Wednesday, April 5, 2023

April 5 - Albert Roussel (The Musical Birthday Series, 5th Annual Cycle)

Previous posts for April 5th may be found here: Louis Spohr (2019), Agnetha Fältskog (2020), Herbert von Karajan, and Sébastien Érard (2022)

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Albert Roussel (5 April 1869 – 23 August 1937) was a French composer.

 

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peripheral Figuring


For the general public, Roussel remains almost famous, his work just beyond the pool of repertory universally drawn from. – Bernard Holland, qtd. in Wikipedia


When he read the review, he exclaimed,

“I’m dejected, depressed, and ashamed,

And it feels like hell

To be Albert Roussel,

Who is ranked with the never-quite-famed.

 

 

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