His masterpiece, La légende du Point d'Argentan, premiered at the Opéra-Comique in Paris in 1903.
[1] Born in Nice, Fourdrain had his earliest musical training at the Ecole de Musique Classique et Religieuse (L'École Niedermeyer) in Paris.
He then studied with Alexandre Guilmant and Charles-Marie Widor at the Conservatoire de Paris where he was awarded a premiere prix for organ performance in 1900.
He was appointed "organiste titulaire" at the Sainte-Elisabeth-de-Hongrie church in Paris and worked there between 1900 and 1905 approximately, publishing "Improvisations", a collection of organ compositions.
He pursued further studies in music composition with Jules Massenet, who became his close friend and mentor.