Duchen writes that early works such as the Cantique de Jean Racine are in the tradition of French nineteenth-century romanticism, yet his late works are as modern as any of the works of his pupils.
Duchen escribe que as súas primeiras obras, como Cantique de Jean Racine, están na tradición do Romanticismo francés do século XIX; con todo, as últimas son tan modernas como calquera das obras dos seus alumnos.