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568:International Music Score Library Project
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514:Gabriel Fauré – A Life in Letters
310:Nectoux, Jean-Michel. Notes to EMI CD
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16:1893 orchestral piece by Gabriel Fauré
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536:Gabriel Fauré – A Musical Life
149:in the final version in the suite.
230:Works for cello and piano by Fauré
212:and orchestra; saxophone quartet;
152:The cello and piano version is in
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1061:Incidental music by Gabriel Fauré
860:Messe des pêcheurs de Villerville
350:Marquis Classics CD MAR-373, 2007
145:in the original score and to the
58:suite arranged for full orchestra
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184:with a metronome indication of
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60:by Fauré, published in 1909.
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312:Fauré: L'oeuvre d'orchestre
178:genre. The score is marked
68:In 1892 the manager of the
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422:Thorofon CD CTH2142, 1992
368:Capriccio CD C10765, 1996
194:allegretto molto moderato
516:. London: B T Batsford.
413:Tudor CD TUDOR7067, 2009
87:Le Bourgeois gentilhomme
852:Cantique de Jean Racine
679:Masques et bergamasques
458:Profil CD PH14012, 2014
386:Naxos CD 8.550480, 1992
377:Skarbo CD DSK4074, 2007
977:Emmanuel Fauré-Fremiet
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887:Trois mélodies, Op. 7
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959:L'horizon chimérique
671:Pelléas et Mélisande
613:List of compositions
532:Nectoux, Jean-Michel
292:Nectoux, pp. 155–156
136:Pelléas et Mélisande
123:Pelléas et Mélisande
80:for a production of
64:History and versions
53:Pelléas et Mélisande
927:le plus doux chemin
798:Piano Quintet No. 2
780:Violin Sonata No. 2
774:Piano Quintet No. 1
751:Piano Quartet No. 2
729:Piano Quartet No. 1
723:Violin Sonata No. 1
497:. London: Phaidon.
118:Maurice Maeterlinck
103:Jean-Michel Nectoux
74:Camille Saint-Saëns
48:Maurice Maeterlinck
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820:Piano solo and duo
792:Cello Sonata No. 2
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216:and piano;
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1045:Categories
804:Piano Trio
758:Sicilienne
647:Orchestral
176:sicilienne
31:Sicilienne
766:Fantaisie
706:, Op. 111
704:Fantaisie
628:Prométhée
210:saxophone
181:andantino
120:'s play,
76:to write
50:'s play,
996:Category
895:Madrigal
768:, Op. 79
736:Berceuse
636:Pénélope
534:(1991).
493:(2000).
224:See also
206:panpipes
189:crotchet
1009:Portals
951:Mirages
868:Requiem
716:Chamber
663:Shylock
484:Sources
202:bassoon
154:G minor
82:Molière
1035:France
844:Choral
744:Élégie
682:(1919)
655:Pavane
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879:Songs
828:Dolly
620:Opera
236:Notes
218:viola
147:flute
138:suite
40:cello
544:ISBN
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214:tuba
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