Albert Gleizes, Florent Schmitt, and the Chant de guerre (1914-15).

April 9, 2021 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Abbaye de Creteil, Alain Margoni, Albert Gleizes, Amedeo Modigliani, Anne Dangar, Beter Brooke, Carlos Salzedo, Chant de guerre, Charles Dalmores, Christopher Green, Cubism, Daniel Robbins, Ernest Renan, Fetes de la lumiere, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Astruc, Ida Rubinstein, Jean Cocteau, Jean Metzinger, Jules Roche, Juliette Roche, Leon Tonnelier, Lucie Deveyle, Michel Hachet, Moly-Sabata, Paris Expo, Schmitt | Leave a comment

The pioneering Cubist artist and the forward-looking composer — kindred spirits in their disdain for the “conventional” in the arts — are forever linked by an iconic painting. In 2012, the French postal service issued a stamp portraying a 1915 painting by the French Cubist artist, theoretician and philosopher Albert Gleizes titled Le Chant de […]