DUBOIS, (FRANOIS-CLMENT-) THODORE

born Aug. 24, 1837, Rosnay, Fr. died June 11, 1924, Paris French composer, organist, and teacher known for his technical treatises on harmony, counterpoint, and sight-reading. He studied under the cathedral organist at Rheims and at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1871 he succeeded Csar Franck as organist at the church of Sainte-Clotilde. In 1868 he was choirmaster at the Church of the Madeleine and later succeeded Camille Saint-Sans as organist there. He taught harmony at the Paris Conservatoire (187190) and was director there (18961905). He wrote music of all types, including operas and choral and orchestral works; his outstanding composition is his oratorio, Les sept parole du Christ (1867; The Seven Words of Christ).