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| Classical Composer: | Chabrier, Emmanuel |
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| Work: | Joyeuse marche |
| Year Composed: | 1888 |
| Instrumentation: | 2+pic.224/42+2cnt.31/timp.perc/2hp/str |
| Publishers: |
G. Schirmer, Inc. Edwin F. Kalmus Editions Enoch The Edwin A. Fleisher Music Collection |
| Duration: | 00:03:43 |
| Period: | Romantic |
| Work Category: | Orchestral |
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Emmanuel Chabrier, composer of the Joyeuse marche, was born in Ambert, Puy-de-Dome, in 1841, the son of a lawyer, whose profession he was destined to follow. As a child he showed considerable musical precocity, but followed the wishes of his family in his choice of career, graduating as a lawyer in 1861, when he entered the Ministry of the Interior. He continued a double career as a composer and as a civil servant until 1880, when the impression made on him by hearing Wagner's Tristan und Isolde led him to turn solely to music. Chabrier's works include piano pieces and the popular orchestral rhapsody Espana, as well as a number of dramatic works, by the last of which he set considerable store. The Joyeuse marche was written in 1888 and originally intended for the piano (originally entitled 'Marche fran�aise' then 'Marche joyeuse'). The final version was dedicated to Vincent d'Indy and is scored for a large orchestra, the music aptly expressing the emotion of the title. Chabrier considered his Joyeuse marche 'idiotically comical; the musicians were in stitches'. This 'masterpiece of high fantasy' is, according to Debussy, filled to overflowing with bold and colourful innovations, and with the good-natured humour characteristic of Chabrier.
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