E. ROBERT SCHMITZ (PARIS, FRANCE,
FEBRUARY 8, 1889 – SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, SEPTEMBER 5, 1949)
He studied
with Louis-Joseph Diémer at the Conservatoire de Paris where he won First Prize
in Piano. He caught the attention of Camille Saint-Saëns and Vincent D’Indy
while directing the Association Musicale Moderne et Artistique (later renamed
L’Association de Concerts Schmitz), which gave the world premiere of Debussy’s
Première rhapsodie, Roussel’s Evocations, Le Flem’s Crépuscules d’amour, and
Milhaud’s Suite Symphonique. Schmitz lead the Association from 1912 until 1914.
Schmitz toured the United States in 1919, and the following year, founded the
Franco-American Music Society in New York. The Society incorporated as Pro
Musica in 1923. Schmitz published a system of piano study, The Capture of
Inspiration, in 1935. His book, The Piano works of Claude Debussy, a technical
analysis with commentary, was published after his death, in 1950. Among his
notable pupils was the composer Samuel Dolin.
TRACKLIST
Baigneuses au
soleil (Souvenir de Banyuls-sur-Mer) (Severac) Duo-Art 6581
Carnaval, Op.
9 Nos. 12 through 20 (Schumann) Duo-Art 6282
Carnaval, Op.
9 Nos. l – 11 (Schumann) Duo-Art 6264
Children’s
Corner (Debussy) Colliwog’s Cakewalk Duo-Art 66621
Estampes, No.
2 La soirée dans Grénade (Evening in Granada) (Debussy) Duo-Art 6215
Etude
‘Aeolian Harp’ Op. 25 No. 1 (Chopin) Duo-Art 69521H
Prélude à
L’Après-Midi d’un Faune (Afternoon of a Faun) (Debussy) Duo-Art 6532
Valse de
Concert, Op. 3 (Wieniawski) Duo-Art 6473
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