8/18 Faure, Messager, Perilhou, and Gigot were trained there and they taught this method in turn. My class-work consisted in making attempts at vocal and instrumental music and orchestration. My _Reverie_, _La Feuille de Peuplier_ and many other things first appeared there. They have been entirely forgotten, and rightly, for my work was very uneven. He was entirely absorbed in his work and, as a result, he neglected his classes a good deal. |