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French Romantic composer Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) took piano lessons as a child but entered law school and then the Ministry of the Interior. He composed and studied music on the side, visiting with the likes of Fauré, Saint-Saëns and Duparc. Chabrier later became a full-time composer, producing such diverse works as Pièces pittoresques for piano, Rhapsody España for orchestra, and operas including Gwendoline and Le Roi malgré lui.

Resources in This Category

• Art Songs by Emmanuel Chabrier

  http://www.lieder.net/lieder/get_settings.html?ComposerId=3700
  Miscellaneous pieces listed with recmusic.org, all having French texts, some with English translations.

• Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841 - 1894), France

  http://stevenestrella.com/composers/composerfiles/chabrier1894.html
  Biographical data, recommended CDs, books and sheet music, bibliography, and links to biographical essays from Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers.

• Chabrier, Emmanuel (1841-1894)

  http://www.naxos.com/person/Emmanuel_Chabrier/25942.htm
  Brief biography and caricature with summaries of orchestral and piano music with recommended recordings.

• Classical Archives: Emmanuel Chabrier

  http://www.classicalarchives.com/composer/2312.html
  Biography from the Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Complete files offered in MIDI format.

• Emmanuel Alexis Chabrier

  http://musicalics.com/en/node/79308
  Birth and death dates, noted works, and links from Musicalics.

• Emmanuel Chabrier

  http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0149333/
  Filmography listing TV shows and movies based on or using his music from the Internet Movie Database.

• Emmanuel Chabrier: The Angel of the Absurd

  http://www.humanitiesweb.org/human.php?s=c&p=c&a=i&ID=115
  Key works, suggested reading, recommended recordings, portrait, and quotes from Humanities Web.

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