Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Jean Françaix (1912-1997)
Bio
Françaix's father was a musicologist and the director of the Conservatoire of Le Mans. Jean studied there and at the Paris Conservatory and began composing at the age of six. He studied with Nadia Boulanger and Isidor Philipp and was a concert pianist. He was constantly composing and though he was influenced by Ravel, Chabrier, Stravinsky, and others he established a unique neoclassical style of his own.
Music
Bassoon Concerto
Piano Concerto No. 2
Concerto for Chitarra & String Orchestra
Piano Concerto No. 1
Jeu poétique en six mouvements
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