Today marks the birthdate of Paul Dukas (October 1, 1865 – May 17, 1935), a French composer, critic, scholar and teacher, perhaps best-known for his work The Sorcerer's Apprentice (L'apprenti sorcier). Unfortunately, he was hugely self-critical and destroyed a lot of his own works before they could see the light of day, but he did leave behind some works such as two short piano pieces, Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn (1909) and La plainte, au loin, du faune... (1920). You can hear them played here by François-René Duchâble:
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