“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, […]