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2023-09-25 13:47:06
Florent Schmitt, 2023
This Week in Classical Music: September 25, 2023. Florent Schmitt. We have to admit that we’re fascinated with the “bad boys” of music. They are invariably “boys,” as there are no “bad girls” in music historiography that we’re aware of. As for the male composers, there are plenty, Richard Wagner being the quintessential one. In the last couple of years, we’ve written about several of them, mostly the Germans in the 20th century, even though they are not the only ones: there were plenty of baddies in the Soviet bloc and, in a very different way, several Italians of the Renaissance. This week it’s Florent Schmitt’s turn, a French composer infamous for shouting “Vive Hitler!” during a concert. (Dmitri Shostakovich was also born this week, and, as talented as he was, he was no angel either, but we’ll return to Shostakovich another time). Schmitt was born on September 28th of […]
2023-09-25 13:38:55
Florent Schmitt - La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50New Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)Antonio de Almeida (Conductor)
2023-09-25 13:34:17
Florent Schmitt - La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50, part 2New Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)Antonio de Almeida (Conductor)
2023-09-25 13:26:12
Florent Schmitt - La Tragédie de Salomé, Op. 50, part 1New Philharmonia Orchestra (Orchestra)Antonio de Almeida (Conductor)
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