Gabriel Fauré

alt=A head and shoulders portrait of a late-middle-aged man of the early twentieth century with white hair and a large white moustache Gabriel Urbain Fauré , , .|group=n}} (12 May 1845 – 4 November 1924) was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his ''Pavane'', Requiem, ''Sicilienne'', nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.

Fauré was born into a cultured but not especially musical family. His talent became clear when he was a young boy. At the age of nine, he was sent to the École Niedermeyer music college in Paris, where he was trained to be a church organist and choirmaster. Among his teachers was Camille Saint-Saëns, who became a lifelong friend. After graduating from the college in 1865, Fauré earned a modest living as an organist and teacher, leaving him little time for composition. When he became successful in his middle age, holding the important posts of organist of the Église de la Madeleine and director of the Paris Conservatoire, he still lacked time for composing; he retreated to the countryside in the summer holidays to concentrate on composition. By his last years, he was recognised in France as the leading French composer of his day. An unprecedented national musical tribute was held for him in Paris in 1922, headed by the president of the French Republic. Outside France, Fauré's music took decades to become widely accepted, except in Britain, where he had many admirers during his lifetime.

Fauré's music has been described as linking the end of Romanticism with the modernism of the second quarter of the 20th century. When he was born, Chopin was still composing, and by the time of Fauré's death, jazz and the atonal music of the Second Viennese School were being heard. The ''Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians'', which describes him as the most advanced composer of his generation in France, notes that his harmonic and melodic innovations influenced the teaching of harmony for later generations. During the last twenty years of his life, he suffered from increasing deafness. In contrast with the charm of his earlier music, his works from this period are sometimes elusive and withdrawn in character, and at other times turbulent and impassioned. Provided by Wikipedia
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    En Sicile / by Faure, Gabriel

    Published 1951
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    Rome / by Faure, Gabriel, 1877-

    Published 1926
    Book
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    Nocturnes and Barcarolles : for solo piano / by Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924

    Published 1994
    Book
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    Deuxiéme Quintette / by Fauré, Gabriel, 1845-1924

    Published 1921
    Musical Score Book
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    Essais sur Chateaubriand / by Faure, Gabriel, 1877-1924

    Published 1946
    Book
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    Aprés un réve / by Fauré, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1920
    Musical Score Book
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    Berceuse : Cradle Song, violon or violoncello / by Fauré, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Musical Score Book
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    Requiem op. 48 Misa breve / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1997
    Audio
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    Piano quartets, N° 1 and 2; and piano quintet, N° 1 / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1995
    Musical Score Book
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    Premier Quatour, op. 15 en ut mineur pour piano, violon, alto et violoncelle / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1995
    Musical Score Book
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    Ballade pour piano avec accompagnement d'orchestra, op. 19 / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Musical Score Book
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    Sonata A-Dur für violine und clavier, Op. 13 / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Musical Score Book
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    Six barcarolles for the piano / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1956
    Musical Score Book
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    Ballade, Op. 19 : for piano and orchestra / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Musical Score Book
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    Segundo improptu, op. 31 fa menor para piano / by Fauré, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1955
    Musical Score Book
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    Tres impronptus, op. 25, 31, 34 / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Musical Score Book
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    Nocturnes, nº 1-6 ; Theme and variations, op. 73 / by Faure, Gabriel Urbain, 1845-1924

    Published 1994
    Audio
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    A Treasury of four-hand piano music /

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