Ernest Chausson: The Composer's Life and Works
(Hardback)
Publishing Details
Ernest Chausson: The Composer's Life and Works
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Praeger Publishers Inc
20th August 1973
United States
Classifications
General
Non Fiction
Composers and songwriters
780.92
Physical Properties
Hardback
274
Width 140mm, Height 216mm
454g
Reviews
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), 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), [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
Author Bio
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