About Samuel Ducommun
Lived 1914 – 1987 (aged 73). Samuel Ducommun was a Swiss organist, composer and musician.
Samuel Ducommun (21 June 1914 - 6 August 1987) was a Swiss composer and organist. 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.
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
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Who was Samuel Ducommun?
(1914-1987)
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Samuel Ducommun was born on 21 June 1914 in Neuchâtel.
When did Samuel Ducommun die?
Samuel Ducommun died on 6 August 1987 in Auvernier.
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Samuel Ducommun was an organist, composer and musician.
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Samuel Ducommun was Swiss.
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