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Claude Debussy
Achille-Claude Debussy was a French composer. Along with Maurice Ravel he is considered the most prominent figure working within the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term when applied to his compositions. Debussy was not only among the most important of all French composers but also a central figure in all European music at the turn of the twentieth century. His music virtually defines the transition from late-Romantic music to... More »
Maurice Ravel
Joseph-Maurice Ravel was a French composer and pianist of the impressionistic period, known especially for the subtlety, richness and poignancy of his music. His piano, chamber music and orchestral works have become staples of the concert repertoire. Ravel's piano compositions, such as ''Jeux d'eau'', ''Miroirs'' and ''Gaspard de la Nuit'', demand considerable virtuosity from the performer, and his orchestral music, including ''Daphnis et Chloé'' and his arrangement of Modest Mussorgsky's... More »
César Franck
César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck , a composer, organist and music teacher of Belgian and German origin who lived in France, was one of the great figures in classical music in the second half of the 19th century. More »
Camille Saint-Saëns
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns was a French composer, organist, conductor, and pianist, known for his orchestral works ''The Carnival of the Animals, Danse Macabre, and Symphony No. 3 ("Organ Symphony").'' More »
Olivier Messiaen
Olivier Messiaen was a French composer, organist, and ornithologist. He entered the Paris Conservatoire at the age of 11, and numbered Paul Dukas, Maurice Emmanuel, Charles-Marie Widor and Marcel Dupré among his teachers. He was appointed organist at the church of La Trinité in Paris in 1931, a post he held until his death. On the fall of France in 1940 Messiaen was made a prisoner of war, and while incarcerated he composed his ''Quatuor pour la fin du temps'' for the four available... More »
Jules Massenet
Jules Massenet was a French composer. He is best known for his operas, which were very popular in the late 19th and early 20th century; they afterwards fell into oblivion for the most part, but have undergone periodic revivals since the mid-1970's. More »
Darius Milhaud

Darius Milhaud was a French composer and teacher. He was a member of ''Les Six'' - also known as the ''Groupe des Six'' - and one of the most prolific composers of the 20th century. His compositions are particularly noted as being influenced by jazz and for their use of polytonality . Born to a Jewish family in Aix-en-Provence, Milhaud studied in Paris at the Paris Conservatory where he met his fellow group members Arthur Honegger and Germaine Tailleferre. More »

Gabriel Fauré
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist, and teacher. He was the foremost French composer of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th century composers. His harmonic and melodic language affected how harmony was later taught. More »
François Couperin
François Couperin was a French Baroque composer, organist and harpsichordist. François Couperin was known as "''Couperin le Grand''" to distinguish him from the other members of the musically talented Couperin family. More »
Jean-Philippe Rameau
Jean-Philippe Rameau was one of the most important French composers and music theorists of the Baroque era. He replaced Jean-Baptiste Lully as the dominant composer of French opera, and was attacked by those who preferred Lully's style. More »
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