Samuel Ducommun, the composer, was born in 1914, a year described as "ill-fated," and his father, an accountant, raised him and his sibling alone after their mother's death in 1923.
Composer Biography
Samuel Ducommun served as the organist at the Neuchâtel Collegiate Church for 45 years, starting in 1942, and helped establish an association that raised funds for new organs, inaugurated by Marcel Dupré.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Samuel Ducommun's daughter, Jacqueline, recalled that he always carried a small notebook for musical ideas and would become absent-minded when a piece was in gestation, but then the score would fill effortlessly.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Samuel Ducommun believed that the primary reward for a composer was the accomplishment of the work itself, considering public performance an additional but not essential pleasure.
Composer Biography
Samuel Ducommun, the composer, studied organ with Louis Kelterborn and Charles Faller, and later with Marcel Dupré in Paris, a renowned organist and composer.
Composer Biography
Samuel Ducommun was not only a composer but also a schoolmaster, a profession he never complained about, seeing teaching as a way to pass on knowledge, similar to composing.
Album & Artwork
This album is a tribute to Samuel Ducommun's music, supported by the Pantillon family, a prominent family of musicians from Neuchâtel.
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