FAURÈ, GABRIEL. - Musician, b. at Pamiers on 21 May 1845, d. at Paris on 4 Nov. 1924. A pupil of Niedermayer, Dietsch, and Saint-Saëns, in 1866 he was organist at Rennes, then at S. Sulpizio and St-Honoré, and in 1896 at the Maddalena. In the same year he succeeded Massener at the Conservatory, of which he was director from 1905 to 1920.
His orchestral, chamber, theatrical, and sacred compositions are numerous, including a Messa di Requiem for soloists, choir, and orchestra (1887), and a Messa bassa for three female voices with organ (1907). A spirit eminently French, he impressed a great part of himself upon his music.
BIBL.: E. Benoit, Le Requiem de G. F., Paris 1888; L. Vuillemin, G. F. et son oeuvre, ibid. 1914; A. Dyer, G. F., biographie critique, ibid. 1921; A. Brunau, La vie et les oeuvres de G. F., ibid. 1925; G. Mariotti, G. F., Florence 1930; V. Imbélévitch, G. F. et ses mélodies, Paris 1938. Of interest is the special issue of Revue musicale devoted to F. in Oct. 1922. Silverio Matti