César Franck’s last piano work was published in 1888, two years before his death. The fact that this cycle did not enjoy the success of the Prélude, Choral et Fugue is hard to believe, given the expressive content of the first two movements (Prélude and Aria). Franck’s creative process is striking for being grounded in religion and in church music; the profoundly devout composer was for several decades organist of Sainte-Clotilde in Paris.
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César Franck (1822–1890) wrote the majority of his important works late in life. Among these is his final piece for piano, Prélude, Aria et Final, composed in 1887 and published in 1888 by Hamelle in Paris. The surviving sources include, besides the first edition (copy in the Bibliothèque nationale, Paris, Rés. Vma. 305), two autograph fair copies, one in the … 続き
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César Franck
Famous organist and composer who exerted a lasting influence on French music of the fin-de-siècle both through his works and especially as a teacher.
1822 | Born in Liège on December 10. |
1831 | Instruction in piano, organ, and composition at the Royal Conservatory of Liège. |
1835 | First stay in Paris, lessons with Reicha, among others. |
1837–42 | Studies at the Conservatoire de Paris. |
1839–42 | “3 Trios concertants,” Op. 1, in the first of which he employs the cyclic technique typical both of his later works and of French symphonic music of the 1880s. |
1843 | Concert tour through Belgium and Germany. |
1845 | Premiere of his oratorio “Ruth.” |
1847 | He becomes organist at Notre-Dame-de-Lorette |
1852–70 | He teaches at various institutions. |
from 1857 | Organist at Sainte-Clotilde, location of one of the famous Cavaillé Coll organs. Composition of sacred works; 1856–65, “6 Pièces” for organ. |
1861 | Member of the Société académique de musique sacrée (Academic Sacred Music Society). |
1869–79 | Composes oratorio “Les Béatitudes.” |
1871 | Founding member of the Société nationale de musique. |
1872 | Teaches an organ class at the Conservatoire. Among his most famous pupils are Duparc, Chausson, and d’Indy, whose Course in Musical Composition (1906) is based on Franck’s compositional and formal principles. |
1881–88 | Genesis of the symphonic poems “Le Chasseur maudit” (“The Accursed Huntsman”), “Les Djinns,” “Psyché.” |
1878 | Premiere of his “3 Pièces pour le Grand Orgue” in the monumental style. |
1886 | Violin Sonata in A major; president of the Société nationale de musique. |
1886–88 | Symphony in D minor, one of the most formative works of French symphonic music of the age. |
1890 | Death in Paris on November 8. |
1894 | Posthumous premiere in Monte Carlo of his opera “Hulda.” |