Ernest Chausson - by Jean Pierre Barricelli & Leo Weinstein & Unknown (Hardcover)

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?The French composer Chausson (1855-1889), [is] known to American audiences chiefly through his Poeme, ' Symphony in B flat, ' and a handful of songs.... Self-possessed, gentle, wealthy, socially prominent, and happily married, ' his life unfolds without evidence of the struggle we expect in a composer. ... The authors have reconstructed the Parisian setting and the late 19th century artistic climate--chiefly within the group around Cesar Franck--with care. List of compositions. Bibliography. Musical examples.?-Library Journal

"The French composer Chausson (1855-1889), Ýis¨ known to American audiences chiefly through his Poeme, ' Symphony in B flat, ' and a handful of songs.... Self-possessed, gentle, wealthy, socially prominent, and happily married, ' his life unfolds without evidence of the struggle we expect in a composer. ... The authors have reconstructed the Parisian setting and the late 19th century artistic climate--chiefly within the group around Cesar Franck--with care. List of compositions. Bibliography. Musical examples."-Library Journal

"The French composer Chausson (1855-1889), [is] known to American audiences chiefly through his Poeme, ' Symphony in B flat, ' and a handful of songs.... Self-possessed, gentle, wealthy, socially prominent, and happily married, ' his life unfolds without evidence of the struggle we expect in a composer. ... The authors have reconstructed the Parisian setting and the late 19th century artistic climate--chiefly within the group around Cesar Franck--with care. List of compositions. Bibliography. Musical examples."-Library Journal

About the Author

rricelli /f Jean /i Pierre

nstein /f Leo