Maurice bouchor ernest chausson biography

French composer (1855–1899)

Amédée-Ernest Chausson (French:[ʃosɔ̃]; 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romanticcomposer.

Life

Born in Paris into an affluent bourgeois family, Chausson was the sole surviving child of a building contractor who made his fortune assisting Baron Haussmann in the redevelopment of Paris in the 1850s.

To please his father, Chausson studied law and was appointed a barrister for the Court of Appeals, but had little or no interest in the profession. He frequented the Paris salons, where he met celebrities such as Henri Fantin-Latour, Odilon Redon, and Vincent d'Indy.

Maurice bouchor ernest chausson biography

Before deciding on a musical career, he dabbled in writing and drawing.

In 1879, at the age of 24, he began attending the composition classes of Jules Massenet at the Paris Conservatoire; Massenet came to regard him as "an exceptional person and a true artist".

He had already composed some piano pieces and songs. Nevertheless, the earliest manuscr