Gabriel Faure
A Guide to Research| By: | Edward R. Phillips |
| Publisher: | Taylor & Francis |
| Print ISBN: | 9780415998857 |
| eText ISBN: | 9781135838966 |
| Edition: | 2 |
| Copyright: | 2011 |
| Format: | Reflowable |
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First published in 2011, this research study includes a biography section as well as the works of Gabriel Urbain Fauré born on 12 May 1845. Much of Fauré’s music, especially the late pieces, remain little played and little known—as a result, his reputation as a salon composer of pleasant music continues even among educated musicians. The author suggests that it is more likely that the difficulty of much of Fauré’s music for the listener and the demands it places upon him or her are the principal reasons for its omission from concert programs and for a misunderstanding of Fauré’s place in the history of French music