César Franck: The Organist-Composer of French Romanticism
César Franck was a Belgian-born French composer, organist, and music teacher of the Romantic era. He is renowned for his rich harmonic language, cyclic forms, and significant contributions to French instrumental music, particularly the symphony, chamber music, and organ repertoire.Born in Liège, Franck showed early talent and studied at the Liège and Paris Conservatoires. He made his career primarily in Paris as an organist (notably at Sainte-Clotilde) and professor at the Paris Conservatoire...