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Gabriel Fauré

  • Birth

    Birth
    The youngest of 6 children, Gabriel Fauré was born in the south of France to a cultured, but nonmusical family.
  • Start of Music School

    Start of Music School
    At age 9, his musical talent was recognized and his father agreed to send him to the École de Musique Classique et Religieuse.
  • Camille Saint-Saëns Becomes His Teacher

    Camille Saint-Saëns Becomes His Teacher
    Due to Niedermeyer's death, Camille Saint-Saëns enthusiastically took his posiiton and became Fauré's teacher, exposing him to radical new music.
  • Cantique de Jean Racine

    Cantique de Jean Racine
    Winning premier prix for the composition competition at the École Niedermeyer de Paris, this piece was first performed on this date.
    A link to a recording of this piece is: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wKwHiGg21KA
  • Société Nationale de Musique

    Société Nationale de Musique
    Fauré was a founder of the Société Nationale de Musique, a society that promoted new French music.
  • Messe de Pêcheurs en Villerville

    Messe de Pêcheurs en Villerville
    Composed in collaboration with André Messager, this piece is a miss brevis in 5 movements. A link to a recording of this piece is:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=_koQB9w96pc
  • Requiem

    Requiem
    Although it was not finally revised until 1900, a first performance of the piece was premiered at a funeral mass in La Madeleine in Paris.
    A link to a recording of this piece is:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=UnilUPXmipM
  • Head of the Conservstoire de Paris

    Head of the Conservstoire de Paris
    Following a scandal, Fauré took over as head of the Conservatoire de Paris, something that would not have been possible just a few years prior, due to Fauré's modernism.
  • Fauré String Quartet

    Fauré String Quartet
    His final composition, Fauré finally finished his first-ever piece in the genre he feared most: the string quartet. A link to a recording of the piece is:
    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=24pV-0CUCYY
  • Death

    Death
    At age 79, Fauré died of pneumonia in Paris and is buried at Passy Cemetery in the same city.