Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
César Franck (1822-1890)
Bio
César-Auguste Jean-Guillaume Hubert Franck was born in Liège which at the time was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands. He and his brother Joseph showed early promise and performed before King Leopold I as teenagers before studying in Paris. By age 50 he had achieved notoriety and took a teaching position at the Paris Conservatoire where he had many notable students including d'Indy, Chausson, Vierne, and Duparc.
Music
Symphony in D minor
Piano Quintet in F minor
Violin Sonata
Piano Works
Les Djinns
Piano Concerto No. 2 in B minor
Le Chasseur Maudit
Sonata for Cello and Piano
Psyché
Piano Trio No. 1 in F-sharp minor
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