Reynaldo Hahn's early songs, like 'Si mes vers avaient des ailes' written at age 15, were tuneful with harmonies similar to his teacher Massenet.
Composer Biography
Reynaldo Hahn, a composer and singer, was also a distinguished conductor of Mozart operas, which he performed without spurious coloratura or disfiguring rubato.
Performer Biography
Charlotte de Rothschild was the first foreigner to record classical Japanese songs in the native tongue, promoting their beauty worldwide.
Compositional Technique
Gabriel Dupont's Poèmes d'automne, composed while he was still under Widor's tuition, feature vocal lines influenced by Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande, particularly in the fluid mixture of duplets and triplets.
Composer Biography
Gabriel Fauré, while preparing to set poems for Le Jardin Clos in July 1914, expressed difficulty finding contemporary French poetry that called for music.
Compositional Technique
In Fauré's Le Jardin Clos, the keyboard writing is pared down, and the singer is given continuous arioso that emphasizes the natural rhythms of the words.
Composition History
Gabriel Dupont, a pupil of Massenet, Gedalge, and Widor, was expected to be a major figure in French music but died at 36 from tuberculosis in 1914.
