| GabrielFaure.com
is a tribute to Gabriel
Fauré,
(May 12th, 1845 to November 4th, Faure died from Pneumonia), Fauré
almost always had a dreamy look in his eyes which came from his
habits of reverie and an introspective nature; all of which added
an air of mystery to the quiet Frenchman.
Gabriel
Urbain Fauré
was
born on May 12th, 1845 in the southern French town of Pamiers.
As the youngest of six children born to Toussaint and Marie Fauré
and
with a fifteen year age difference between Gabriel and his eldest
sibling Rose-Elodie, it was a surprise that he was even born.
This
site features, an art gallery
, a bookstore
, a
music
catalog, a
film
gallery, several
links
of interest, and a shop.
Young
Gabriel grew up in the same manner as his brothers and sister,
yet because of his early talents, his future career would be
entirely different. His musical predilections were apparent
from an early age when it was found that he could improvise
on the local church harmonium and a piano. But at first, his
parents didn't really pay much attention to their son's newly
found interest. Music was simply a harmless diversion and so
he was sent to regular school like everyone else.
When
Fauré
arrived
there at the age of nine, he probably didn't know that he was
to be a part of a renaissance of religious music in France.
Since the French Revolution, church music had been reduced to
little more than popular opera and theater tunes. The goal of
the Niedermeyer school was to reverse this trend by training
new organists and choirmasters in the old ways. It was in this
atmosphere that young Fauré
would
be trained.[Read
more...]
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