Fauré

[ foh-rey ]

/ foʊˈreɪ /

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noun

Ga·bri·el Ur·bain

[ga-bree-el oor-ban], /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/, 1845–1924, French composer.

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fauns, Fauntleroy suit, faunula, Faunus, faur, Fauré, Faust, Faustian, Faustian bargain, Faustus, faut

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President Félix Faure ended his life trysting with his mistress in the Elysée in 1899.
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The Faure storage battery was a very important invention, but not nearly so important a one as was at first supposed.
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The return visit of Monsieur Faure to Russia is supposed to be for the sake of finally cementing the new alliance.
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Never forget that Faure learned from the really poor singer what no good one had been able to teach him.
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Flix Faure promptly replied: "I should understand if there were still a Bonaparte!"
My Memoirs|Marguerite Steinheil
One afternoon, I had a long conversation with Flix Faure, in his study.
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Fauré

/ (ˈfɔːreɪ, French fore) /

noun

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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