Florent Schmitt: Links to Articles Grouped by Composition

Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)

Listed below are links to articles on this website that pertain to the compositions of Florent Schmitt. The works are listed alphabetically, with the relevant articles listed under each composition in chronological order.

Andante et Scherzo, Op. 35

Shimmering brilliance: Florent Schmitt’s Andante et Scherzo for harp and string quartet (1903-6), June 30, 2014

Nine important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2019/20 concert season by orchestras in Antwerp, Augusta, Boston, Buffalo, Hiroshima, Maastricht, Montréal, Mulhouse, Paris, Perth, Québec City, Rochefort and Shanghai, April 2, 2019

Andantino (Vocalise), Op. 30

Andantino (Vocalise): Florent Schmitt’s most versatile composition (1920), May 3, 2019

Antoine et Cléopâtre — Suites #1 & #2, Op. 69

Antony & Cleopatra: Florent Schmitt takes palace intrigue, scandal and death to new heights (1920), September 18, 2012

Conductors JoAnn Falletta and Jorge Mester talk about the music of Florent Schmitt, January 3, 2013

The Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra announces the North American premiere concert performances of Florent Schmitt’s complete Antoine et Cléopâtre suites – 95 years following their composition, May 15, 2014

Four important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in concert in 2015 by orchestras in Berlin, Buffalo and Cleveland, September 18, 2014

American orchestra conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about performing and recording the music of Florent Schmitt (Antoine et Cléopâtre and Le Palais hanté), March 10, 2015

Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s music for performance and recording, March 15, 2015

American conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about the release of her new NAXOS recording of Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra and The Haunted Palace with the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, October 22, 2015

Conductor JoAnn Falletta’s Podcast Interview for NAXOS on the Musical Legacy of French Composer Florent Schmitt, November 1, 2015

Is Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) beginning the transition from “rarity” to “rep we know”?, April 16, 2016

Six important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2016/17 concert season by orchestras in Asheville, Berlin, Berne, Bordeaux, Liege, London, Metz, Neuss-am-Rhein, Paris, Philadelphia, Québec, Seoul, Spokane, Stockholm and Tokyo, July 13, 2016

Musicologist and Author Nicolas Southon talks about his new book profiling orchestral works by 16 Francophone composers including Florent Schmitt, September 22, 2016

Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) in a dramatic adaptation: An eyewitness report from London, October 10, 2016

Bill Barclay, music director of Shakespeare’s Globe, talks about bringing Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) to the Hollywood Bowl and the Barbican Centre, December 3, 2016

Four important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2018/19 concert season by orchestras in Bern, Buffalo, Malmö, M é xico City, Norfolk, Paris, Québec City, Warsaw and Washington, April 7, 2018

Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s Antony & Cleopatra (1920) and other orientalist masterpieces from France’s “Golden Age” of classical music live in concert: An eyewitness report from Paris, June 19, 2018

Ten important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2019/20 concert season by orchestras in Antwerp, Augusta, Boston, Buffalo, Hiroshima, Maastricht, Montréal, Mulhouse, Paris, Perth, Québec City, Rochefort and Shanghai, April 2, 2019

Director Bill Barclay and conductor JoAnn Falletta talk about mounting a dramatic adaptation of Antony & Cleopatra that pairs Shakespeare’s words with Florent Schmitt’s jaw-dropping music from the 1920 Paris production of the play, May 24, 2019

Something borrowed, something new: Exploring the recurring musical themes and passages in Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works, August 1, 2021

Florent Schmitt composition listing 1924 first page

The first page of a comprehensive listing of Florent Schmitt’s compositions, published in the April 1923 edition of the French arts magazine La Revue musicale.

Ballade de la neige, Op. 6

Pianist Biljana Urban talks her new recording featuring world premiere renditions of works by Florent Schmitt, September 13, 2021

Les Barques, Op. 8

Investigating the mystery – and promise – of Florent Schmitt’s “Poèmes des lacs” (Les Barques, Demande, Musique sur l’eau, Soir sur le lac, Tristesse au jardin — 1897-1901), December 17, 2020

Chaîne brisée, Op. 87

Chaîne brisée (1936-37): Florent Schmitt’s posthumous tribute to his friend and fellow-composer Paul Dukas, June 2, 2021

Something borrowed, something new: Exploring the recurring musical themes and passages in Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works, August 1, 2021

Arnold Schoenberg (l.) and Florent Schmitt (r.) aboard ship together (North Sea, 1920).

Chansons à quatre voix, Op. 39

Musicians Edward Rushton, Guillaume Le Dréau and JoAnn Falletta talk about Florent Schmitt’s captivating Chansons à quatre voix (1903-05), February 16, 2017

Pianist Edward Rushton talks about exploring Florent Schmitt’s repertoire of vocal music, and preparing it for performance and recording, June 1, 2020

Chant de guerre, Op. 63

Keyboard musician Emmanuel Pélaprat talks about Florent Schmitt’s Chant de guerre (1914) and preparing transcriptions for the Musiciens et la Grande Guerre series of recordings (Editions Hortus), April 6, 2019

Albert Gleizes, Florent Schmitt, and Le Chant de guerre (1914-15), April 9, 2021.

Le Chant de la nuit (Ode à Frédéric Chopin), Op. 120

Florent Schmitt’s affectionate tribute to Frédéric Chopin: Le Chant de la nuit (1949/51), December 3, 2020

Florent Schmitt First Day Issue postage stamp 1992

The first day issue of a French postage stamp honoring the composer Florent Schmitt, released in 1992.

Chant du soir, Op. 7

World-premiere recording featuring Florent Schmitt’s works for violin and piano to be released by NAXOS this month (May 2015), May 3, 2015

Musicians Beata Halska and Claudio Chaiquin talk about researching and recording French composer Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano, December 6, 2015

Chant élégiaque, Op. 24

American cellist Elisa Kohanski talks about Florent Schmitt’s Chant élégiaque (1899-1903) and its debt to Gabriel Fauré’s Élégie, August 1, 2018

Chants alizés, Op. 125

Timpani Records announces its newest Florent Schmitt recording project, featuring a half-century of compositions for wind instruments performed by the Initium Ensemble, March 23, 2016

Diverse winds: Florent Schmitt’s late-career quintet Chants alizés (1951-55), August 5, 2019

Cinq chœurs en vingt minutes, Op. 117

Choral chromaticism par excellence: Florent Schmitt’s Cinq chœurs en vingt minutes for mixed chorus and large orchestra (1951), June 13, 2015

Florent Schmitt, photographed in about 1910.

Cinq motets, Op. 60

Florent Schmitt and the Organ, October 1, 2014

Clavecin obtempérant, Op. 107

Clavecin obtempérant (1945): Florent Schmitt’s endlessly fascinating harpsichord suite created for Marcelle de Lacour, January 2, 2019

A contre-voix, Op. 104

Contrasting voices: Florent Schmitt’s a cappella masterpiece A contre-voix (1944), May 1, 2019

Crépuscules, Op. 56

Florent Schmitt’s Crépuscules (1898-1911): Richly evocative tone painting in the finest French pianistic tradition, October 27, 2013

Florent Schmitt and Ralph Vaughan Williams: A friendship over five decades, December 4, 2015

Pianist Biljana Urban talks her new recording featuring world premiere renditions of works by Florent Schmitt, September 13, 2021

Danse d’Abisag, Op. 75

Beyond Salomé: Florent Schmitt’s Other Biblical Ballet (Danse d’Abisag — 1925), July 4, 2015

Danse des Devadasis, Op. 47

Danse des Devadasis (1908): Florent Schmitt’s masterful evocation of the temple dancers of South India, February 3, 2020

Demande (ou Sur le lac de Bourget), Op. 20

Deux chansons, Op. 18

Pianist Edward Rushton talks about exploring Florent Schmitt’s repertoire of vocal music and preparing it for performance and recording, June 1, 2020

Deux pièces pour harpe chromatique, Op. 57

Deux pièces (1911), Florent Schmitt’s strikingly original chromatic harp composition, gets a new lease on life, July 14, 2020

French composer Florent Schmitt circa 1920

Florent Schmitt, photographed at about the time of the premiere public performance of Dionysiaques.

Dionysiaques, Op. 62

Dionysiaques: Florent Schmitt’s incredible composition for concert band (1913-14), September 25, 2012

Dionysiaques around the world: Celebrating 100 years of Florent Schmitt’s masterpiece for concert band (1913-2013), July 6, 2013

French conductor and wind ensemble specialist Philippe Ferro talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and Hymne funèbre (1899/1933), September 10, 2016

Conductor and educator Armand Hall talks about the journey of Florent Schmitt’s Dionysiaques (1913) to its pinnacle position in the concert band repertoire, June 24, 2017

En bonnes voix, Op. 91

Simplicity meets virtuosity: Florent Schmitt’s a cappella vocal masterpiece En bonnes voix (1938), May 2, 2021

Enfants, Op. 94

Enfants (1940): Florent Schmitt’s evocation of the world of childhood, January 13, 2018

L’Eventail de Jeanne (see Kermesse-Valse)

Florent Schmitt Biography Yves Hucher 1953

Biography of Florent Schmitt (Yves Hucher, 1953).

Fête de la lumière, Op. 88

Fête de la lumière: Florent Schmitt’s extravagant showpiece at the Paris Exposition (1937), December 17, 2016

Something borrowed, something new: Exploring the recurring musical themes and passages in Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works, August 1, 2021

Feuillets de voyage — Books I & II, Op. 26

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Feuillets de voyage: French composer Florent Schmitt’s musical travel diary (1903-5), August 11, 2018

Fonctionnaire MCMXII, Op. 74

Fonctionnaire MCMXII: Florent Schmitt versus French civil servants (1923), March 4, 2013

French actor and narrator Vincent Figuri talks about resurrecting and recording the full version of Florent Schmitt’s Fonctionnaire MCMXII (1923) with narration, March 1, 2018

Habeyssée, Op. 110

World-premiere recording featuring Florent Schmitt’s works for violin and piano to be released by NAXOS this month (May 2015), May 3, 2015

Musicians Beata Halska and Claudio Chaiquin talk about researching and recording French composer Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano, December 6, 2015

Habeyssée (1947): Florent Schmitt’s rich and colorful suite for violin, October 11, 2017

Florent Schmitt (seated) with members of the Brussels Quartet. (1930 photograph by Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet)

Hasards, Op. 96

Hasards: A quartet that illustrates Florent Schmitt’s highly interesting chamber music style (1943), March 10, 2013

Forgotten Records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

Members of the Garth Newel Piano Quartet talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s Hasards (1943) for performance, May 5, 2015

Huit courtes pièces, Op. 41

Duo-pianists Kasparov and Lutsyshyn talk about their new Florent Schmitt recording project, February 5, 2013

World premiere recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music for piano duet and duo, June 17, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Humoresques, Op. 43

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Hymne funèbre, Op. 48, No. 2

French conductor and wind ensemble specialist Philippe Ferro talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and Hymne funèbre (1899/1933), September 10, 2016

In Memoriam, Op. 72

In Memoriam: Florent Schmitt’s tribute to his teacher and mentor Gabriel Fauré (1922-35), March 6, 2016

Introït, récit et congé, Op. 113

Introït, récit et congé: Florent Schmitt’s tour de force for cello and orchestra (1948), February 23, 2014

French cellist Henri Demarquette talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and the Introït, récit et congé, April 7, 2014

Timpani’s world premiere recording of Florent Schmitt’s Le Petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil and Introït, récit et congé receives the prestigious Diapason d’Or Gold Award, along with universal critical acclaim, December 1, 2014

Music critic Rob Barnett talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and its growing presence on recordings, December 1, 2017

Florent Schmitt, photographed at about the time of the premiere public performance of the Janiana Symphony.

Janiana Symphony for String Orchestra, Op. 101

Janiana: Florent Schmitt’s rich, robust symphony for string orchestra (1941), December 9, 2013

Six important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2016/17 concert season by orchestras in Asheville, Berlin, Berne, Bordeaux, Liège, London, Metz, Neuss-am-Rhein, Paris, Philadelphia, Québec, Seoul, Spokane, Stockholm and Tokyo, July 13, 2016

Five important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2020-21 concert season by orchestras in Duluth, Houston, Indianapolis, London, Lucerne, Osaka, Paris, Québec City, St. Louis, Saratoga Springs and Tokyo, April 21, 2020

Nine important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2021-22 concert season by orchestras in Detroit, Hamburg, Kyoto, Malmö, Metz, Osnabrück, Paris, Rochefort, Saratoga Springs and Tokyo, June 1, 2021

Kermesse-Valse, Op. 80

L’Eventail de Jeanne: When Florent Schmitt teamed up with his compatriots to create an “omnibus” ballet (1927), October 20, 2013

Kérob-Shal, Op. 67

Pianist Edward Rushton talks about exploring Florent Schmitt’s repertoire of vocal music and preparing it for performance and recording, June 1, 2020

Légende, Op. 66

Florent Schmitt and the Saxophone, November 25, 2012

Saxophonist Christopher Bartz talks about Florent Schmitt’s Légende (1918) and its pride of place in the saxophone repertoire, September 1, 2013

Timpani Records announces its newest Florent Schmitt recording project, featuring a half-century of compositions for wind instruments performed by the Initium Ensemble, March 23, 2016

Musicians Louis-Philippe Bonin, Janz Castelo and Nikki Chooi talk about Florent Schmitt’s moody, musing Légende (1918) and the three versions the composer created featuring solo saxophone, viola and violin, March 14, 2020

Just released: A new recording of four Florent Schmitt orchestral works with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, November 12, 2020

JoAnn Falletta’s Buffalo Philharmonic recording of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral music wins the prestigious Diapason d’Or, March 4, 2021

Lied et Scherzo, Op. 54

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Lied et Scherzo (1910), Florent Schmitt’s incredible piece featuring the French horn, November 11, 2013

Horn soloist Corbin Wagner talks about performing Lied et scherzo (1910), Florent Schmitt’s extraordinary double wind quintet composition featuring the French horn, November 26, 2016

Florent Schmitt and Ralph Vaughan-Williams

Florent Schmitt (l.) and Ralph Vaughan-Williams (r.), photographed in London in 1956.

Marche du CXLII R.I., Op. 48, No. 2

Beyond Dionysiaques: Florent Schmitt’s other works for concert band, April 30, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

French conductor and wind ensemble specialist Philippe Ferro talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and Hymne funèbre (1899/1933), September 10, 2016

Something borrowed, something new: Exploring the recurring musical themes and passages in Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works, August 1, 2021

Marche nuptiale, Op. 108

Florent Schmitt and the Organ, October 1, 2014

Messe en quatre parties, Op. 138

Quiet intensity and moving moderation: Messe en quatre parties, Florent Schmitt’s final composition (19558), September 1, 2019

Florent Schmitt and the Organ, October 1, 2014

Mirages, Op. 70

Florent Schmitt’s Mirages: Poignant and potent musical pictures inspired by Paul Fort and Lord Byron (1920-23), January 14, 2013

French pianist Vincent Larderet talks about performing and recording the music of Florent Schmitt, December 10, 2014

Julian Columeau, noted French novelist in the Urdu language, talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and how it inspires his writing, June 1, 2016

Israeli pianist and pedagogue Tomer Lev talks about planning and producing the new NAXOS recording of Le Tombeau de Claude Debussy (1920) complete anthology, January 23, 2021

Florent Schmitt French composer late 1890s

A very dapper Florent Schmitt, photographed at about the time he composed the original version of Musique sur l’eau (1898).

Musique sur l’eau, Op. 33

Florent Schmitt’s early art songs: A trove of treasures awaits rediscovery, June 29, 2015

Conductor JoAnn Falletta and mezzo-soprano Susan Platts talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s music for performance and recording (Musique sur l’eau – 1898/1913 and La Tragédie de Salomé – 1907/10), March 9, 2019

Just released: A new recording of four Florent Schmitt orchestral works with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, November 12, 2020

JoAnn Falletta’s Buffalo Philharmonic recording of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral music wins the prestigious Diapason d’Or, March 4, 2021

Florent Schmitt music tributes 1937 L'Art Musical

“Musical signature” tributes to Florent Schmitt presented by 15 fellow composers and published in the January 1937 issue of L’Art musical magazine. Among the composers who honored Schmitt were Jean Absil, Henry Barraud, Claude Delvincourt, Arthur Honegger, Jacques Ibert, Raymond Loucheur and Manuel Rosenthal.

Musiques foraines, Op. 22

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Musiques intimes, Opp. 16 & 29

Musiques intimes (1891-1904): Captivating piano miniatures by Florent Schmitt that reveal the composer in his most introspective moods, November 12, 2018.

Musiques de plein air, Op. 44

Florent Schmitt and the Prix de Rome: 1900-1904 (Musiques de plein air; Le Palais hanté; Psaume XLVII), July 19, 2015

Neuf pièces, Op. 27

Pianist Biljana Urban talks her new recording featuring world premiere renditions of works by Florent Schmitt, September 13, 2021

Ombres, Op. 64

Beyond Debussy and Ravel: Florent Schmitt’s Ombres (1912-17), August 5, 2013

French pianist Vincent Larderet talks about performing and recording the music of Florent Schmitt, December 10, 2014

Just announced: The premiere recordings of Florent Schmitt’s own version of Ombres for piano and orchestra, featuring French pianist Vincent Larderet, soon to be released, March 3, 2015

Something borrowed, something new: Exploring the recurring musical themes and passages in Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works, August 1, 2021

Florent Schmitt, photographed in 1937 in the gardens of his home in St-Cloud. (Photo: Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet)

Oriane et le Prince d’Amour, Op. 83

Oriane et le Prince d’Amour: Florent Schmitt’s final ‘Orientalist’ composition (1933), August 26, 2013

Forgotten Records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

Made for the stage: The incredible life and career of dancer and dramatic actress Ida Rubinstein … and her 20-year collaboration with French composer Florent Schmitt, September 8, 2015

Conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about preparing Florent Schmitt’s Oriane et le Prince d’Amour ballet suite (1933-34) for performance and recording, March 12, 2020

Just released: A new recording of four Florent Schmitt orchestral works with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, November 12, 2020

JoAnn Falletta’s Buffalo Philharmonic recording of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral music wins the prestigious Diapason d’Or, March 4, 2021

Florent Schmitt, seated at far right, at an event honoring the composer Arthur Honegger (standing at left) on the occasion of receiving the diploma of Grand Officer of the Légion d’honneur. The reception was organized by Pierre Bourgeoise, chairman of Pathé-Marconi, and was held at the Cercle Interallié in Paris in December 1954.

Le Palais hanté, Op. 49

Conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier talks about his Chandos Florent Schmitt recording of Psaume XLVII, La Tragédie de Salomé and Le Palais hanté, September 11, 2012

Florent Schmitt and the French fascination with Edgar Allan Poe: Le Palais hanté (1904), December 10, 2012

Four important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in concert in 2015 by orchestras in Berlin, Buffalo and Cleveland, September 18, 2014

American orchestra conductor JoAnn Falletta talks about performing and recording the music of Florent Schmitt (Antoine et Cléopâtre and Le Palais hanté), March 10, 2015

Members of the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra talk about preparing Florent Schmitt’s music for performance and recording, March 15, 2015

Florent Schmitt and the Prix de Rome: 1900-1904 (Musiques de plein air; Le Palais hanté; Psaume XLVII), July 19, 2015

Conductor JoAnn Falletta’s Podcast Interview for NAXOS on the Musical Legacy of French Composer Florent Schmitt, November 1, 2015

French conductor Fabien Gabel talks about Florent Schmitt’s Le Palais hanté (1904) and leading The Cleveland Orchestra in its first performance of this Poe-inspired tone picture, August 21, 2017

Le Petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Op. 73

Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil: Florent Schmitt’s children’s ballet (1923), July 1, 2013

First-ever recording of Florent Schmitt’s ballet Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1923) to be released, September 27, 2013

Arts critic Steven Kruger talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and its place in France’s “Golden Age” of classical music, September 4, 2017

Petites musiques, Op. 32

Florent Schmitt takes a breather: Petites musiques for solo piano (1906), May 9, 2020

Pièces romantiques, Op. 42

Pièces romantiques (1900-08): Florent Schmitt’s “transitional” suite for solo piano, December 24, 2019

Florent Schmitt (r.) with fellow composer Arthur Honegger. (Photo: Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet)

Pour presque tous les temps, Op. 134

Elegance and class: Florent Schmitt’s quartet Pour presque tous les temps (1956), November 16, 2013

Freshness and vitality vin the day: An award-winning performance of Florent Schmitt’s 1956 quartet Pour presque tous les temps at the 2014 NZCT Chamber Music Contest in New Zealand, September 1, 2014

Musicians of the Scarab Club Chamber Music Series Talk About Preparing and Performing Florent Schmitt’s Quartet Pour presque tous les temps (1956), October 16, 2018

Prélude, Op. 11

Florent Schmitt and the Organ, October 1, 2014

Prière

Florent Schmitt and the Organ, October 1, 2014

Maurice Ravel Florent Schmitt Durand catalog page 1920

This Durand advertisement dating from about 1920 showcases two of the brightest stars in the galaxy of composers represented by the publisher: Maurice Ravel and Florent Schmitt.

Psaume XLVII, Op. 38

Conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier talks about his Chandos Florent Schmitt recording of Psaume XLVII, La Tragédie de Salomé and Le Palais hanté, September 11, 2012

Psalm XLVII: Florent Schmitt’s astounding choral masterpiece (1904), November 12, 2012

Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47: Now available in a 2012 live performance by Leon Botstein and the American Symphony Orchestra from the Bard Music Festival, November 30, 2012

The influence of Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII (1904) on other French composers, February 12, 2013

Excitement on steroids: Seven live concert recordings of Florent Schmitt’s blockbuster choral composition Psalm 47 (1904), January 19, 2014

Powerful sounds: The seven commercial recordings of Florent Schmitt’s Psaume 47 (1904), July 3, 2014

French soprano Denise Duval: Muse of Francis Poulenc … friend of Florent Schmitt, August 10, 2014

Florent Schmitt with soprano Denise Duval at a reception given in Paris for the release of the premiere recording of Psaume XLVII (1953).

Four important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in concert in 2015 by orchestras in Berlin, Buffalo and Cleveland, September 18, 2014

Florent Schmitt and the Organ, October 1, 2014

Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII in concert: An eyewitness report from Berlin, March 2, 2015

In the chamber of the Shulamite: The great sopranos who have performed and recorded Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47 (1904), June 24, 2015

Florent Schmitt and the Prix de Rome: 1900-1904 (Musiques de plein air; Le Palais hanté; Psaume XLVII), July 19, 2015

Florent Schmitt Goes to Germany: Reflets d’Allemagne (1902-05), January 10, 2016

Conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud talks about Florent Schmitt’s choral masterpiece Psalm 47 (1904) and introducing the music to concert audiences in Poland, February 6, 2016

French conductor Jean-Luc Tingaud, soprano Ewa Biegas and choral director Teresa Majka-Pacanek talk about the 2016 Polish premiere performances of Florent Schmitt’s choral masterpiece Psalm 47 (1904), February 25, 2016

Reminiscing with American soprano Audrey Stottler about presenting Florent Schmitt’s Psalm 47 (1904) at the Washington National Cathedral, February 1, 2018

American soprano Korliss Uecker talks about preparing and singing the solo soprano part in Florent Schmitt’s choral masterpiece Psalm 47 (1904), July 2, 2018

American choral director Scott Tucker talks about the connection between Gabriel Fauré, Lili Boulanger and Florent Schmitt — and presenting Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII in a concert showcasing the important choral legacy of all three composers, April 30, 2019

Canadian soprano Karina Gauvin and French conductor Fabien Gabel talk about becoming acquainted with Florent Schmitt’s choral spectacular Psalm 47 (1904) and preparing the music for performance, June 4, 2019

Austrian conductor Gottfried Rabl talks about preparing and presenting the 2020 Romanian world premiere performance of Florent Schmitt’s blockbuster choral score Psalm 47 (1904), March 30, 2020

French author Emmanuel Jourquin-Bourgeois talks about the life of his grandfather, Pierre Bourgeois, and his consequential tenure as head of Pathé-Marconi during the 1950s, July 1, 2021

Pupazzi, Op. 36

Canadian pianist Linda Ippolito talks about discovering and performing Pupazzi (1907), Florent Schmitt’s whimsical tribute to Commedia dell’Arte characters, August 21, 2019

Pianist Biljana Urban talks her new recording featuring world premiere renditions of works by Florent Schmitt, September 13, 2021

Composers Heitor Villa-Lobos and Florent Schmitt

Musical colleagues: Heitor Villa-Lobos (l.) and Florent Schmitt.

Quartet for Flutes, Op. 106

Florent Schmitt and the flute, January 10, 2014

Quartet for Saxophones, Op. 102

Florent Schmitt and the saxophone, November 25, 2012

Canadian saxophonist Louis-Philippe Bonin talks about Florent Schmitt’s Saxophone Quartet (1941) and its pride of place in the saxophone repertoire, August 6, 2016

Quartet for Strings, Op. 112

Forgotten Records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

Substance as well as style: The Quartet for Strings (1946) of Florent Schmitt, September 1, 2017

Quartet for Trombones & Tuba, Op. 109

Florent Schmitt’s strikingly inventive Quartet for Trombones and Tuba (1946): Leaving the ‘oompah’ behind, October 5, 2019

Musicians of the Jena Philharmonic Orchestra talk about discovering Florent Schmitt’s Quartet for Trombones and Tuba (1946) and preparing it for performance, April 1, 2021

Florent Schmitt instrumental scores Durand 1956

A catalogue listing of instrumental scores by Florent Schmitt. (Durand & Cie., 1956)

Quatre lieds, Op. 45

Pianist Edward Rushton talks about exploring Florent Schmitt’s repertoire of vocal music and preparing it for performance and recording, June 1, 2020

Quatre pièces, Op. 25

World-premiere recording featuring Florent Schmitt’s works for violin and piano to be released by NAXOS this month (May 2015), May 3, 2015

Musicians Beata Halska and Claudio Chaiquin talk about researching and recording French composer Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano, December 6, 2015

Quatre poèmes de Ronsard, Op. 100

Pianist Edward Rushton talks about exploring Florent Schmitt’s repertoire of vocal music and preparing it for performance and recording, June 1, 2020

Florent Schmitt looks to the France of antiquity: Quatre poèmes de Ronsard (1941), July 5, 2020

Quintet for Piano & Strings, Op. 51

Florent Schmitt’s intense, monumental piano quintet (1908), March 31, 2013

Reflets d’Allemagne, Op. 28

Duo-pianists Kasparov and Lutsyshyn talk about their new Florent Schmitt recording project, February 5, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Florent Schmitt goes to Germany: Reflets d’Allemagne (1902-05), January 10, 2016

French pianist Bruno Belthoise talks about keeping Florent Schmitt’s Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912) part of his performing repertoire over the years, December 10, 2017

Florent Schmitt with fellow composer Louis Aubert (1877-1968), photographed at the ORTF studios in Paris in the early 1950s.

La Retardée, Op. 90

Florent Schmitt and the piano collection à l’Exposition: Musical vignettes of the Paris Exposition of 1937 (La Retardée), March 2, 2021

Rêves, Op. 65

Hallucinatory atmospherics: Florent Schmitt’s Rêves (1915), August 3, 2014

Orchestra conductor Roberto Beltrán-Zavala talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and Rêves (1915), March 14, 2016

French Conductor Fabien Gabel talks about Rêves (1915), other compositions of Florent Schmitt, and the future of French music in the concert hall, June 10, 2016

Six important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2016/17 concert season by orchestras in Asheville, Berlin, Berne, Bordeaux, Liege, London, Mtez, Neuss-amRhein, Paris, Philadelphia, Quebec, Seoul, Spokane, Stockholm and Tokyo, July 13, 2016

Eight important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in the upcoming 2021-22 concert season by orchestras in Detroit, Hamburg, Kyoto, Malmö, Osnabrück, Paris, Saratoga Springs and Tokyo, June 1, 2021

Rhapsodie parisienne

World premiere recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music for piano duet and duo, June 17, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Ritournelle, Op. 2 bis

Pianist Biljana Urban talks her new recording featuring world premiere renditions of works by Florent Schmitt, September 13, 2021

Florent Schmitt, photographed in 1928 with Arthur Hoérée (1897-1986), the Brussels-born actor and film music composer.

Ronde burlesque, Op. 78

Dancing demons and underwater airplanes: Florent Schmitt’s phantasmagorical Ronde burlesque (1927), August 11, 2015

Members of the Orchestre Symphonique de Québec talk about Florent Schmitt’s Ronde burlesque (1927) and explore the “secret sauce” of the composer’s orchestral writing, May 27, 2017

French conductor Fabien Gabel talks about Florent Schmitt’s Ronde burlesque (1927) … and why he champions the music of this composer around the world, June 1, 2017

Salammbô — Suites #1, 2 & 3, Op. 76

One heck of a film score: Florent Schmitt’s Salammbô (1925), October 21, 2012

Film music specialist Doug Adams talks about Florent Schmitt’s Salammbô (1925) and other music scores from the silent film era, June 12, 2014

Something borrowed, something new: Exploring the recurring musical themes and passages in Florent Schmitt’s catalogue of works, August 1, 2021

Scènes de la vie moyenne, Op. 124

Scènes de la vie moyenne (1950): Florent Schmitt’s late-career work for orchestra, September 1, 2021

Scherzo-Pastorale, Op. 17

Florent Schmitt and the flute, January 10, 2014

Florent Schmitt French composer 1953 photo

Florent Schmitt, photographed in 1953 at the age of 83. (Photo: Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet)

Scherzo vif, Op. 59

World-premiere recording featuring Florent Schmitt’s works for violin and piano to be released by NAXOS this month (May 2015), May 3, 2015

Musicians Beata Halska and Claudio Chaiquin talk about researching and recording French composer Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano, December 6, 2015

Sélamlik, Op. 48, No. 1

Beyond Dionysiaques: Florent Schmitt’s other works for concert band, April 30, 2013

Small Gestures, Op. 92

Simplicity, elegance and wit: Florent Schmitt’s piano suite Small Gestures (1940), July 8, 2019

Florent Schmitt catalogue cover 1922 Durand

The cover page to a catalogue featuring Florent Schmitt’s compositions. Published by Durand in 1922, the catalogue had a print run of 6,000 copies.

Soir sur le lac, Op. 9

Soirs, Op. 5

Florent Schmitt’s Best-Known Early Composition: Soirs (1890-96), June 5, 2015

Florent Schmitt Marguerite Long Georges Tzipine February 1953

Florent Schmitt pictured with pianist Marguerite Long and conductor Georges Tzipine at an event marking the release of the premiere recording of Schmitt’s Psaume XLVII. (Paris, February 1953 … photo courtesy of Emmanuel Jourquin-Bourgeois)

Une Semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil, Op. 58

French pianist Bruno Belthoise talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912), August 10, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Forgotten Records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

French pianist Bruno Belthoise talks about keeping Florent Schmitt’s Une semaine du petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil (1912) part of his performing repertoire over the years, December 10, 2017

Sept pièces, Op. 15

World premiere recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music for piano duet and duo, June 17, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Florent Schmitt Precurseur et contestataire Emmanuel Bondeville 1970

A paper about Florent Schmitt, presented in 1970 by the French composer Emmanuel Bondeville to the Académie des Beaux-Arts. This copy is inscribed by Bondeville to Gérard Boireau, director of the Grand Théatre de Bordeaux.

Sextet for Clarinets, Op. 128

Winsome winds: Florent Schmitt’s Clarinet Sextet (1953), October 17, 2014

Six Chœurs, Op. 81

Originality, eclecticism … and female voices: Florent Schmitt’s Six Chœurs (1931), January 17, 2014

Sonate libre en deux parties enchaînées, Op. 68

Pure music masterpiece: Florent Schmitt’s Sonate libre for violin and piano (1918-19), March 16, 2014

Forgotten Records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

American violinist John McLaughlin Williams talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and the Sonate libre (1918/19), September 16, 2014

World-premiere recording featuring Florent Schmitt’s works for violin and piano to be released by NAXOS this month (May 2015), May 3, 2015

Musicians Beata Halska and Claudio Chaiquin talk about researching and recording French composer Florent Schmitt’s music for violin and piano, December 6, 2015

Pianist Alain Lefèvre reminisces about working with the great French violinist Christian Ferras, and together preparing Florent Schmitt’s Sonate libre (1918-19) for tour, November 1, 2018

Florent Schmitt at his home in St. Cloud

Florent Schmitt, standing outside his home in St-Cloud. (1937 photograph by Boris Lipnitzki / Roger-Viollet)

Sonatine en trio, Op. 85

The intimate Florent Schmitt: Suite en rocaille (1934) and Sonatine en trio (1935), October 28, 2012

Spanish flautist Roberto Casado talks about Florent Schmitt’s Sonatine en trio and Suite en rocaille – and their place in French Impressionistic music, January 20, 2014

Timpani Records announces its newest Florent Schmitt recording project, featuring a half-century of compositions for wind instruments performed by the Initium Ensemble, March 23, 2016

Members of the Mélomanie chamber ensemble talk about the music of Florent Schmitt and preparing his Sonatine en trio (1935) for performance, April 15, 2017

Suite en rocaille, Op. 84

The intimate Florent Schmitt: Suite en rocaille (1934) and Sonatine en trio (1935), October 28, 2012

Spanish flautist Roberto Casado talks about Florent Schmitt’s Sonatine en trio and Suite en rocaille – and their place in French Impressionistic music, January 20, 2014

Timpani Records announces its newest Florent Schmitt recording project, featuring a half-century of compositions for wind instruments performed by the Initium Ensemble, March 23, 2016

Florent Schmitt (r.) with the Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist and conductor László Lajtha (1892-1963).

Suite en trois parties for Trumpet, Op. 133

Voluptuous colors: Florent Schmitt’s Suite for Trumpet (1955), February 2, 2014

International trumpet soloist and pedagogue Reinhold Friedrich talks about the release of his new recording L’Amour française – ten French compositions including the Suite en trois parties by Florent Schmitt (1955), March 1, 2017

Håkan Hardenberger and Fabien Gabel talk about making their new orchestral recording featuring twentieth century French trumpet concertante works, including Florent Schmitt’s Suite en trois parties (1955), September 20, 2021

Suite for Flute, Op. 129

World premiere recording of Florent Schmitt’s Suite for Flute & Orchestra, dedicated to the great Jean-Pierre Rampal (1954), September 9, 2012

Florent Schmitt and the flute, January 10, 2014

Timpani Records announces its newest Florent Schmitt recording project, featuring a half-century of compositions for wind instruments performed by the Initium Ensemble, March 23, 2016

Suite sans esprit de suite, Op. 89

Spirit of the dance: Florent Schmitt’s Suite sans esprit de suite (1937-38), January 15, 2015

Sur cinq notes, Op. 34

Duo-pianists Kasparov and Lutsyshyn talk about their new Florent Schmitt recording project, February 5, 2013

World premiere recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music for piano duet and duo, June 17, 2013

The Invencia Piano Duo completes its Florent Schmitt series on the NAXOS Grand Piano Label, October 13, 2013

Symphonie Concertante for Piano & Orchestra, Op. 82

Symphonie Concertante: When Florent Schmitt came to America (1932), October 18, 2012

Symphony No. 2, Op. 137

Florent Schmitt’s valedictory composition: Symphony No. 2 (1957), September 30, 2012

Forgotten Records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

The composer and the impresario: Florent Schmitt and Felix Aprahamian, July 28, 2014

Musicologist and Author Nicolas Southon talks about his new book profiling orchestral works by 16 Francophone composers including Florent Schmitt, September 22, 2016

Arts critic Steven Kruger talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and its place in France’s “Golden Age” of classical music, September 4, 2017

Experiencing Florent Schmitt’s Symphony No. 2 (1957) in concert: An eyewitness report from London, November 1, 2017

A Tour d’anches, Op. 97

Delightful discourses: Florent Schmitt’s A tour d’anches for Oboe, Clarinet, Bassoon and Piano (1939-45), November 10, 2014

Timpani Records announces its newest Florent Schmitt recording project, featuring a half-century of compositions for wind instruments performed by the Initium Ensemble, March 23, 2016

Florent Schmitt and Igor Stravinsky (1957 photo)

Florent Schmitt (age 87) (l.) with Igor Stravinsky (age 75), Henri Dutilleux (back to camera) and Vera de Bosset Sudeikin Stravinsky at a social gathering at the American Embassy in Paris (1957).

La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50

Conductor Yan-Pascal Tortelier talks about his Chandos Florent Schmitt recording of Psaume XLVII, La Tragédie de Salomé and Le Palais hanté, September 11, 2012

La Tragédie de Salomé: Florent Schmitt’s sinuous temptress, seducing audiences for 100 years, September 14, 2012

Conductors JoAnn Falletta and Jorge Mester talk about the music of Florent Schmitt, January 3, 2013

Available online: Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé, performed live by Alain Altinoglu and l’Orchestre de Paris (2012), March 14, 2013

The Mariinsky Ballet revives Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé, March 20, 2013

Youthful exuberance: Lionel Bringuier’s thrilling performance of Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé (Stockholm, 2009), May 5, 2013

La Tragédie de Salomé: Florent Schmitt’s most famous composition … 15 commercial recordings and counting, September 7, 2013

Forgotten records: Resurrecting noteworthy commercial and broadcast recordings of Florent Schmitt’s music from the LP era, May 1, 2014

Four important compositions of Florent Schmitt to be featured in concert in 2015 by orchestras in Berlin, Buffalo and Cleveland, September 18, 2014

French pianist Vincent Larderet talks about performing and recording the music of Florent Schmitt, December 10, 2014

Florent Schmitt and Igor Stravinsky: A consequential musical relationship, February 8, 2015

Musicians of The Cleveland Orchestra talk about the music of Florent Schmitt and La Tragédie de Salomé, April 20, 2015

Passionate advocate: French conductor Lionel Bringuier talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and La Tragédie de Salomé, April 25, 2015

Made for the stage: The incredible life and career of dancer and dramatic actress Ida Rubinstein … and her 20-year collaboration with French composer Florent Schmitt, September 8, 2015

A Rare Live Interview with French Composer Florent Schmitt (1956), January 18, 2016

Musicologist Megan Varvir Coe talks about the Symbolist roots of Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10), July 5, 2017

Arts critic Steven Kruger talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and its place in France’s “Golden Age” of classical music, September 4, 2017

Florent Schmitt Robert Blot Paris Opera 1954

Florent Schmitt confers with Robert Blot, conductor of the musical forces in the Paris Opéra Ballet’s revival of La Tragédie de Salomé in December 1954.

Music critics at France-Musique evaluate current recordings of Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10), November 15, 2017

Music critic Rob Barnett talks about the music of Florent Schmitt and its growing presence on recordings, December 1, 2017

Paul Paray: The conductor who popularized Florent Schmitt’s ballet La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10) for half a century, May 18, 2018

Musicologist and conductor César Leal talks about the impresario Gabriel Astruc and his consequential role in Parisian musical and artistic life in the early 1900s, October 8, 2019

Late bloomer? Florent Schmitt’s La Tragédie de Salomé (1907/10) is now making a splash with regional orchestras and student ensembles, November 17, 2019

Just released: A new recording of four Florent Schmitt orchestral works with JoAnn Falletta and the Buffalo Philharmonic Orchestra, November 12, 2020

In a concert season upended by COVID-19, Florent Schmitt’s original scoring of La Tragédie de Salomé (1907) gets its moment in the sun at last, February 1, 2021

JoAnn Falletta’s Buffalo Philharmonic recording of Florent Schmitt’s orchestral music wins the prestigious Diapason d’Or, March 4, 2021

Tristesse au jardin, Op. 52

Trio for Strings, Op. 105

Fascinating, complex sonorities: Florent Schmitt’s String Trio (1944), January 16, 2018

Just Announced: Prisma String Trio to make a new recording of Florent Schmitt’s extraordinary Trio a cordes (1944), June 8, 2020