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 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