César Franck

César Auguste Jean Guillaume Hubert Franck (10 December 1822 ? 8 November 1890) was a Belgian-French composer, organist and music teacher who became one of the great figures in Romantic music in the second half of the 19th century.

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Franck was born in Liège, Belgium, to a father from the German-Belgian border and a German mother. His father had ambitions for him to become a concert pianist, and he studied at the conservatoire in Liège before going to the Paris Conservatoire in 1838 after private studies with Anton Reicha for a year. Upon leaving in 1842 he briefly returned to Belgium, but went back to Paris in 1844 and remained there for the rest of his life. His decision to give up a career as a virtuoso led to strained relations with his father during this time.

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