Lyric operas
Symphonic poem
Meditation
by popularity

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2 Airs de ballet2 Mélodies2 Poèmes d'Alfred de Musset

A

Antar

C

Chanson des 'Six petits oiseaux'Chansons normandes

F

Feuillets d'album

J

Journée de printemps

L

La cabreraLa farce du cuvierLa gluLa maison dans les dunesLe chant de la destinéeLe foyerLe jour des mortsLes caressesLes effarésLes heures dolentes

M

MandolineMéditation

O

Offertoire

P

Pièce en forme de canonPoèmePoèmes d'automne

S

Sortie-carillon

É

Élévation
Wikipedia
Gabriel Édouard Xavier Dupont (1 March 1878 – 1 August 1914) was a French composer, known for his operas and chamber music.
Dupont was born in Caen. Following after his father who was a teacher at the Malherbe secondary school and the organist at the Church Saint-Étienne in his home town, Dupont began his studies at the Paris Conservatory at the age of 15. There he studied composition with Jules Massenet, harmony with Antoine Taudou, and descant with André Gedalge. In 1895, he was also given instruction on the organ by Alexandre Guilmant. Between 1897 and 1903, he studied composition with Charles-Marie Widor.
In 1901, while performing his military service, Dupont competed for the Rome Prize. He won second prize, behind André Caplet but ahead of Maurice Ravel. He was also named laureate of the Sonzogno competition for his opera La Cabrera, which was later presented with success at La Scala and then at the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique in 1905.
In 1903, Dupont composed a cycle of fourteen pieces for the piano, Les Heures dolentes, during his convalescence from his first bout of tuberculosis – the disease that would ultimately cause his death at the age of 36. While residing at Cap Ferret, a small island refuge for tuberculosis patients, he composed another cycle of ten pieces for the piano, La Maison dans les dunes (1908–1909). Maurice Dumesnil premiered the suite on 3 June 1910 at the Salle Pleyel.
Dupont wrote three more operas: La Glu (1909), a Breton melodrama based on a novel by Jean Richepin; La Farce du cuvier (1911), using a libretto by Henri Caïn; and Antar (1912–14), also using a Caïn libretto. Antar was performed after Dupont's death in a grandiose and exotically dark production at the Opéra Comique in March 1921.
Dupont died from tuberculosis in Le Vésinet. The monument on his tomb is prominent in the cemetery there.
Dupont's brothers also had artistic careers. Maurice, curator of the Guimet Museum, was an Oriental expert and man of letters. Robert (1874–1949) was a landscaper for Sarthe and Brittany, as well as an official painter of the town halls of Paris.
Operas
Vocal
Orchestra
Organ
Piano
Chamber
Dupont's complete works for solo piano have been recorded by Émile Naoumoff, Marie-Catherine Girod, and Bo Ties.
A recording of La Cabrera has been released on the Bongiovanni label.