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Abel Decaux

Born: 11th February 1869, Auffay, Val de Scie, France

Died: 19th March 1943, Paris, France

Nationality: French

Abel-Marie Alexis Decaux was a French organist, composer, and pedagogue, best known for his piano suite Clairs de lune, some of the earliest pieces of dodecaphony.

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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