Pavane (novel) the site of a semaphore station, and the castle at Corfe is a key presence in the book. Over all, the long arm of the Popes reached out to punish and reward; the Church Militant remained supreme. But by the middle of the twentieth century widespread mutterings were making themselves heard. Rebellion was once more in the air . . . The title alludes to the stately and melancholy dance, the pavane, the book being divided thematically into measures and a coda. After a brief Prologue explaining the back-story, the stories are: "Pavane" soon found an important place in the
Pavane (Fauré) 1999 song "Tous Les Maux D'Amour." In turn the S Club 7 song "Natural," an English-language cover version, also sampled "Pavane". Dutch singer Petra Berger used "Pavane" as the musical setting for her song about Marie Antoinette, "Close Your Eyes (He'll Be Just Fine)," on her album "Eternal Woman". Swedish TV films about the fictional police detective Johan Falk featured arranged pop music versions of "Pavane". Pavane (Fauré) The Pavane in F-sharp minor, Op. 50, is a pavane by the French composer Gabriel Fauré written in 1887. It was originally a piano piece, but is better known in Fauré's version