Georges Favre (26 July 1905 â 25 April 1993) was a French composer and musicologist. He was a student of Paul Dukas for composition and Vincent d'Indy for conducting.
He composed a few pieces for piano, the opera Guna, and a sonata for violin and piano. He is better known as musicologist. He supported his PhD thesis on Boieldieu and published many works on Dukas. He was Inspector General of Music at the Ministry of Education.
Musical works
- Cantate du jardin vert (on texts by Madeleine Ley). Recording under the direction of Louis Frémaux - , microgroove 33 1/3 rpm, s.d., circa 1958.
Literary works
- 1987:
- 1986: Silhouettes du Conservatoire : Charles-Marie Widor, André Gedalge, Max d'Ollone, La Pensée universelle,
- 1983: Compositeurs français méconnus : Ernest Guiraud et ses Amis, ÃÂmile Paladilhe et Théodore Dubois, La Pensée universelle,
- 1982: Musique et Naturalisme : Alfred Bruneau and ÃÂmile Zola, La Pensée universelle,
- 1979: La Vicomtesse Vigier : Sophie Cruvelli 1826-1907 Une Grande Cantatrice Niçoise, La Pensée universelle,
- 1976: ÃÂtudes musicales monégasques : notes d'histoire (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), A. et J. Picard,
- 1966: ÃÂcrits sur la musique et l'éducation musicale, Paris, ÃÂditions Durand & Cie;
- 1985: Richard Wagner par le disque, Paris, ÃÂditions Durand & Cie,
- 1948: Paul Dukas, La Colombe, Collection Euterpe
- 1944âÂÂ45 Boieldieu, sa vie, son Ã
Âuvre, Prix Dodo of the Académie française
- 1953: La musique française de piano avant 1830, Paris
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