Le petit elfe Ferme-l’oeil: Florent Schmitt’s Children’s Ballet (1923)

July 1, 2013 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, Classical Music, Composers, French Composers, Piano Four-Hand Music, Piano Music | tagged André Caplet, Andre Helle, Aurelien Azan Zielinski, Ballet, Belthoise, Casadesus, Clarence Lucas, Classical Music, Composers, De'Ath, Deneve, Duffield, Florent Schmitt, Forgotten Records, French Composers, Hans Christian Andersen, Hiroshima Wind Ensemble, Igor Kipnis, Izumiko Aoyagi, JoAnn Falletta, Laird Waller, Le Petit Elfe, Maillols, Nones, Opera-Comique, Ravel, Schmitt, Tatsuya Shimono, Yuji Takahashi | 3 Comments

The popularity of large-scale works like Psalm XLVII, La Tragédie de Salomé and Dionysiaques would make one think that Florent Schmitt cared little for intimate subject matters as inspiration for his compositions. But the reality is different. While it’s true that the more grandiose and dramatic scores of the composer tend to be the ones […]