![]() The young mental wheels of Chausson must have been in high gear to produce such a huge orchestral work and one can only wonder what he might have produced had he lived the life span of a César Franck. Franck had only two more years of life after finishing his symphony at age 66, and D'Indy was 36 when he completed his Mountain Air Symphony but lived well into the new age of music. D'Indy's French Mountain Symphony, as beautiful as it is, isn't of the length and orchestral scope of those by Chausson and Franck, nor is it imbued with Wagnerian influences.Ĭhausson was a mere 35 years old when he penned his symphony, and had only about nine more years to live, owing his death to a bicycle accident at age 45. The Chausson shows this influence much more heavily, though the influence in Franck's symphony is also apparent, more in the first movement than elsewhere in the work. ![]() There is no question that Richard Wagner was one strong influence in the lives of other composers by the time he died. While the Franck has secured a more permanent place in the orchestral repertoire, the Chausson has not fared as well, though in the past, I think the work was performed live more frequently than we hear it today. In my mind, I always pair the symphonies of Chausson and Franck as it seems a natural comparison considering the fact that they were written at almost the same time.
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