With the immense help of his mentor and very good friend Charles-Camille Saint-Saëns, he was able to create his own compositional techniques and unique musical style. In fact, Gabriel Fauré was heralded as a master of “mélodie” - the French art song.
Although he wasn't the type of composer who had complexes, lavish, and utterly overwhelming sentimentality like that of the works of Mozart, Beethoven, and Bach, he has gifted the world with hundred songs crafted distinctively and truly valuable until today.
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