Eduard Franck's music

Even though Eduard Franck looks a bit like Pierre Richard, his music is neither gimmick nor joke. It’s not that humor is under a ban in classical music – comic operas have been around for a while – but this genre wasn’t Franck’s favorite; he was focused on chamber and orchestral music mainly. As a pianist, Franck also was keeping a stiff upper lip: he played as well as his contemporaries in the person of Schumann and Mendelssohn. His music was critically-acclaimed in due time but he was unable to gain notoriety of other Romantic composers. Still anyone with interest towards era should like Franck’s music. Download one of his pieces here: Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op.42.