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Faure, Gabriel (-Urbain) (sh)




born May 12, 1845, Pamiers, Ariege, Fr.
died Nov. 4, 1924, Paris

French composer.

Born into the minor aristocracy, he enrolled at age nine in a Paris Music school, where he studied with Camille Saint-Sa? ns and remained 11 years. He held the prestigious organist positions at the churches of Saint-Sulpice (1871-74) and the Madeleine (1896-1905). In 1896 he also became professor of composition at the Paris Conservatory, where he taught students such as Maurice Ravel and Nadia Boulanger. He served as its director 1905-20. In 1909 he accepted the presidency of the Societe Musicale Independante, a group of dissident young composers. His works include the operas Promethee (1900), Penelope (1913), and Masques et bergamasques (1919), the orchestral suite Pelleas et Melisande (1898), two piano quartets (1879, 1886), numerous piano nocturnes and barcaroles, a famous Requiem (1900), and many beautiful songs.


Gabriel Faure, portrait by J.S. Sargent; in a private collection.

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acne generalis (medicine)


acne generalis
Acne lesions involving the face, chest, and back.