Alexandre Dubuque

{{short description|Russian composer and piano teacher}}{{Infobox person

| name = Alexandre Ivanovich Dubuque

| image = Dyubyuk 1880.jpg

| caption = Alexandre Dubuque in 1880

| native_name = Александр Иванович Дюбюк

| native_name_lang = ru

| birth_date = 3 March [O.S. 20 February] 1812

| birth_place = Moscow

| death_date = 8 January 1898 [O.S. 27 December 1897])

| death_place = Moscow

| burial_place = Vagankovo Cemetery

| occupation = Pianist, composer, teacher

}}

File:Alexandre Dubuque.jpg

Alexandre Ivanovich Dubuque, also Alexander and Dubuc ({{langx|ru|link=no|Алекса́ндр Ива́нович Дюбю́к}}; transliterated: Aleksandr Ivanovich Diubiuk; {{OldStyleDate|3 March|1812|20 February}}  – {{OldStyleDateDY|8 January|1898|27 December 1897}}),{{citation |title=GHCD 2250/51/52/53 Russian Legacy Georgi Vinogradov |url=http://www.guildmusic.com/histori/moreinfo/gui2253z.htm |publisher=Guild GmbH; Moskau 314b; 8262 Ramsen, Switzerland |accessdate=2009-05-06}}{{citation |title=Russian Romantic Songs / Kaia Urb, Heiki Mätlik CD |url=http://www.cduniverse.com/search/xx/music/pid/6853537/a/Russian+Romantic+Songs+%2F+Kaia+Urb,+Heiki+M%E4tlik.htm |publisher=CD Universe |accessdate=2009-05-06}} was a 19th-century Russian pianist, composer and teacher of French descent.

He was born and died in Moscow. His father was a refugee from the French Revolution who had fled to Russia. He studied piano under the tutelage of John Field.{{citation |first=Max |last=Harrison |authorlink=Max Harrison |title=Rachmaninoff: Life, Works, Recordings |publisher=Continuum International Publishing Group |year=2006 |pages=13 |isbn=978-0-8264-9312-5}}{{citation |title=Mily Alexeyevich Balakirev Biography |url=http://www.naxos.com/composerinfo/Mily_Alexeyevich_Balakirev/25962.htm |publisher=Naxos Digital Services Ltd |accessdate=2009-05-06}}

One of his works was "Do not scold me, my darling" (Russian: Не брани меня, родная), which was played by Léon Theremin around the 1950s{{cite video |title=Leon Theremin playing his own instrument |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5qf9O6c20o |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211220/w5qf9O6c20o |archive-date=2021-12-20 |url-status=live|accessdate=2009-05-06}}{{cbignore}} playing Ne brani menya rodnaya by Aleksandr Dubuque in the 1950s (needs Flash) and later by Kaia Galina Urb with Heiki Mätlik.