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Dumage's only surviving work is Premier livre d ' orgue, published in 1708.

This collection is dedicated to the chapter of Saint Quentin.

It contains a single Suite du premier ton: eight pieces in the traditional French forms: Plein jeu, Fugue, Trio, Tierce en taille, Basse de Trompette, Récit, Duo and Grand jeu.

In the brief preface Dumage explains that these are his first works, and that he modelled him after the music of his former teacher Marchand.

Dumage's music is, however, of very high quality, and entirely representative of French organ music of the period.

Musicologists Félix Raugel and Willi Apel both singled out Dumage's Récit for its " delicate and gentle lyricism ", and Apel also praised the Tierce en taille and the Grand jeu as particularly striking.

Dumage's second livre d ' orgue was presented in 1712 to the chapter of Laon Cathedral, but has never been found.