 The generation of students born between the wars rejected this outdated premise, turning for inspiration to Bartók, the Second Viennese School, and the latest works of Stravinsky.In a centenary tribute in 1945, the musicologist Leslie Orrey wrote in "The Musical Times", "'More profound than Saint-Saëns, more varied than Lalo, more spontaneous than d'Indy, more classic than Debussy, Gabriel Fauré is the master "par excellence" of French music, the perfect mirror of our musical genius.