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Degas and Ernest Chausson. Antoine Degas
1895-1896. Private collection: Jean Loup Charmet. France.
Amédée-Ernest Chausson ( 20 January 1855 – 10 June 1899) was a French Romantic composer who died just as his career was beginning to flourish.
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. Before deciding on a musical career, he dabbled in writing and drawing.
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Degas und Ernest Chausson. Antoine Degas
1895–1896.
Privatsammlung: Jean-Loup Charmet.
Frankreich.
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