- Chabrier originally composed his Habanera for piano in 1885.
- Chabrier orchestrated this work in 1888.1
- A habanera is a 19th C. song/dance form originating in Havana, Cuba (whence its name is derived), with a duple meter and a characteristic dotted rhythm. It is an ancestor of the Argentine tango.2
Sources
- Steven Huebner, “Chabrier, (Alexis-)Emmanuel,” Grove Music Online (2001), accessed August 19, 2019, https://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/grovemusic/view/10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.001.0001/omo-9781561592630-e-0000005351.
- Harvard Dictionary of Music, 4th ed., s.v. “Habanera” (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard University Press, 2003).
Cut IDs
18353, 19525