Romanticism · France
1845 – 1924
Pamiers - Paris
Review
Formed at Niedermeyer School, where he was a student of Saint- Saëns, he was an organist of La Madeleine and director of the Paris Conservatory between 1905 and 1920. Among his students were Ravel and Nadia Boulanger.
His music, intimate and delicate harmonies, is a bridge to impressionism. In his last years he continued to compose despite a deafness that deformed the sounds he perceived.
Main works
- Cantique de Jean Racine op. 11 (1865)
- Sonata for violin No. 1 op. 13 (1876)
- Canción Après un rêve (c. 1877)
- Élégie para cello cello op. 24 (1880)
- Pavana op. 50 (1887)
- Réquiem op. 48 (1887-1890)
- Suite Dolly op. 56 (1897)
- Pelléas et Mélisande op. 80 (1898)
