Franck, César
(1822–1890)> COMPOSER
Franck, César (10 December 1822, Liége, Belgium; 8 November 1890, Paris), composer, attended the Paris Conservatoire, where he won prizes for piano, fugue, and organ between 1837 and 1842. After graduation, he returned to Belgium for two years, but he then gave up his residence in his native land to come back to Paris, where he spent the first years of his adult life earning a living by playing the organ in various churches in the French capital. He managed to survive the siege of Paris during…