Gabriel Fauré was born into a non-musical family and was not particularly wanted by his parents, being sent to a wet-nurse and not seeing his family for four years after birth.
Composer Biography
Fauré's piano teacher, Camille Saint-Saëns, was only ten years his senior, and they developed a great friendship that lasted until Saint-Saëns' death in 1921.
Compositional Technique
Fauré's piano works are among the most difficult to memorize for pianists due to constantly shifting harmonies, extreme enharmonic changes, and subtle variants in similar passages.
Composer Biography
Fauré's first musical experiences were hearing religious songs in a local convent and playing its harmonium.
Composer Biography
Fauré, like many great French composers, earned part of his living as an organist and complained throughout his professional life about not having enough time to compose.
Composer Biography
At the École Niedermeyer in Paris, where Fauré studied, it was forbidden to play music by Schumann or Chopin, as it was considered unsuitable for young people.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Fauré believed that art, especially music, exists to elevate people above everyday existence, as he wrote in a letter to his son in 1908.
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