César Franck

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Background
● Date of Birth: December 10 1822 - November 8 1890
● Real Name: César-Auguste-Jean-Guillaume-Hubert Franck
● Birth: Liège, Belgium
● Family: Eugénie-Félicité-Caroline Saillot (Wife), Joseph Franck
(Brother), Germain Franck and Georges (Sons), Nicolas Joseph
Franck (Father), and Marie Catherine Barbe Franck (Mother)
Profession
● Jobs: Composer, pianist, organist, and music teacher
● Type of Music: Romantic
● Where: Worked in France.
● Purpose: To help French music to imitate the German music of
the time.
Education & Works
● Place of Education: Royal Conservatory of Liège
● Royal Conservatory of Liège Info: Is a conservatory of the four in
the French community of Belgium. Offers higher education in
music and theater.
● Works: Prelude, Fugue et Variation Op. 18 and Piano Quintet in
F minor
Published Works
● Cesar Franck - Prelude, ● César Franck - Piano
Fugue et Variation Op. Quintet in F minor
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