“The true face of Florent Schmitt”: Music scholar and author Émile Vuillermoz describes a composer he knew for more than 60 years.

May 8, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Academie Charles Cros, Antoine Taudou, Bernard Gavoty, Besancon International Conducting Competition, Cannes Film Festival, Carina Ari, Chevarliers du Tastevin, Cinephonies, Colette, Emile Vuillermoz, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, Georges d'Espagnat, Grand Prix du Disque, Henry Gauthier-Villars, Jeunesses Musicales de France, JoAnn Falletta, Les Apaches, Madeleine Marceron, Ravel, Rene Jeanne, Schmitt, Serge Baudo, Societe musicale independante, Szymanowski, Venice International Film Festival, Yves Hucher | 1 Comment

When Florent Schmitt died in August 1958 at the age of nearly 88 years, his fellow composer Henri Dutilleux penned this memorable epitaph: “Florent Schmitt was the last of that great family to which Ravel, Dukas, and Roussel belonged. He remains one of them who, by a happy assimilation of German and Central European influences, […]

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

March 6, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Beaumarchais, Bernard Gavoty, Fabien Gabel, Florent Schmitt, Henri Dutilleux, Jeunesses Musicales de France, Julien Cain, Louis Vierne, Madeleine-Pierre Querolle, Marcel Dupre, Pierre Rollat, Reynaldo Hahn, Saint-Louis des invalides, Schmitt, SIRO | 2 Comments

“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 (1957)

January 18, 2016 · by Phillip Nones | in Classical Music, Composers, French Composers | tagged Bernard Gavoty, Fabien Gabel, Faure, Florent Schmitt, Jeunesses Musicales de France, JM France, Nicolas Southon, Poulenc, Reirha Khalfoun-Mesloub, Schmitt, Stravinsky | Leave a comment

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 on February 20, 1957 when Schmitt was 86 years old. The interview was conducted at the Jeunesses Musicales de France by Bernard […]