Jean Roger-Ducasse

Jean Jules Aimable Roger-Ducasse (Bordeaux, 18 April 1873 – Le Taillan-Médoc (Gironde), 19 July 1954) was a French composer. Biography Jean Roger-Ducasse studied at the Paris Conservatoire with Émile Pessard and André Gedalge, and was the star pupil and close friend of Gabriel Fauré. He succeeded Fauré as professor of composition, and in 1935 he succeeded Paul Dukas as professor of orchestration. His personal style was firmly rooted in the French school of orchestration, in an unbroken tradition from Hector Berlioz through Camille Saint-Saëns. Among his notable pupils were Jehan Alain, Claude Arrieu, Sirvart Kalpakyan Karamanuk, Jean-Louis Martinet, and Francis George Scott. Compositions Roger-Ducasse wrote music in nearly all classical forms, and was particularly known for his operatic stage works and orchestral compositions. These include: *Au Jardin de Marguerite, 1901–05 Based on an episode in Goethe’s Faust *Sarabande, 1907 Symphonic poem with chorus. *Suite française, Concerts Calonne, Paris, 1907 *Pastorale pour orgue, 1909 *Marche française, 1914 *Nocturne de printemps, 1920 *Nocturne d’hiver, 1921 *Epithalame for orchestra, 1923 *Orphée mimodrame lyrique, Opéra Garnier, 19