“This musician of immensity and altitudes”: French music journalist and writer Paul Locard takes the measure of Florent Schmitt at eighty years of age (1950).

Several months ago, I published an article about an 80th birthday tribute event honoring Florent Schmitt that was organized in 1950 by the town of St-Cloud, where the composer had lived for 40+ years. The festivities included a gala reception and concert featuring recent compositions created by Schmitt, presented by leading French classical musicians. Not […]