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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

“Ibéria”(Spain) Book I, No. 2 El Puerto (The Harbor), Db (Albeniz) Ampico 64703

“Suite Bergamasque” – No. 2 Menuet, a (Debussy) Ampico 66003

“Suite Bergamasque” – No. l Prélude, F (Debussy) Ampico 65991

Arabesque No. 2, G (Debussy) Ampico 63503

Jeux d’eau (Playing Fountain) (Ravel) Ampico 69383

La Vie Brève (De Falla) Danse Espagnole No. 1 Ampico 67441

Prelude & Fugue Am BWV543 S.462 (Bach-Liszt) Ampico 65043

Préludes, Book I, No. 10 La cathédrale engloutie (Debussy) Ampico 68293

Suite – Pour le piano, No. 3 Toccata, c# (Debussy) Ampico 68661

Suite “Pour le piano”, No. 1 Prelude (Debussy) Ampico 63843