Dubois' suite, "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" op. 1b, for large brass ensemble and timpani, reflecting African civil war strife, had received the Irving S. Gilmore Emerging Artist Award. In 1998, Dubois was awarded the Arts Council of Greater Kalamazoo Arts Outreach Grant for the second piano sonata op. 10 and, in 1999, he was the recipient of the Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Grant for the third sonata op. 11.
Dubois' compositions have been played at numerous public events including the Nuits Musicales en Armagnac summer festival in France; the Jeunes Talents concert series under the auspices of the Institut National d’Histoire de l'Art at the Auditorium Colbert, Paris; at the Kauffman Center's Merkin Hall, New York; and at Carnegie Hall's Weil Hall and Zankel Hall, New York.
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Ave Maria for Soprano Choir & Small Orchestra (Woodwind and Strings)
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 29d: 1 score (iv + 22 pages) ; includes Note about the Text of Ave Maria Op 29a-d.
The Ave Marias for soprano and piano (Op. 29a), soprano and organ (Op. 29b), soprano and string ensemble (Op.29c), or soprano, choir, winds and strings (Op.29d) are the setting to music of the Latin words of Luke 1: 28, Luke 1: 41, and an excerpt of the Ave Maria.
Revised 2008, 2019
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Three French Songs for Soprano et Piano
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 27: 1 score (ii + 23 pages) ; includes table of contents.
After poems by Baudelaire, Verlaine and Rimbaud.
Movements:
- L’Invitation au voyage (the Invitation to Travel)
- Chanson d’automne (Autumn Song)
- Première soirée (First Evening)
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Caprices
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 23: 1 score (ii + 15 pages) ; includes table of contents
Piano Pieces:
- Aurore - At Dawn
- Papillons - Butterflies
- Le joyeux promeneur - The Merry Wanderer
- Le voile de la danceuse - The Dancer's Veil
- Le charivari - The Charivari
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Partita Italiana: Fifth Piano Sonata in One Movement
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 26: 1 score (vi + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents, foreword, poem "To laugh and to love much" by Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-1882).
Movements:
- Part I: Entrata scherzosa
- Part II: Primavera solenne
- Part III: Festa del sole
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Brass Quintet: Our World As It Is
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 20: 1 score (vi + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction
This eleven-minute brass quintet for two trumpets, horn, trombone, and tuba, "Our World As It Is", refers to current and recent tragedies taking place around the world. The first moment, "Confrontation", captures the anxiety caused by Nature's wrath and men's wars. The second movement, "Reflections: Prelude and Fugato", evokes this precious time for recollection. The third movement, "Civil Discourse", is the coming together in smooth harmony of the different factions that make our world. The mood of "Fanfare and Hymn", the final movement, is one of excitement: it is a celebration of humanity, culminating in a cadenza and a fortissimo recapitulation of the fanfare's theme.
Movements:
- Confrontation
- Reflections: Prelude & Fugato
- Civil Discourse & Fanfare & Hymn
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"Détours de l'amour" (Detours of Love): Trois chansons françaises - Three French Songs for Soprano and Piano
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 21: 1 score ( v + 21 pages) ; includes table of contents and poem "Sentimental Dialogue" by Paul Verlaine (1844-1896)
Movements:
- Nocturne : L’amour perdu - Nocturne: Lost Love (set to Colloque sentimental by Paul Verlaine)
- L’amour innocent - Innocent Love (set to A la Musique (last three stanzas) by Arthur Rimbaud)
- L’amour marié - Married Love (a various by Emmanuel Dubois on Perrette et le pot au lait by Jean de la Fontaine)
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Fantaisie française: Fourth Piano Sonata
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 17: 1 score (iv + 20 pages) ; includes table of contents and introduction
This set of five pieces was composed by and large during the summer of 2003 in a historic village of Gascony in the Midi-Pyrénées region of France and is based on impressions gathered during walks and rides taken in the magnificent hilly countryside. Each movement is also an essay on counterpoint as I see it broadly defined by Walter Piston in the introduction to his treaty entitled Counterpoint. The Fantasie's five contrasting parts allude to the well-established genres, and overall unity and contrast results from the odd 5-8 tempo used in several parts and from the sharp mood swings
Movements:
- Strict Fugue & Farandole
- Nocturne - The Vagabond in Love
- The Corrida Bull
- Meditation: The View of Peace - Homage to Messiaen
- Toccata
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Piano Rag
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 22: 1 score (iv + 11 pages) ; includes the Story Behind the Rag … in English and French.
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Pseudo-classical Sonatina for Piano
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 18a: 1 score (ii + 8 pages)
Movements:
- Giocoso
- Religioso
- A la sicialana
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Organ Sonata for Church Organ
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 16: 1 score (iv + 24 pages) ; includes foreward in English and French
Opus 16 reflects, thus, an uncertain spiritual voyage: it starts with a statement on natural beauty and friendship and ends with a tarnished but hopeful message about the humanity that binds us. The Organ Suite premiered on the great organ of the First United Methodist Church of Kalamazoo, Michigan and performed by Dr. Schrock. In August 2004, he was invited to play the Suite at the Cathedral of Saints Gervais and Protais in Lectoure, France, during the Nuits musicales en Armagnac Festival.
Movements:
- Prelude – At Dawn
- Meditation on Friendship
- Fugue
- Heroic March, in memoriam of September 11, 2001
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A Banker's Dozen: Eleven Miniatures in Various Harmonic Styles
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 13a: 1 score (ii + 11 pages)
Movements:
- Quartz Precision (seconds)
- Shades of Autumn (classical)
- "El Toro" (fourths)
- Promenade Waltz (romantic)
- Chromatic Invention (atonal)
- Lutheran Chorale Harmonization (baroque)
- Christmas Song Without Words (romantic)
- (8-11) Four Settings of "the Wine-treader" a Hungarian Folk Tune
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Melody for Trumpet (C) and Strings for Ave Maria Op. 29bis
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 32 : 1 score (i + 8 pages) ; Trumpet Melody, transcription for trumpet (C) and string ensemble (violins I, violins II, violas, celli).
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Solemn Spring
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Virtuoso Concert Adagio, Op. 12: 1 score (ii + 8 pages)
In memoriam, Dr. Ron M. Isaac
Premiered at the West Michigan Cancer Center, Kalamazoo
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Two Infernal Humoresques for Harpsichord : with Two Manuals
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 14: 1 score (i + 7 pages)
Movements:
- Crab Canon
- Noisy Toy
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Third Piano Sonata, "Colors of July"
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Op. 11: 1 score (ii + 17 pages)
Movements:
- Red
- White
- Blue
Awarded the 1999 Pharmacia and Upjohn Foundation Grant
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Third Sonata "Colors of July", Movement 1: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (9 minutes 16 seconds)
Op. 11 (1999) : Third Sonata "Colors of July”Movement 1 (of 3), composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Third Sonata "Colors of July", Movement 2: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (4 minutes 52 seconds)
Op. 11 (1999) : Third Sonata "Colors of July”Movement 2 (of 3), composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Third Sonata "Colors of July", Movement 3: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (6 minutes 9 seconds)
Op. 11 (1999) : Third Sonata "Colors of July”Movement 3 (of 3), composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Second Sonata "Colors of July", Introduction: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (47 seconds)
Op. 10 (1998) : Second Sonata "Colors of July”, introduction to three movements, composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Second Sonata "Colors of July", Movement 1: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (10 minutes 6 seconds)
Op. 10 (1998) : Second Sonata "Colors of July”, Movement 1 (of 3), composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Second Sonata "Colors of July", Movement 2: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (5 minutes 17 seconds)
Op. 10 (1998) : Second Sonata "Colors of July”, Movement 2 (of 3), composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Second Sonata "Colors of July", Movement 3: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (3 minutes 7 seconds)
Op. 10 (1998) : Second Sonata "Colors of July”, Movement 3 (of 3), composed by Emmanuel Dubois.
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.
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Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses--II: Suite for Large Brass Ensemble and Timpani (Full Score)
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Opus 1b: 1 score (vi + 37 pages) ; includes acknowledgements, foreword
The suite Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses—II celebrates the triumph of understanding over hatred, of peace over war. The thirteen brass and timpani are grouped in choirs by movement:
- Fughetta for Timpani
- Fanfare for Four Trumpets in B Flat, Three Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone
- Interlude for Four Horns in F and Tuba
- "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" for Thirteen Brass and Timpani
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Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses--II: Suite for Large Brass Ensemble and Timpani (Parts)
Emmanuel M. Dubois
Opus 1b: 14 parts (69 pages) ; Parts for Timpani; Trumpet I - IV; Horn I - IV; t-Trombone I - III; b-Trombone; Tuba
The suite Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses—II celebrates the triumph of understanding over hatred, of peace over war. The thirteen brass and timpani are grouped in choirs by movement:
- Fughetta for Timpani
- Fanfare for Four Trumpets in B Flat, Three Tenor Trombones and Bass Trombone
- Interlude for Four Horns in F and Tuba
- "Of Barbed Wire and Red Roses" for Thirteen Brass and Timpani
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First Sonata "Colors of July”, Movement 1: Piano Solo Performed by Phyllis Rappeport
Emmanuel M. Dubois and Phyllis Rappeport
1 audio recording (8 minutes 31 seconds)
Op 2a (1996, Rev. 2005) : First Sonata "Colors of July”, Movement 1 (of 3).
Piano solo performed by WMU faculty member and pianist Phyllis Rappeport (1929-2020). Rappeport retired from Western Michigan University as Professor Emerita of Music in 1996.