to express somebody, namely, its composer." Grove observes that his wide knowledge of the history of European music, and his editorial work on Rameau, Scarlatti and Beethoven, gave him "particular authority in teaching historical styles". After La Péri, Dukas completed no new large-scale compositions, although, as with his contemporary Jean Sibelius, there were frequent reports of major work in hand. After several years of silence, in 1920 he produced a tribute to his friend Debussy in the form of La plainte, au loin, du faune... for piano, which was followed by Amours, a setting of a sonnet by Pierre de Ronsard, for voice and piano, published in 1924 to mark the four hundredth anniversary of the poet's birth. Shortly before his death he had been working on a symphonic poem inspired by Shakespeare's The Tempest, a play of which he had made a French translation in 1918 with an operatic version in mind. In the last year of his life Dukas was elected to membership of the Académie des Beaux-Arts. Though adhering to neither the progressive nor conservative factions among French musicians of the era, Dukas had the friendship and respect of both. In 1920, Vincent d'Indy published a study of Dukas's music; Debussy remained a lifelong friend, though feeling that Dukas's music was not French enough; Saint-Saëns worked with Dukas to complete an unfinished opera by Guiraud, and they were both engaged in the rediscovery and editing of the works of Jean-Philippe Rameau; Fauré dedicated his Second Piano Quintet to Dukas in 1921. In 1920, he became a member of the Royal Academy of Science, Letters and Fine Arts of Belgium. Dukas died in Paris in 1935, aged 69. He was cremated and his ashes were placed in the columbarium at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris. List of works Published by the composer Polyeucte, overture for orchestra (1891) Symphony in C (1895–96) The Sorcerer's Apprentice, for orchestra (1897) Piano Sonata in E-flat minor (1899–1900) Variations, Interlude and Finale on a Theme by Rameau, for piano (c.1899–1902) Ariane et Barbe-bleue, opera (1899–1907) Villanelle, for horn and piano (1906) Prélude élégiaque sur le nom de Haydn, for piano (1909) Vocalise-étude (alla gitana), for voice and piano (1909) La Péri, ballet (poème dansé) (1911; later supplemented with Fanfare pour précéder La Péri (1912)) La plainte, au loin, du faune..., for piano (1920) Amours, sonnet for voice and piano (1924) Allegro, for piano