Prométhée, Op. 82, (Prometheus) is a tragédie lyrique (grand cantata) in three acts by the French composer Gabriel Fauré with a French libretto by the...
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earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style. Fauré was born...
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Dolly Suite, Op. 56, is a collection of pieces for piano duet by Gabriel Fauré. It consists of six short pieces written or revised between 1893 and 1896...
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included in the Requiem is the Libera me, which Fauré wrote in 1877 as an independent work. In 1887–88, Fauré composed the first version of the work, which...
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("Moonlight") Op. 46 No 2, is a song by Gabriel Fauré, composed in 1887 to words by Paul Verlaine. Fauré's 1887 setting of the poem was for voice and piano;...
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by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional...
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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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Cantique de Jean Racine (redirect from Cantique de Jean Racine (Fauré))
curriculum for all students. Fauré's teacher in advanced piano was Camille Saint-Saëns, who encouraged him to compose. In 1861 Fauré participated in the first...
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Gabriel Fauré in 1880, and first published and performed in public in 1883. Originally for cello and piano, the piece was later orchestrated by Fauré. The...
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sketches by Fauré in short score. The second is the conducting score used by Fauré in London; this is also a manuscript in Koechlin's handwriting. Fauré later...
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The French composer Gabriel Fauré (1845–1924) wrote in many genres, including songs, chamber music, orchestral pieces, and choral works. His compositions...
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mélodies for solo voice and piano, by Gabriel Fauré. It consists of "Après un rêve" (Op. 7, No. 1), one of Faure's most popular vocal pieces, "Hymne" (Op. 7...
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efforts to get Fauré's work published. However, Breitkopf & Härtel was only willing to publish the sonata if Fauré renounced his fee: "M. Fauré is not known...
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Gabriel Fauré, composed in 1893. It was originally an orchestral piece, written for a theatrical production that was abandoned. In 1898 Fauré arranged...
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Masques et bergamasques (redirect from Masques et Bergamasques (Fauré))
After the first performance, Fauré wrote to his wife, "Reynaldo Hahn says that the ouverture sounds like Mozart imitating Fauré – an amusing idea." The typical...
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one: it led some to dub Fauré a "salon composer", but it attracted the attention of the publisher Julien Hamelle. Until then, Fauré had been struggling to...
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Fauré – A Musical Life. Translated by Roger Nichols. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-23524-3. Nectoux, Jean-Michel (2001). "Fauré,...
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Jean-Michel. "Fauré, Gabriel (Urbain)", Grove Online, Oxford Music Online, retrieved 4 March 2018 (subscription required) Corleonis, Adrian. "Gabriel Fauré: Piano...
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because Fauré was interested in the possibilities of the piano quartet medium, and was wary of writing chamber music with no piano part. The Fauré scholar...
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Gabriel Fauré: The Songs and their Poets. London: Guildhall School of Music and Drama. ISBN 978-0-7546-5960-0. Nectoux, Jean-Michel (2004). Gabriel Fauré: A...
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Wyastone Leys: Nimbus Alliance. OCLC 1180967723. Fauré, Gabriel (1984). Jean-Michel Nectoux (ed.). Gabriel Fauré: His Life through Letters. London: Boyars....
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pupil Maurice Ravel had dedicated his String Quartet to Fauré in 1903, and he and others urged Fauré to compose one of his own; he declined on the grounds...
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1845–1924, Paul Alexandre Martin, 1856–1906. Prométhée, . Duval and A.-Ferdinand (André-Ferdinand), b. 1865. Prométhée, Herold (Sep 24, 2012). Grand Sonata,...
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1 in D minor, Op. 109 is the first of the two cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré. Composed in 1917 at Saint-Raphaël and Paris, it was premiered on 10 November...
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and 1893 while Fauré was staying in Bougival, as the guest of the banker Sigismond Bardac and his wife, the soprano Emma Bardac. Fauré was in love with...
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tone throughout the registers. Fauré specified a playing time of four-and-a-half minutes. Nectoux, Jean-Michel (2001). "Fauré, Gabriel (Urbain)". Grove Music...
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passion", but counselled Fauré to rework or abandon the "dull and monotonous" opening Allegro. Like his two abandoned symphonies, Fauré would reuse the material...
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Emmanuel Fauré-Fremiet, ForMemRS, (1883–1971) was a French biologist. Fauré-Fremiet was born on 29 December 1883 to the composer Gabriel Fauré and Marie...
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against Prométhée in Act 1; a funeral procession bearing her body at the start of Act 2, after which she revives to mourn the carrying out of Prométhée's sentence;...
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Pénélope (category Operas by Gabriel Fauré)
Pénélope is an opera in three acts by the French composer Gabriel Fauré. The libretto, by René Fauchois is based on Homer's Odyssey. It was first performed...
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