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After graduating from the law school in 1861 he joined the French civil service at the , where he worked for nineteen years.

wrote of the music that "in full, rapturous cognizance of mature Wagner", Chabrier composed "great music.

Through Chabrier's friendship with the Belgian tenor and subsequently the conductor , directors of opera houses in and Munich expressed interest in both works and Chabrier made several happy trips to Germany as a result; his works were given in seven German cities.

32 van het Franse strafwetboek is het zo dat als je je in openbare! Most of the piano pieces were published in the composer's lifetime, but five completed works and the unfinished Capriccio 1883 were issued posthumously.

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, Grove Music Online, Oxford University Press, 2001.

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Chabrier was associated with some of the leading writers and painters of his time.

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A few of Chabrier's piano works were later orchestrated.

Two of these portraits are reproduced above: a drawing of Chabrier at the piano 1887 by and Manet's Portrait de Chabrier oil on canvas, 1881.

Works [ ] See also: Vincent d'Indy called Chabrier "that great primitive.