Influenced by the Symbolist poets and Impressionist painters, he was early inclined toward a compositional style of great originality, shunning the strictures of traditional counterpoint and harmony to achieve new effects of great subtlety. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1873, and soon thereafter he was employed as pianist by Nadezhda von Meck, Pyotr Tchaikovsky’s patroness. Born into near poverty, he showed an early gift for the piano. 22, 1862, Saint-Germain-en-Laye, France-died March 25, 1918, Paris), French composer.
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