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 · by Phillip Nones | in Ballet, French Composers, Opera | tagged Artur Rubinstein, Ballets Russes, Diana Hallman, Erik Satie, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Astruc, Igor Stravinsky, Jerry Rife, L'Agence Radio, Le Chat noir, Le Sacre du Printemps, Mata Hari, Nouveau-Cirque, Pierre Monteux, Richard Strauss, Riot at the Rite, Serge Diaghilev, Sewanee Symphony Orchestra, Sunderman Conservatory of Music, Theatre des Champs-Elysees, Wanda Landowska | 1 Comment

Not long ago, I compiled a listing of published biographies, other books and dissertations that cover music and the arts in Paris during the time of Florent Schmitt’s career as a composer (roughly the 70-year period from 1890 to 1960). Among the many documents I discovered, one of the most interesting was one that focused […]