Capturing the persona of Florent Schmitt, as reflected in the reminiscences of the composer’s biographer, Madeleine Marceron.

A slender, petite man — and the giant legacy he left us — draw parallels with Maurice Ravel. Over the decades, a total of four biographies of the French composer Florent Schmitt have been published – all of them written in French. Three of these biographies were written during the composer’s lifetime, and with his […]