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FAUR GABRIEL (1845– )

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GABRIEL (1845– ) , See also:French musical composer, was See also:born at Pamiers on the 13th of May 1845. He studied at the school of sacred See also:music directed by Niedermeyer, first under Dietsch, and subsequently under See also:Saint.-Saens. He became " maitre de chapelle " at the See also:church of the Madeleine in 1877, and organist in 1896. His See also:works include a See also:symphony in D See also:minor (Op. 40), two quartets for piano and strings (Opp. 15 and 45), a See also:suite for See also:orchestra (Op. I2), See also:sonata for See also:violin and piano (Op. 13), See also:concerto for violin (Op. 14), See also:berceuse for violin, elegie for See also:violoncello, See also:pavane for orchestra, incidental music for See also:Alexandre See also:Dumas' Caligula and De Haraucourt's Shylock, a See also:requiem, a See also:cantata, The See also:Birth of See also:Venus, produced at the See also:Leeds festival in 1898, a quantity of piano music, and a large number of songs. See also:Faure occupies a See also:place by himself among See also:modern French composers. He delights in the imprevu, and loves to wander through labyrinthine harmonies. There can be no denying the intense See also:fascination and remarkable originality of his music.

His muse is essentially aristocratic, and suggests the surroundings of the boudoir and the perfume of the hot-See also:

house.

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