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Chausson

American  
[shoh-sawn] / ʃoʊˈsɔ̃ /

noun

  1. Ernest 1855–99, French composer.


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As was Wagner’s practice, Chausson wrote his own libretto, and repeatedly edited it — especially after his colleague Duparc sent him a 51-page critique singling out the opera’s similarities to “Tristan.”

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

“When you listen to Feldman’s music, each note becomes something that you want to reach out and touch,” Melnikov said by phone after an exhausting day of recording Chausson in Berlin.

From Seattle Times Jun. 23, 2016

Of the modern French we are loth to omit the symphonies of Chausson and of Dukas.

From Symphonies and Their Meaning; Third Series, Modern Symphonies by Goepp, Philip H.

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