Gabriel Fauré vs. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
Side-by-side comparison of two thinkers
Gabriel Fauré
1845 – 1924
Gabriel Urbain Fauré was a French composer, organist, pianist and teacher. He was one of the foremost French composers of his generation, and his musical style influenced many 20th-century composers. Among his best-known works are his Pavane, Requiem, Sicilienne, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune".
"How many times have I asked myself what use music is? And what am I translating? What feelings? What ideas? How can I express something I do not understand myse…"
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
1772 – 1834
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was an English poet, literary critic, philosopher, and theologian who was a founder of the Romantic Movement in England and a member of the Lake Poets with his friend William Wordsworth. He also shared volumes and collaborated with Charles Lamb, Robert Southey, and Charles Lloyd.
"Poetry is certainly something more than good sense, but it must be good sense at all events; just as a palace is more than a house, but it must be a house, at l…"
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