Bagès, M. Maurice
(1862–1908)
Bagès, M. MauriceBagès, M. MauriceM. Maurice Bagès (B * 1862 – D † LA SPEZIA, ITALY, 1908) Full name: Maurice Bagès Jacobé de Trigny. A ministerial bureaucrat, he was also a gifted amateur »salon« tenor, favored by Fauré with the first London performance (1898) of La Bonne Chanson in an arrangement of the accompaniment for piano and string quintet that was later repudiated by Fauré as redundant. He also sang the first salon performance of the original version of La Bonne Chanson. Composer…