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Jean Françaix
12+ albums
composerfrenchClassicalcontemporary classicalneoclassical
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Jean René Désiré Françaix (23 May 1912–25 September 1997) was a French neoclassical composer, pianist, and orchestrator, known for his prolific output and vibrant style. Françaix's natural gifts were encouraged from an early age by his family: his father a musicologist, composer, and pianist, and his mother, a teacher of singing. He was only six when he took up composing, and his first publication, in 1922, caught the attention of a composer working for the publishing house who steered the gifted boy toward a gifted teacher, Nadia Boulanger. She encouraged Françaix's career, considering the young composer to one of the best, if not the best, of her students. Françaix himself often played his own works, to public acclaim; notably in the premier of his Concertino for Piano and Orchestra at the festival of Baden-Baden in 1932. He was an accomplished pianist from an early age, earning a First Prize in Piano at the Paris Conservatory (his only formal musical qualification) and was sought after for accompanying as well as solo performances. He performed notably in a duo with the French Cellist Maurice Gendron, and also performed the Francis Poulenc Two Piano Concerto with Poulenc for several engagements when Jacques Fevrier was not available. His own Second Piano Concerto was written however for his daughters, both of whom were budding young pianists at the time of the composition. Jean Françaix's primary occupation was his extraordinarily active compositional career. He remaine
top songs
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Françaix: 15 Portraits d'enfants d'Auguste Renoir: No. 7, Fillette au chapeau bleu
1,3882L'horloge de flore
8893L'Horloge de Flore: 3h - Galant de jour
7634Quintet for Flute, String Trio and Harp (1934): I. Andante tranquillo
4515Francaix: Sonatine: I. Prelude
3596Clarinet Concerto: I. Allegro
2727Fantasy For Cello And Piano: 3. Elégie
2678Nocturne for Cello and Piano
2129Francaix: Sonatine: II. Sarabande
20110Wind Quintet: II. Presto
190albums
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Chamber Chill - The Most Relaxing Chamber Music
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Nocturne for Cello and Piano
Francaix: Quintets - Quartet - Divertissement
Françaix: Music for Solo Piano, Duo & Duet
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Bonjour Paris
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Equal - Beethoven: Violin Concerto, Op. 61 - Schumann: Fantasia, Op. 131 - Françaix: Nonetto
Jean Françaix: Musique pour le plaisir
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Françaix: String Trio - Wind Quintets - Cor Anglais Quartet
Jean Françaix: Works for Winds
Berceuse
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Légende (SD)
Françaix: The Music for Solo Piano, Duo & Duet