About Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard
Lived 1814 – 1881 (aged 66). Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard was a French composer, music educator, university teacher and musicologist.
Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard (21 August 1814 – 7 June 1881) was a French composer and teacher.
Savard was a teacher at the Paris Conservatory in tonic solfa, harmony and figured bass. Among his pupils were Jules Massenet, Cécile Chaminade, Eduard Reuss, and Edward MacDowell. Massenet describes him fondly in his memoires. His works include the following: Kyrie (1860) (Niedermeyer) Messe solennelle (1865)
He also published books on music theory and a compilation of plainsong chants. These include: Cours complet d'Harmonie théorique et pratique (1853) and Principes de la musique et méthode de transposition (1865), Librairie Hachette et cie., Paris
The latter work was approved by L'Académie des beaux-arts of the Institut de France under such notables as Daniel Auber, Ambroise Thomas, Hector Berlioz and Fromental Halévy.
He was the father of Marie Emmanuel Augustin Savard.
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French composer (1814–1881)
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Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard was born on 21 August 1814 in Paris.
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Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard died on 7 June 1881 in Paris.
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Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard was a composer, music educator, university teacher and musicologist.
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Marie Gabriel Augustin Savard was French.
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