Georges Favre
Georges Favre 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 François [Adrien Boieldieu|Boieldieu] and published many works on Dukas. He was Inspector General of Music at the Ministry of Education.
Musical works
- Cantate du jardin vert. 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, Émile Paladilhe et Théodore Dubois, La Pensée universelle,
- 1982: Musique et Naturalisme : Alfred Bruneau and Émile Zola, La Pensée universelle,
- 1979: La Vicomtesse Vigier : Sophie Cruvelli 1826-1907 Une Grande Cantatrice Niçoise, La Pensée universelle,
- 1976: Études musicales monégasques : notes d'histoire , A. et J. Picard,
- 1966: Écrits sur la musique et l'éducation musicale, Paris, Éditions Durand & Cie;
- 1985: Richard Wagner par le disque, Paris, Éditions Durand & Cie,
- 1948: Paul Dukas, La Colombe, Collection Euterpe
- 1944–45 Boieldieu, sa vie, son œuvre, of the Académie française
- 1953: La musique française de piano avant 1830, Paris