From clamorous outsider to consummate insider: Florent Schmitt’s consequential involvement with Parisian artistic organizations (Société des Apaches, Société musicale indépendante, Société nationale de musique, Association de musique contemporaine), 1902-1941.

September 18, 2022 · by Phillip Nones | in Chamber Music, Classical Music, Instrumental Music | tagged Alexis de Castillon, AMC, Anton Webern, Arnold Shoenberg, Association de musique contemporaine, Danieli Longo Benedetti, Eugeniusz Morawski, Florent Schmitt, Gabriel Faure, Henri Martelli, Jean Roger-Ducasse, Jules Ecorcheville, Lazare Saminsky, Les Apaches, Louis Aubert, Nadia Boulanger, Paul Dukas, Pelleas et Melisande, Romain Bussine, Romain Rolland, Saint-Saens, Schmitt, SMI, Societe des Apaches, Societie Musicale Independante, Society nationale de musique, Stravinsky, Vincent d'Indy | 4 Comments

The music world owes a debt of gratitude to two rival organizations that were at the center of the Parisian arts scene during France’s “Golden Age” of music. Well into the latter part of the nineteenth century, the symphonic tradition continued to be regarded as the near-exclusive domain of the Austro-German school of music. There […]