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(E-ma-el’ Shab-re-a’) 1841–94 French composer After hearing Wagner’s Tristan in Munich in 1879 with D’Indy and Duparc, Chabrier resigned his government post to become a full-time composer. The spectacular success of España (1883), a scintillating symphonic poem, proved him a master orchestrator. He composed two successful opéras comiques, L’étoile (‘The Star’, 1877) and Le roi malgré lui (‘King in ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

son should enter the legal profession, even to the extent of moving the entire family to Paris in order that he could prepare for law school. In 1858, Chabrier entered law school and was soon employed in the Ministry of the Interior. His interest in music remained potent, however, and during the 1860s he began a number ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

that he left a valuable legacy, and one that has ensured his fame continues long after his death. Introduction | Turn of the Century | Opera Personalities | Emmanuel Chabrier | Turn of the Century | Opera Houses & Companies | The Birth of the Metropolitan Opera | Turn of the Century | Opera ...

Source: Definitive Opera Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

neglected, his seminal editions of the classics are still highly respected. Recommended Recording: Piano Music, Daniel Blumenthal (Marco Polo) Introduction | Late Romantic | Classical Personalities | Emmanuel Chabrier | Late Romantic | Classical ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

1848–1933 French composer Duparc’s small but exquisite output influenced the development of French ‘mélodie’ through Fauré and Debussy. Duparc studied with Franck, whose circle he joined alongside Chausson, Chabrier and D’Indy, absorbing the Wagnerian style through visits to Bayreuth and Munich. From 1868 to 1884 Duparc produced the 13 songs upon which his reputation is founded: each is ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie

misleadingly) as an ‘Impressionist’, but Ravel’s music is in fact precisely and delicately crafted, subtly perfect in its artifice (in the best sense of the word). Influenced by Emmanuel Chabrier (1841–94), Satie and his close friend Stravinsky, attracted to Spain temperamentally (he never visited the country, but his mother came from the Basque region), he absorbed all these ...

Source: Classical Music Encyclopedia, founding editor Stanley Sadie
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