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  • NAME: Gabriel Fauré
  • OCCUPATION: Songwriter, Pianist
  • BIRTH DATE: May 12, 1845
  • DEATH DATE: November 04, 1924
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Pamiers, France
  • PLACE OF DEATH: Paris, France
  • Full Name: Gabriel Urbain Fauré

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French composer and organist Gabriel Fauré served as president of the Paris Conservatory from 1905 to 1920. He wrote many operas and songs.


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Gabriel Fauré was born on May 12, 1845, in Pamiers, France into a minor aristocratic family. At eight, he entered a Paris music school and studied there for 11 years. He served as an organist at the churches of Saint-Sulpice and the Madeline. He served as director of the Paris Conservatory from 1905 to 1920.

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