Marvelous Composers

Hi, everybody. Bonjour, comment ça va? Long time no see, welcome back to Tsinghua Spectrum Channel.
I’m Conrad, today we will continue the program——the classic can be also popular. Last time we have ended the introduction to instruments in symphony, so, today I want to share some composers who do bring some beautiful pieces for us.
Who is the first? Not Mozart, Not Beethoven, Not Пётр Ильич Чайковский.
I’d like to talk about Gabriel Fauré. He was born in 12 May 1845 and passed away in 4 November 1924. A French Romantic composer, organist, pianist and teacher. 
He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.
Fauré was born into a cultured but not especially musical family. His talent became clear when he was a small boy. At the age of nine, he was sent to a music college in Paris, where he was trained to be a church organist and choirmaster. Among his teachers was Camille Saint-Saëns, who became a lifelong friend. After graduating from the college in 1865, Fauré earned a modest living as an organist and teacher, leaving him little time for composition. When he became successful in his middle age, holding the important posts of organist of the Église de la Madeleine and director of the Paris Conservatoire, he still lacked time for composing; he retreated to the countryside in the summer holidays to concentrate on composition. By his last years, Fauré was recognised in France as the leading French composer of his day. An unprecedented national musical tribute was held for him in Paris in 1922, headed by the president of the French Republic. Outside France, Fauré's music took decades to become widely accepted, except in Britain, where he had many admirers during his lifetime.