Chausson, Ernest Amédée

Chausson, Ernest Amédée, 1855-99, French composer. His music reflects the influence of César Franck and also suggests Debussy. Of his songs, perhaps the best known are Les Heures (1896) and Oraison (1896). His Symphony in B Flat Major is popular, and his Jardin aux lilas has been used for a ballet. He also wrote chamber music, church music, and poetic pieces for violin and for piano.

Charles-Amédée-Philippe van Loo (August 25, 1719 – November 15, 1795) was a French painter of allegorical scenes and portraits.

He studied under his father, the painter Jean-Baptiste van Loo, at Turin and Rome, where in 1738 he won the Prix de Rome, then at Aix-en-Provence, before returning to Paris in 1745. He was invited to join the Académie Royale de Peinture et de Sculpture in 1747, and that year he married his cousin Marie-Marguerite Lebrun, daughter of the painter Michel Lebrun (died 1753).

Among his brothers were the painters François van Loo (1708–1732) and Louis-Michel van Loo (1707–1771).

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