[3] Jacques Durand, his publisher, suggested in January 1920 that Fauré should compose a trio for piano, violin, and cello, and in April he began work, at first in Paris, and later when staying with friends in Argelès-sur-Mer in the south of France.
"[4] The musical scholar Roger Nichols comments that the composer's fatigue is not detectable in the completed work, except to the extent that "there are no more notes than necessary, according to the well-known Mozartian formula".
The premiere was given at a concert of the Société Nationale de Musique on 12 May by given by three young graduates of the Conservatoire: Robert Krettly, violin, Jacques Patté, cello, and Tatiana Sanzévitch, piano.
[4] The Parisian newspaper Comoedia commented enthusiastically after the first performance, greeting "a beautiful work that enriches the chamber music repertory".
The reviewer praised "the elegant clarity, the equilibrium of thought and the serenity" of Fauré's recent compositions, and commented on the composer's success in playing the most disparate musical ideas off against each other.