One of his most famous pupils is American composer Roy Harris. Farwell was also a distinguished teacher, notably, at Cornell University, and then at Berkeley, California. His musical schooling began in Boston, but finished in Berlin, with Englebert Humperdinck, then in Paris with Alexandre Guilmant (see my recent March 12 Guilmant post). In American music, he may be best remembered as one of the founders of the “Indianist” movement, and composer of many such inspired musical works, that celebrated the musical culture of Native Americans. (See more of my music writings at my website.) Here is one of d’Indy’s truly beautiful songs, Lied maritime, by this French master (and a beautiful voice to sing it!): Īmerican “composer, conductor, educationalist, lithographer, esoteric savant, and music publisher” Farwell, was, as just described, a kind of genius Renaissance Man. Nonetheless, his music has stood the test of time for richness and beauty. He was a devotee of Cesar Franck, his teacher, and Richard Wagner, and this imbued into his music an exquisite French+German aesthetic… something that disturbed a fair amount of his contemporary Frenchmen. But if you are a serious lieder lover, you will know d’Indy’s work. D’Indy’s most remembered works are few today, but several appear in the orchestral concert hall still. Celebrating the Music of (Paul-Marie-Theodore-) Vincent d’Indy!įrench composer and teacher d’Indy played a major role in French music at that critical fin-de siècle moment, mainly by teaching the next generation of great French composers at the Schola Cantorum de Paris which he co-founded with Alexandre Guilmant (see his post from March 12), and by providing some exquisite musical works as models.
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