Person · Male
Abel Decaux
- From
- Auffay, France
- Active
- 1869–1943
- Releases
- 5
About
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.
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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".
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Teacher
- Charles Wilfrid de Bériot
- Édouard Souberbielle
- Léon Souberbielle
- Noëlie Pierront
- Marcel Courtonne
- Henri Gagnebin
- Jeanne Joulain
- Marc de Ranse
- Félix Raugel
- Jesús Guridi Bidaola
- Jean Henry
- Victor Ruello
- Marguerite Béclard d'Harcourt
- Maurice Sergent
- Albert Lavignac
- Jules Massenet
- Charles‐Marie Widor
- Edward Shippen Barnes
- Théodore Dubois
- Alexandre Guilmant
- Charles Lenepveu
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7701e1c5-9a23-4eb0-b204-cd887da3e209
- ISNI
- 0000000081138394
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 11 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.