Gabriel Fauré - Requiem: VII. In Paradisum

Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas performs "In Paradisum" from Requiem by Gabriel Fauré at Maundy Thursday Service, April 5, 2007. Kristen Gossett, director. Kiyo Watanabe, organ.

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, nocturnes for piano and the songs "Après un rêve" and "Clair de lune". Although his best-known and most accessible compositions are generally his earlier ones, Fauré composed many of his most highly regarded works in his later years, in a more harmonically and melodically complex style.

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