Alexandre Dubuque

Alexandre Dubuque (Russian Александр Иванович Дюбюк / Alexander Ivanovich Djubjuk; * 20 Februarjul / March 3 1812greg in Moscow, .. .. † December 27 1897jul / January 8 1898greg ) was a Russian pianist, composer and music teacher of French descent.

He was the son of the French aristocrat Jean Charles Louis du Buc de Brimeau, who fled from France during the Revolution and settled in Russia.

He studied in Moscow at John Field. At the suggestion of Nikolai Grigoryevich Rubinstein he was appointed professor at the Moscow Conservatory from 1866 to 1872 and remained in office. His students included, inter alia, Mili Alexeyevich Balakirev and Nikolai Sergeyevich Zverev. After leaving the Conservatoire he gave private piano lessons.

Dubuque was a brilliant virtuoso and often wore before works of his master John Field. He made about 40 piano transcriptions of works by Franz Schubert and composed many songs, especially romances, which were soon performed by ensembles of Gypsy music. He also wrote the manual technique of playing the piano (1866 ) and memories of John Field.

He was married three times and was the father of sixteen children, of whom only six survived. He was buried at the Moscow Wagankowski Cemetery.

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• Biography (in Russian )

• Russian musician
• Russian composer
• Classic pianist
• University teachers ( Moscow Conservatory )
• Russian
• Born in 1812
• Died in 1898
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