Lucien Denis Gabriel Albéric Magnard was a French composer, sometimes referred to as a "French Bruckner", though there are significant differences between the two composers. Magnard became a national hero in 1914 when he refused to surrender his property to German invaders and died defending it.
Albéric Magnard
Magnard's house destroyed by the Germans, 1914.
His grave at Passy Cemetery (Paris).
Clément François Théodore Dubois was a French Romantic composer, organist, and music teacher.
Dubois in 1896, the year he became director of the Paris Conservatoire
Villa de Medici, Rome
Dubois' colleagues in the Société nationale de musique: clockwise from top left: Romain Bussine, Camille Saint-Saëns, Gabriel Fauré, César Franck
1902 caricature of Dubois by Aroun-al-Rascid