Franck, along with Saint-Saëns, must be considered the most important French musician in the second half of the nineteenth century. In this country concert halls have long been dominated by the hegemony of German-speaking composers, for a number of reasons. Berlioz, of course, is well known, but after that, a few...
Symphony in D Minor
Franck, along with Saint-Saëns, must be considered the most important French musician in the second half of the nineteenth century. In this country concert halls have long been dominated by the hegemony of German-speaking composers, for a number of reasons. Berlioz, of course, is well known, but after that, a few compositions by Franck, Saint-Saëns, and others, such as d’Indy, constitute the...