Organist and author Bernard Gavoty’s posthumous tribute to composer Florent Schmitt (1958).

“Florent Schmitt will not have left this earth without taking away, like a viaticum, the certainty of his genius.” — Bernard Gavoty At the time Florent Schmitt passed away on August 17, 1958 at the age of nearly 88 years, he was considered by many to be the doyen of French composers. One of the […]

A Rare Live Interview with French Composer Florent Schmitt at the Jeunesses Musicales de France (1956)

Cliquez ici pour écouter l’interview de Schmitt/Gavoty sur YouTube. For devotees of the Florent Schmitt Website + Blog, we are pleased to provide a link to a rare taped interview of the composer, done in 1956 when Schmitt was 86 years old. The interview was conducted at the Jeunesses Musicales de France by Bernard Gavoty, the […]