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Abel Decaux

French organist and composer

Abel-Marie Alexis Decaux (11 February 1869 – 19 March 1943) was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue, best known for his piano suite Clairs de lune, some of the earliest pieces of dodecaphony.

A student of Théodore Dubois, Jules Massenet, and Charles-Marie Widor, among others, he was the titular organist of the grand organ of the Sacré-Cœur basilica. Decaux was more renowned as a player and professor during his lifetime than a composer.

He is popularly known as the "French Schoenberg".

Read more about this composer on Wikipedia.

Works

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  • Clairs de lune
  • Clairs de lune: I. Clair de lune no. 1 - Minuit passé
  • Clairs de lune: II. Clair de lune no. 2 - La ruelle
  • Clairs de lune: III. Clair de lune no. 3 - Le cimetière
  • Clairs de lune: IV. Clair de lune no. 4 - La mer