Description
Faure Fantaisie Opus 79 and Morceau de Lecture-Flute and Piano
Faure Fantaisie Opus 79 and Morceau de Lecture-Flute and Piano
Publisher-Henle Verlag
About
This beautiful and virtuosic piece is constructed of two contrasting sections. Originally used as a competition piece for the annual Paris Conservatoire Concours, the Andantino movement is a lyrical, slow movement designed to show off the tone of the flautist and the latter movement is a lively, quick and energetic movement. Aimed at advanced students, this is a fantastic piece for concerts, auditions and competitions. Faure Fantasie has long been a requirement for many entrance auditions to renowned music conservatoires and is a staple part of the flute repertoire.
Henle Verlag Publisher’s Description
Fauré’s exquisite Fantaisie is one of the jewels in chamber music for which we are indebted to his time at the Paris Conservatoire. The flute professor there, Paul Taffanel, had asked his colleague for a virtuoso examination piece. Fauré presented him with the manuscript in 1898 with the explicit indication “to modify unplayable passages” before using it in the exam.
As the autograph score no longer exists, we do not know what and how much Taffanel might have changed. However, the result is a brilliant recital piece. In our edition, we have added a little Adagio without opus number that Fauré also composed in 1898 for the exams at the Conservatoire as a sight-reading piece.’
Gabriel Fauré
Fauré (1845-1924) was a French Romantic composer, organist, pianist and teacher. People regard him as one of the foremost French composers of his generation, not to mention his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. He studied at the Ecole de Musique Classique et Religieuse Paris, aged 9. Fauré then studied piano with Camille Saint-Saëns. After he graduated, he earnt a living as an organist and teacher.
In 1896 he was appointed church organist at the church of La Madeleine in Paris and Professor of composition at the Paris Conservatoire. Among his students were Maurice Ravel, Georges Enesco, and Nadia Boulanger. In 1905, he took up the post of Director of the Paris Conservatoire.
He is best known for his contribution to solo piano repertoire. He also wrote over 100 songs, incidental music for plays, orchestral works, chamber and instrumental pieces, and vocal and church music.
https://www.britannica.com/biography/Gabriel-Faure
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