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Chausson

American  
[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

Chausson, who also wrote the libretto, labored on it for almost a decade — not because he was stuck, but because he wanted to get it right.

From New York Times Jul. 26, 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

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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