• Francis Faure (1910, Ambert – 1948) was a French bicycle racer who captured the world hour record in July 1933 on a Vélocar. This prompted the Union Cycliste...
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    following is a complete list of the compositions by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. Works are listed both by genre and by opus number. Fugue à trois parties...
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    road bicycle racer. Benoît Faure was a brother of cyclists Eugène Faure and Francis Faure. 1927 Circuit du Forez 1929 GP de Thizy Tour de France: Winner...
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    that only "First-Category" riders could attempt records, his rider, Francis Faure, being only a second-category rider. Competition use was carried on...
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    of the conventional bicycle industry, after relatively little-known Francis Faure beat world champion Henri Lemoine and broke Oscar Egg's hour record...
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    ratified by the UCI and UVF and enlisted cyclist Francis Faure, a Category 2 racer, to ride it in races. Faure was highly successful, defeating many of Europe's...
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  • Francine Faure (6 December 1914 in Oran, Algeria – 24 December 1979) was a French pianist specializing in Bach. She was also a mathematician. She was...
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  • Weise's record "The history of the recumbent bicycle". On 7 July 1933 Francis Faure rode 45.055 km on a "Velocar" beating Egg's record. This led to the...
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  • pedaled in one hour under their own power. On July 7, 1933, a Frenchman, Francis Faure set a One-Hour record of 45.055 km (27.996 miles) that was faster than...
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    Berlin, Breslau, Brussels (with Paul Buschenhagen), Saint-Étienne (with Francis Fauré), Montreal (with Joe Laporte) 1931: Breslau (with Willy Rieger) 1932:...
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  • Louis Fabre Onésime Boucheron Raymond Hournon 1930 Piet van Kempen Francis Fauré André Mouton Jean Schorn Paul Wuyard Roger Peix 1931 Omer De Bruycker...
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    years until it was broken in 1933 by Francis Faure on a Mochet velocar. This caused such a reaction that Faure's achievement was disqualified by the Union...
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    'Vélo-Vélocar' recumbent bicycles, ridden to record-breaking speeds by Francis Faure, were banned from cycling competitions by the Union Cycliste Internationale...
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    record at the velodrome in Maasniel, beating the previous record set by Francis Faure in July 1933. Former record holder Oscar Egg disputed the result, claiming...
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    Jacques Élie Faure (French pronunciation: [ʒak eli fɔʁ]; 4 April 1873 in Sainte-Foy-la-Grande, France – 29 October 1937 in Paris) was a French medical...
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    Koechlin, like Ravel, was a pupil of Gabriel Fauré, but Poulenc did not share their love of Fauré's music: the Fauré scholar Jean-Michel Nectoux comments that...
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  • Shaka Zulu is a 1986 South African television series directed by William C. Faure and written by Joshua Sinclair for the South African Broadcasting Corporation...
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    Mary's necklace for her espousal and wedding day from Pierre Vast and Michel Fauré, two merchants from Lyon, for 380 livres, while Jehan Joly supplied a cabochon...
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  • and starring Fernand Ledoux, Renée Faure and Berthe Bovy. It was based on a 1933 novel of the same title by Francis Carco. It was shot at the Saint-Maurice...
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    studying composition with Fauré, and taking private lessons in counterpoint with André Gedalge. Both these teachers, particularly Fauré, regarded him highly...
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    conceal it from Fauré, he did not understand or like the latter's opera Pénélope (1913), of which he was the dedicatee. In 1917 Francis Poulenc, at the...
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    Pedro Faure, who went on to found what we know today as "Livraria Bertrand". Lisbon then had the presence of several compatriots of Pedro Faure, who were...
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    Taylor & Francis. Dutt, Manmatha Nath (1895). A Prose English Translation of the Srimad Bhagavatam: Volumes 8–12. H.C. Dass, Elysium Press. Faure, Bernard...
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    Kimball, Reed Miller & Frank Croxton 1912 1503 The Palms Jean-Baptiste Faure C. W. Harrison 1912 1504 Roses Bloom for Lovers Bruno Granichstaedten Grace...
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    also a strand of classical restraint and elegance that influenced Gabriel Fauré. Claude Debussy wrote that Gounod represented the essential French sensibility...
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    was excommunicated again in 2015 after illicitly ordaining Jean-Michel Faure a bishop without papal mandate in Nova Friburgo, incurring an automatic...
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    Minister of Foreign Affairs Maurice Faure – Minister of the Interior Pierre de Chevigné – Minister of Armed Forces Edgar Faure – Minister of Finance, Economic...
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  • Schumann, Ludwig van Beethoven, Johannes Brahms, Antonín Dvořák and Gabriel Fauré among others. In the 20th century, composers have also written for more...
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  • Patricia Faure (April 8, 1928 – October 21, 2008) was an American art dealer, photographer, and gallery owner, based in Los Angeles. Patricia Enk was...
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    Michel Calvocoressi. Saint-Saëns, Franck, Massenet, Fauré and Ravel were all known as teachers, and Fauré, Messager and Dukas were regular music critics for...
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