Gabriel Fauré was a French composer, organist, and teacher. He studied music at the École
Niedermeyer, a church music school, from 1854 to 1865. He was a student of fellow Romantic era composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Fauré held various posts as a church organist and was a founder of the National Society for French Music. He became professor of composition at the
Paris Conservatoire in 1896 and was its director from 1905 to 1920, when he resigned due to hearing loss.
The text for “Clair de lune” is found in Paul Verlaine’s early poetry collection entitled Fêtes galantes (1869), which Fauré set to music in 1887. It was first performed with orchestral accompaniment for the Société nationale de musique in April 1888 by Marice Bagès, tenor. Fauré
Niedermeyer, a church music school, from 1854 to 1865. He was a student of fellow Romantic era composer Camille Saint-Saëns. Fauré held various posts as a church organist and was a founder of the National Society for French Music. He became professor of composition at the
Paris Conservatoire in 1896 and was its director from 1905 to 1920, when he resigned due to hearing loss.
The text for “Clair de lune” is found in Paul Verlaine’s early poetry collection entitled Fêtes galantes (1869), which Fauré set to music in 1887. It was first performed with orchestral accompaniment for the Société nationale de musique in April 1888 by Marice Bagès, tenor. Fauré