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His output included a fair number of songs which are an important contribution to the French “''melodie''” tradition.  

His output included a fair number of songs which are an important contribution to the French “''melodie''” tradition.  

He wrote successfully for the stage, including a ballet for the impresario, Dyagilev, ''Les biche'', when he was only 25. A relatively late work (and one that, like the ''Gloria'',  sprang from a renewal in faith in his later years) is the tragic [[opera]], ''Dialogues des Carmélites'' – there is no urbane modernity there; the ultimate tragic scene is one of the most deeply felt and intensely affecting pieces of writing in all music!

He wrote successfully for the stage, including a ballet for the impresario, Dyagilev, ''Les biches'', when he was only 25. A relatively late work (and one that, like the ''Gloria'',  sprang from a renewal in faith in his later years) is the tragic [[opera]], ''Dialogues des Carmélites'' – there is no urbane modernity there; the ultimate tragic scene is one of the most deeply felt and intensely affecting pieces of writing in all music!

A fine pianist, he wrote many short private pieces for that instrument, plus a concerto for two pianos. The piano parts of his well known chamber works – sonatas for [[flute]], clarinet, [[cello]], [[violin]] and the like - show a composer perfectly at home at the keyboard and enjoying himself. Also with a major keyboard component is his major work for piano and narrator, "''L’histoire de Babar, le petit elephant''".  

A fine pianist, he wrote many short private pieces for that instrument, plus a concerto for two pianos. The piano parts of his well known chamber works – sonatas for [[flute]], clarinet, [[cello]], [[violin]] and the like - show a composer perfectly at home at the keyboard and enjoying himself. Also with a major keyboard component is his major work for piano and narrator, "''L’histoire de Babar, le petit elephant''".