The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Dukas) Romantic genre of programmatic music, which composers like Franz Liszt, Claude Debussy, Jean Sibelius and Richard Strauss increasingly explored as an alternative to earlier symphonic forms. Unlike other tone poems, such as "La mer" by Debussy or "Finlandia" by Sibelius, Dukas's work is, like works such as "Till Eulenspiegel's Merry Pranks" by Strauss, descriptively programmatic, closely following the events described in the Goethe poem. It was customary, in fact, to publish the poem as part of the orchestral score. The instrumentation of the piece consists of two flutes and piccolo, two oboes, two soprano clarinets and bass clarinet, three bassoons
Sargon the Sorcerer who became corrupted by their power and formed the villainous cult, The Cold Flame. He is shown to have died some time prior, and his daughter has taken on his powers and role in the group, under the name Sargon the Sorceress. Sargon the Sorcerer Sargon the Sorcerer is a fictional character, a second-string mystic, superhero and sorcerer appearing in DC Comics publications during the Golden Age. The original Sargon first appeared in "All-American Comics" #26, (May 1941), and was created by John B. Wentworth and Howard Purcell. The modern Sargon first appears in "Helmet of Fate: Sargon" #1 (April