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 | | Gabriel Fauré. Cello Sonata No. 2, op. 117. | | Elibron Classics, 2001, 49 pages |
Sample Pages We recommend to print out sample pages to evaluate the quality of a reprint. | | Gabriel Fauré (1845-1924), list of works | | | A decorated veteran of the Franco-Prussian war, Gabriel Fauré spent most of his working life as the choirmaster at the Madeleine church - composing many works for that institution despite the abbot's dislike of anything even remotely novel. (Upon hearing Fauré's Requiem, the abbot is said to have chided the composer: "The Madeleine's repertoire is already quite extensive enough, don't you think?") Also a devoted teacher, Fauré gave composition lessons to such future luminaries as Maurice Ravel and Nadia Boulanger. |
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