Florent schmitt biography books

          Three short preludes for the advancing player from the noted French composer Florent Schmitt.

          A number of significant books devoted in whole or in part to the artistry Florent Schmitt have been published....

          FLORENT SCHMITT (1870 - 1958)

          The French composer Florent Schmitt belongs to the legion of composers from the first half of the 20th century whose music, while important in its day, has fallen into obscurity, and is not well represented on disc.

          It is easy to point the finger at the historical caution of commercial record companies, but Schmitt�s demise in popularity extends back well into his own lifetime, and has sociological and cultural roots. Like Strauss, Rachmaninoff, and so many others, he refused to shed the skin of his particular musical tradition, and suffered the aspersions of those who felt at the time that not joining the ranks of the avant-garde was worthy of contempt.

          Florent Schmitt is the most important French composer you've never heard of.

        1. Florent Schmitt is the most important French composer you've never heard of.
        2. Florent Schmitt was a French composer, pianist, and critic most well-known for his unique, individual compositional style and influential public critiques.
        3. A number of significant books devoted in whole or in part to the artistry Florent Schmitt have been published.
        4. Florent Schmitt was a French composer.
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          6. But Schmitt resists easy classification - a fact that he would have enjoyed immensely. He stoutly refused to acknowledge affinities between his music and other composers, saying that was the job of pedants and analysts. Although a traditionalist in many ways, he was hardly the reactionary that St