César Franck's first acknowledged compositions were 4 piano trios, written while he was still a student in 1840.  Originally, his opus ...

After a youth spent in musical study, composition and performing, César Franck went the way of a family man as he married and settled down t...

César Franck's first composition acknowledged by him was a set of Piano Trios which were composed in his last years as a conservatory st...

After many years of composing for solo organ and choral pieces César Franck renewed his interest in the piano. He had began his career as a ...

Nicolas-Joseph Franck tried his best to use the talent of his son César as a way towards amassing great wealth for the family. After César...

Les Djinns  (The Genie) is one of five symphonic poems written by César Franck. As with many of the symphonic poems of Franz Liszt (who is...

Like most of the compositions Cesar Franck wrote in the last decade of his life, the Symphonic Variations were coldly received.  It was...

The history of the pipe organ is a rich and ancient one, going back as far as the Roman Empire with its organ operated by water pressure...

In the summer of 1890, Cesar Franck was riding in a cab when it was struck by a horse-drawn trolley. He suffered a fainting spell and a ...

Cesar Franck (1822 - 1890) wrote this brilliantly orchestrated tone poem in 1882.  The title is taken from a poem written by the German p...

César Franck (1822-1890) was a Belgian composer who was also an organist, pianist and a teacher in Paris for many years.  He took French c...