This Sérénade, is the first of 7 pieces, collectively called 'Fancies', originally written for piano in 1915. Gabriel Marie Grovlez (1879-1944) was born in Lille, Northern France, in 1879 and died in war-torn Paris in 1944. From among his teachers, who include Gédalge and Lavignac, Fauré must surely rank as his strongest influence, and this is readily heard in his small but significant oeuvre of solo piano pieces as well as his music for stage and chamber ensembles. Interestingly, most of the p...