Pavane (Fauré)
The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a short work by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version for orchestra and optional chorus. It was first performed in Paris in 1888, becoming one of the composer's most popular works. History The work is titled after the slow processional Spanish court dance of the same name. Fauré's original version of the piece was written for piano and chorus in the late 1880s.Howat, p. 155 He described it as "elegant, assuredly, but not particularly important." Fauré composed the orchestral version at Le Vésinet Le Vésinet () is a suburban commune in the Yvelines department in the Île-de-France region in north-central France. It is a part of the affluent outer suburbs of western Paris, from the centre of Paris. In 2019, it had a population of 15,943. ... in the summer of 1887.Orledge, Robert (1993). Notes to EMI CD CDM 7-64715-2 He envisaged a purely orc ...
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Gabriel Fauré In 1887
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