tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983456639903939161.post7840135482822519941..comments2023-12-17T02:42:27.945-08:00Comments on The Virtual Astrolabe : Forgotten Composers, Part 4: Arnold BaxJoshua Grassohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18044499439462324420noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983456639903939161.post-70922572060973007312015-04-12T20:25:44.206-07:002015-04-12T20:25:44.206-07:00Thanks for the comment! I'm glad someone else...Thanks for the comment! I'm glad someone else out there knows and appreciates his music. Schmitt would be a great composer to cover, though sadly I only know a handful of his music--a brief piece for piano trio and his Salome music. I've listened to a great disc of his music recorded by Leif Segerstam, but I don't own it or know it enough to comment on. Where would you suggest I start my Schmitt education? Joshua Grassohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18044499439462324420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4983456639903939161.post-75763768176200123322015-04-12T07:17:05.464-07:002015-04-12T07:17:05.464-07:00This is a great profile of a wonderful composer. ...This is a great profile of a wonderful composer. Have you considered doing one on another great composer of the same era -- the Frenchman Florent Schmitt (1870-1958)? A contemporary of Debussy and Ravel who learned from one another, Schmitt outlived both of them by decades and his composing career lasted more than 70 years.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com