Franck | search
Click here to view Franck news from 60+ newspapers.
Bookmark or Share- César Franck | Belgian-French Composer & Organist | BritannicaCésar 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.
- César Franck - WikipediaCésar-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 ...
- Classical Net - Basic Repertoire List - FranckFranck was one of the first composers to aim at creating music which sustains a meditative mood without being histrionic or melodramatic: this is best exemplified by his masterpiece, the Symphonic Variations, in which the listener can virtually hear the composer improvising his variations at a church organ, especially at the crucial shift from ...
- List of compositions by César Franck - WikipediaHe divided Franck's compositions into two main groups: instrumental works, M.1-48, and vocal works, M.49-91, arranging them by genre, and by composition date order within each genre. The CFF catalogue (see § External links ) compiled by Joël-Marie Fauquet (published in 1999) details almost every known work by Franck, including many not listed ...
- César Franck summary | BritannicaCésar Franck, (born Dec. 10, 1822, Liège, Neth.—died Nov. 8, 1890, Paris, France), Belgian-French composer. A piano prodigy, he arrived in Paris at age 14 to study at the Paris Conservatoire. In 1858 he became organist at the large church of Sainte-Clotilde, where he would remain the rest of his life.
More
