| Faure Gabriel is a renowned French composer and instrument player. He isseldom know to Chinese people. However, Faure is a household name in France.Faure is a transition person in French music history.He created a lot of works which covered all the genres in music. Pianocomposition is one of the main fields Faure worked on. His piano works enjoybeautiful melodies and harmony. His innovative musical language inspired theimpressionist composers like Ravel and Debussy. It helped Faure to become one ofthe most influential composers in France in late19thcentury and early20thcentury.Among his large amounts of creation, the most famous one include13barcarolle,13nocturnes,6impromptus,4waltzes and9preludes. The13barcarolles that Faurecomposed between1883-1921is central in his composition for the piano. He hascomposed more barcarolle than anyone else in the history of piano music. After abrief study of Faure’s life and the barcarolle as a genre of composition, hiscompositional technique is examined in depth. Finally, some suggestions onperformance are made. |