Riding on this success of 'España', Chabrier composed the 'Habanera' in 1885 which was met with equal enthusiasm. It's a beautiful example of the Spanish genre that was so popular with French composer...
Chabrier, der von der jungen Komponistengeneration Frankreichs, besonders von Debussy, Ravel und Poulenc, als Begründer der französischen Moderne verehrt wurde, gelang nach seiner Spanienreise 1883 ei...
Twenty of the finest solo piano pieces by this rediscovered French master. Edited by pianist and musical scholar Roy Howat.
Whereas numerous French composers of the time tried to breathe new life into the larger forms of instrumental music, Chabrier concentrated on the smaller dance and character forms. The 'Bourrée fantas...
Habanera, composed for piano in October 1885, explores a folk tune that Emmanuel Chabrier (1841-1894) collected on his five-month trip to Spain. The habanera derives its name from Havana, Cuba, charac...
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