Fauré escaped to Rambouillet where one of his brothers lived, and then travelled to Switzerland, where he took up a teaching post at the École Niedermeyer, which had temporarily relocated there to avoid the violence in Paris.
Fauré escapou a Rambouillet, onde vivía un dos seus irmáns, e logo viaxou a Suíza onde foi profesor na École Niedermeyer, que se trasladara temporalmente a ese país para evitar a violencia en París.