Biography
A largely self-taught French composer who worked as a civil servant until his forties, Chabrier brought fresh wit and harmonic boldness to French piano music that strongly influenced Fauré, Debussy, and Ravel. His Pieces pittoresques (1881) were described by Fauré as the starting point of modern French piano music. The Bourrée fantasque (1891), written three years before his death, is among the most brilliant short concert pieces in the French repertoire. His España for orchestra became his most popular and enduring work.
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Works (23)
Air de ballet
- Air de ballet No. 1 Difficulty
Aubade
- Aubade No. 1 Difficulty
Ballabile
- Ballabile No. 1 Difficulty
Bourrée fantasque
- Bourrée fantasque No. 1 Key A major Difficulty
Caprice
- Caprice No. 1 Difficulty
Feuillet d'album
- Feuillet d'album No. 1 Difficulty
Habanera
- Habanera No. 1 Key D♭ major Difficulty
Impromptu
- Impromptu No. 1 Key C major Difficulty
Pièces pittoresques
- Paysage No. 1 Key D♭ major Difficulty
- Mélancolie No. 2 Key G major Difficulty
- Tourbillon No. 3 Key D major Difficulty
- Sous-bois No. 4 Key C major Difficulty
- Mauresque No. 5 Key A minor Difficulty
- Idylle No. 6 Key E major Difficulty
- Danse villageoise No. 7 Key A minor Difficulty
- Improvisation No. 8 Key B♭ major Difficulty
- Menuet pompeux No. 9 Key G minor Difficulty
- Scherzo-valse No. 10 Key D major Difficulty
Ronde champêtre
- Ronde champêtre No. 1 Difficulty
Souvenirs de Munich
- Souvenirs de Munich No. 1 Difficulty
Trois valses romantiques
- Valse romantique No. 1 No. 1 Key D major Difficulty
- Valse romantique No. 2 No. 2 Key E major Difficulty
- Valse romantique No. 3 No. 3 Difficulty