Fauré, Gabriel Urbain
(1845–1924)> COMPOSER
Fauré, Gabriel Urbain (12 May 1845, Parniers; 4 November 1924, Paris), composer, displayed such promising musical talent at age nine that Louis Niedermeyer gave him a complete scholarship to attend his school in Paris. Here, Camille Saint-Saëns took a special interest in him, and the young composer had his first music published as early as 1863. After graduation, Fauré held the post of organist in churches in Rennes and Paris, and he joined the faculty of the Ecole Niedermeyer in 1872. When he…