Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel
(1841–1894)> COMPOSER
Chabrier, Alexis Emmanuel (18 January 1841, Ambert, Puy-de-Dôme; 13 September 1894, Paris), composer, showed an early interest in music, but his father would not permit him to pursue a career in the arts, and he went to Paris to study law at age 17. He graduated with a degree and was appointed to a position with the government in 1862, but he continued his musical studies quietly and as an avocation. Finally, after nearly a score of years with the Department of the Interior, he resigned his…