Emmanuel Chabrier (itunes, tunes, iTunes, orchestra, classic)

witmer · 02-17-2009, 10:36 PM

What do you think of the composer? Not a soul ever talks about him or his -ahem-, respectable works. Why do you think that is? He was an influential figure in music in his day, and Espana seem like a fairly well played work for the orchestra. His music is said to have been a major catalyst and in some cases, the catalyst for many of the happenings in the Parisian Avante garde movement. "The six" quite possibly owe their routes to him. You can hear it in his music, it has that oddly sweet sound that I associate with impressionism and likewise, the structure of it closely resembles it as well.

Why do you think he is so underrepresented in discussions about classical composers?

02-17-2009, 10:36 PM	#1 (permalink)
witmer Groupie Join Date: Feb 2009 Posts: 6	Emmanuel Chabrier What do you think of the composer? Not a soul ever talks about him or his -ahem-, respectable works. Why do you think that is? He was an influential figure in music in his day, and Espana seem like a fairly well played work for the orchestra. His music is said to have been a major catalyst and in some cases, the catalyst for many of the happenings in the Parisian Avante garde movement. "The six" quite possibly owe their routes to him. You can hear it in his music, it has that oddly sweet sound that I associate with impressionism and likewise, the structure of it closely resembles it as well. Why do you think he is so underrepresented in discussions about classical composers?