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César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck (French pronunciation: [sezaʁ oɡyst ʒɑ̃ ɡijom ybɛʁ fʁɑ̃k]; 10 December 1822 – 8 November 1890) was a French Romantic composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher born in present-day Belgium. He was born in Liège (which at the time of his birth was part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands).
César Franck (born Dec. 10, 1822, Liège, Neth.—died Nov. 8, 1890, Paris, France) was a Belgian-French Romantic composer and organist who was the chief figure in a movement to give French music an emotional engagement, technical solidity, and seriousness comparable to that of German composers.
Biography. It took a Belgian composer to convince France of the value of German musical ideas. Before César Franck arrived in Paris, French Romantic music had been primarily a tradition of dazzling orchestral colour and seductive harmonies.
César Franck, né le 10 décembre 1822 à Liège et mort le 8 novembre 1890 à Paris, est un professeur, organiste et compositeur belge, naturalisé français en 1870 1. César Franck est l'une des grandes figures de la vie musicale française de la seconde partie du XIXe siècle.
2022 marks the bicentennial of Belgian-French composer-organist extraordinaire César Franck (1822 – 1890), whose music has shaped generations of organists…
Born in the city of Liège on 10 December 1822, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands, César Franck (1822-1890) composed in a rich and luxurious post-Romantic idiom, featuring innovative harmonies and skilled counterpoint.
César Franck (b. 1822–d. 1890) was a polarizing figure in 19th-century French music. An organ professor at the Conservatoire, he led what amounted to a composition class for students who resisted the officially sanctioned path of learning to write operas in the currently popular style.
César Franck - his unknown early piano music. http://cesar-franck.com. a project comprising concerts, lectures, world premiere recordings, first editions and more.
This reference tool contains over 200 annotations of valuable primary and secondary sources regarding the music and life of César Franck. Composing in virtually all musical genres of the day, Franck left an indelible mark on music history through his work as a composer and teacher.
For example, as a teacher of organ a t the Conservatoire, Franck actually spent most of his time teaching his students the art of improvisation at the keyboard, in other words, spontaneous composition. Here is perhaps no better an example of Franck as teacher, organist, and composer.
