Biography

A French composer and pianist who was an imaginative composer, particularly for piano works, and most appreciated by fellow artists. The genres of Chabrier's compositions include operas, songs, orchestral laments, suites and preludes as well as a number of piano pieces. Wagner influenced some of Chabrier's later works (leitmotif, complex sonorities, and 9th chords that were unanticipated) and he frequented the company of Faure, d'Indy, Saint-Saens and Massenet. Chabrier's work h... Read more