Romain Bussine

Romain Bussine (?—?) was a French poet and voice professor at the Paris Conservatory who lived during the 19th century.

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French - Poet - Paris Conservatory - 19th century

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In 1871, together with Camille Saint-Saëns and Henri Duparc, he founded the Société Nationale de Musique as a forum for promoting contemporary French chamber and orchestral music. Later an argument over the performance of foreign works led to Saint-Saëns and Bussine resigning the joint presidency of the Société Nationale in 1886.

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Camille Saint-Saëns - Henri Duparc - Société Nationale de Musique - Chamber - Orchestral

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Gabriel Fauré set one of his poems as Après un rêve, op. 7. The poems is based on an anonymous Tuscan text which speaks of how we too often long to return to the world of our sweet dreams.

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