Musical comrades: The friendship between Manuel de Falla and Florent Schmitt (1907-31).

September 1, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Composers | tagged Alhambra, Christopher Guy Collins, Florent Schmitt, G. Jean-Aubry, Homenajes, Isaac Albeniz, Javier Oviedo, La Vida Breve, Leonide Massine, Les Apaches, Manuel de Falla, Maria del Carmen de Falla, Michael Christoforidis, Pablo Picasso, Ravel, Ricardo Vines, SACEM, Salvador Viniegra, Schmitt, The Three-Cornered Hat, Wanda Landowska | 3 Comments

Throughout nearly all of Florent Schmitt’s long career as a composer, he was at the heart of artistic life in Paris. Not only was he well-acquainted with all the notable French composers, writers and painters of the day, he was quick to make friends with numerous composers from foreign lands who made the artistic pilgrimage […]