More than anyone else of his century，Emmanuel Chabrier(1841-1894)restored to French music the essential French traits of clarity，emotional vitality，wit and tenderness，at a crucial time when the music of his country was struggling under a Wagnerian hangover on the one hand and academic dryness on the other．
So potent was Chabrier's talent that Ravel repeatedly named him as the composer who had influenced him more than any other... Debussy was entranced by his music.., and even Stravinsky quotes from Chabrier's music, as did Cesar Franck while Chabrier was still alive. Francis Poulenc declared the composer's Pieces pittoresques (reprinted in this Dover edition) to be "'as important for French music as Debussy's Preludes.'"
The 1994 centenary of Chabrier’S death brought about a greatly revived appreciation of the composer’S work．Largely instrumental in bringing this music to the attention of new audiences，editor Roy Howat concertized throughout Europe，performing and recording the piano music of Chabrier．He brought this experience and his special knowledge of the composer’S work to bear in eompiling this unique volume．
Included here are the finest solo piano pieces by this rediscovered French master， among them a number of works long unavailable：
Impromptu
Ronde ehampOtre
Petite valse
Aubade
I tabanera
Ballabile
Pi6ces pittoresques(10 pieces)
Joyeuse marche
Caprice
Feuillet d’album
Bourr6e fantasque
Accompanying these reprints of authoritative French editions are Roy Howat’Silluminating notes on the music，the composer，the sources of this updated edition and a detailed analysis of variants in the musie．
Dover(1995)republication of music French editions．Contents．Glossary．Paperbound．originally published in various authoritative Introduction by Roy Howat．144pp．9×12．
Free Dover Complete Music Catalog(59057—7)available upon request
