Georges Favre, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Georges Favre

French musicologist

Date of Birth: 26-Jul-1905

Place of Birth: Saintes, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France

Date of Death: 25-Apr-1993

Profession: composer, musicologist

Nationality: France

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Georges Favre (26 July 1905 – 25 April 1993) was a French composer and musicologist.
He was a student of Paul Dukas for composition and Vincent d'Indy for conducting. He composed a few pieces for piano, the opera Guna, and a sonata for violin and piano.
He is better known as musicologist.
He supported his PhD thesis on Boieldieu and published many works on Dukas.
He was Inspector General of Music at the Ministry of Education.