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.
Musical works Cantate du jardin vert (on texts by Madeleine Ley). Recording under the direction of Louis Frémaux - , microgroove 33 1/3 rpm, s.d., circa 1958.
Literary works 1987: 1986: Silhouettes du Conservatoire : Charles-Marie Widor, André Gedalge, Max d'Ollone, La Pensée universelle, 1983: Compositeurs français méconnus : Ernest Guiraud et ses Amis, Émile Paladilhe et Théodore Dubois, La Pensée universelle, 1982: Musique et Naturalisme : Alfred Bruneau and Émile Zola, La Pensée universelle, 1979: La Vicomtesse Vigier : Sophie Cruvelli 1826-1907 Une Grande Cantatrice Niçoise, La Pensée universelle, 1976: Études musicales monégasques : notes d'histoire (XVIIIe-XXe siècles), A. et J. Picard, 1966: Écrits sur la musique et l'éducation musicale, Paris, Éditions Durand & Cie; 1985: Richard Wagner par le disque, Paris, Éditions Durand & Cie, 1948: Paul Dukas, La Colombe, Collection Euterpe 1944–45 Boieldieu, sa vie, son œuvre, Prix Dodo of the Académie française 1953: La musique française de piano avant 1830, Paris
External links Georges Favre, Histoire de l'éducation musicale, Paris, La Pensée universelle, 1980 (compte rendu) on Persée Georges Favre on the site of the Académie française Histoire Musicale de la Principauté de Monaco, du XVIe au XXe siècle by Georges Favre on JSTOR