Samuel Ducommun Explained

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

Notes and References

  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. https://www.amishemne.ch/concert/sabat-mater-de-poulenc-et-la-moisson-de-feu-de-ducommun/17 Stabat Mater de Poulenc et La Moisson de Feu de Ducommun