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Fauré

American  
[foh-rey] / foʊˈreɪ /

noun

  1. Gabriel Urbain 1845–1924, French composer.


Fauré British  
/ fore, ˈfɔːreɪ /

noun

  1. Gabriel ( Urbain ) (ɡabriɛl). 1845–1924, French composer and teacher, noted particularly for his song settings of French poems, esp those of Verlaine, his piano music, and his Messe de Requiem (1887)

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This urbane album doesn’t pair Reynaldo Hahn’s seldom performed violin sonata with its clearest precursors — the much better known sonatas of Fauré, whom Hahn revered.

From New York Times Dec. 28, 2022

Renana Gutman The pianist performs works by Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Fauré and Scriabin in this recital.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 20, 2020

They had the music for the Fauré “Elegy,” and I did a bad job.

From The New Yorker Oct. 28, 2019

The writer, who never publicly acknowledged his homosexuality, and Venezuelan-born Hahn, a musical child prodigy, shared a love of painting, literature and the French composer Fauré.

From The Guardian May 22, 2018

It reckoned among its pupils some noted composers, conductors, organists, and historians; among others, M. Gabriel Fauré, M. André Messager, M. Eugène Gigout, and M. Henry Expert.

From Musicians of To-Day by Blaiklock, Mary

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