Gabriel Fauré (feb 1, 1845 – may 1, 1924)
Description:
a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He worked at St. Sulpice in Paris as the choir organist.A. “Essentially French”: Fauré and Mélodie
1. Fauré, an older contemporary of Debussy, was attracted to Symbolist poetry as well, and he set many poems to music.
2. His settings are known as mélodie, a genre of art song.
3. Fauré set many poems by Verlaine.
4. Fauré’s Requiem dates from the last quarter of the nineteenth century and is typically French.
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Date:
feb 1, 1845
may 1, 1924
~ 79 years