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Feb 03, 1880 Nice, Provence Alpes Côte d'Azur, France Died on 23 Oct 1923 (aged 43)
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About Félix Fourdrain
- Félix Fourdrain (3 February 1880 - 23 October 1923) was a French organist and composer.
- He is chiefly known for his operas.
- Many of them were written in collaboration with librettists and poets Arthur Bernède and Paul de Choudens; the best of which are La Glaneuse (Grand Théâtre de Lyon, 1909), Madame Roland (Théâtre des Arts de Rouen, 1913), and Vercingétorix (Opéra de Nice, 1912).
- His masterpiece, La légende du Point d'Argentan, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1903.Born in Nice, Fourdrain had his earliest musical training at the Ecole de Musique Classique et Religieuse (L'École Niedermeyer) in Paris.
- He then studied with Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was awarded a premiere prix for organ performance in 1900.
- He was appointed "organiste titulaire" at the Sainte-Elisabeth-de-Hongrie church in Paris and worked there between 1900 and 1905 approximately, publishing "Improvisations", a collection of organ compositions.
- He pursued further studies in music composition with Jules Massenet, who became his close friend and mentor.
- He also took on his own students, including Joseph-Arthur Bernier, Clotilde Coulombe, and Georges-Émile Tanguay.
- He died in Paris at the age of 43.
