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Chausson

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[shoh-sawn] / ʃoʊˈsɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Ernest 1855–99, French composer.


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As she began with a set of French songs by Duparc, Viardot, Chausson, Donizetti and Delibes, her high notes were thin and stiff.

From New York Times • Jan. 24, 2022

Later, after reviewing a draft of “Le Roi Arthus,” Debussy wrote to Chausson, “We would gain, it seems to me, by taking the opposite course.”

From New York Times • Jul. 23, 2021

Le Salon de Musiques The intimate chamber-music series offers an all-French program of works for piano and strings by Saint-Saëns, Franck and Chausson.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 4, 2018

Across selections from Chausson, Debussy, Poulenc, Mendelssohn, Richard Strauss and Alban Berg, Piau conjured a rarefied emotional world, suffused with wistful longing and serene melancholy, and leavened by a sense of wry detachment.

From Washington Post • Feb. 22, 2017

Chausson: Viviane, Hélène, La Tempête, a quartette and a symphony.

From Musicians of To-Day by Blaiklock, Mary