Composer · 1841 - 1894
Emmanuel Chabrier
Biography
Emmanuel Chabrier: (b Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme, 18 Jan 1841; d Paris, 13 Sept 1894). French composer. Best known today for the orchestral showpiece España, Chabrier principally wrote songs, piano pieces and stage works.
Though he composed a relatively small body of work, it was of consistently high quality and very influential on French composers in the first quarter of the 20th century.