Listening Through The Dictionary of Composers and Their Music
Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924)
Bio
Fauré was one of the most important French composers of the late-19th early-20th centuries. He showed early talent in music and was boarded in a school run by Louis Niedermeyer in Paris. While Fauré was there Niedermeyer died and Camille Saint-Saëns took over and was a close mentor to the young student. After serving in the Franco-Prussian War, he took several church posts and composed until eventually founding the Société Nationale de Musique with a litany of other French musical giants including Bizet, Chabrier, d'Indy, Duparc, Franck, Massenet, and of course Saint-Saëns. Fauré taught at the Conservatoire and had many notable students, including Ravel, Casella, Enescu, and Nadia Boulanger.
Music
String Quartet in E minor
Piano Quintet No. 2 in C minor
Pavane
Fantasie
Barcarolles
Nocturnes
Piano Quintet No. 1 in D minor
Piano Trio in D minor
Suite for Pelléas et Mélisande
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