First published at 12:49 UTC on September 27th, 2021.
Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 by Gabriel Fauré
In 1918 Raoul Gunsbourg, Manager of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, requested Fauré complete a short work for the theatre. The request was indirectly made due to a suggestion from Albert I, Prince of Mona…
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Masques et bergamasques, Op. 112 by Gabriel Fauré
In 1918 Raoul Gunsbourg, Manager of the Opéra de Monte-Carlo, requested Fauré complete a short work for the theatre. The request was indirectly made due to a suggestion from Albert I, Prince of Monaco. Albert had been advised by composer Camille Saint-Saëns about the talent of Fauré, who was then director of music at the Paris Conservatoire.
Fauré requested the story (which was to be written by librettist René Fauchois) to be based on the poem “Clair de Lune” by the French poet Paul Verlaine. Fauré had finished his musical accompaniment by 1919, and the play and music had their premiere in Monte Carlo the same year.
Fauré would adapt the theatrical manuscript into a short piece for orchestra titled 'Masques et bergamasques'.
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