Albéric Magnard

French composer Albéric Magnard (1865-1914).
Magnard's musical style is typical of French composers contemporaneous to him, but occasionally, as in the Symphonies, there are passages that foreshadow the music of Gustav Mahler. His occasional use of chorale earned him the nickname of "French Bruckner". Although Bruckner used cyclical forms long before d'Indy "trademarked" the concept to César Franck's name, Magnard's handling of cyclical form is more Franckian than Brucknerian.