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Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier, Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies
Related Category: Music: History, Composers, And Performers, Biographies
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Alexis Emmanuel Chabrier[AleksE´ emAnUel´ shAbrEA´] Pronunciation Key, 1841–94, French composer. His best-known works are an orchestral rhapsody, Espana (1883); an opera, Le Roi malgrE lui (1887); and piano pieces, such as Habanera (1885) and BourrEe fantasque (1891). Chabrier's works display vivid harmonic and orchestral color and musical drollery. His music influenced such French composers as Ravel and Satie.
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