“Courtly and polite, mixed with humor and sarcasm”: Florent Schmitt sits for an interview with Le Guide du concert magazine (1929).

February 14, 2023 · by Phillip Nones | in Composers, French Composers | tagged André Caplet, Andre Perchicot, Cesar Franck, Chabrier, Cyril Plante, Dukas, Faure, Florent Schmitt, Gedalge, Honegger, Lavignac, Le Guide du Concert, Madame de Saint-Marceaux, Nicolas Horvath, Paul Bigot, Pierre-Octave Ferroud, Prix de Rome, Schmitt, Schoenberg, Sebastien Damarey, Steven Kruger, Stravinsky, Triton Chamber Music Society | 2 Comments

Several months ago Sébastien Damarey, a faithful reader of the Florent Schmitt Website + Blog, sent me a very interesting historical artifact — an interview with Florent Schmitt that was published in the January 25, 1929 issue of the French arts magazine Le Guide du concert et des théâtres lyriques. What makes this article particularly […]