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Emmanuel Chabrier and his circle by Myers, Rollo H.

Table of Contents: “…Childhood and early years ; Paris and first contacts with the world of art and music ; friendship with Verlaine -- Visits Holland and Belgium ; marriage and the Franco-Prussian war ; wins recognition with L'Etoile and Une éducation manquée -- Hears Tristan in Munich ; decides on music as a career ; works with Lamoureux ; writes Dix pièces pittoresques -- Travels in Spain ; success of España ; writes Trois valses romantiques -- La Revue Wagnérienne ; production of Gwendoline in Brussels ; the opera described -- La Roi malgré lui ; meets Felix Mottl ; Gwendoline produced in Karlsruhe -- Le Roi in Germany ; composition of Joyeuse Marche and Ballade des gros dindons and other songs ; failing health ; life in Touraine -- Last works: Gwendoline at Paris Opéra ; death of Chabrier -- The man and his music ; his letters and place in nineteenth-century music -- Chabrier and the Impressionists ; collector and connoisseur.…”