Henri Sauguet in Paris - 15 October, 1924
from Selected correspondence 1915-1963 / Francis Poulenc, page 74:
Last night I went to the Ravel Festival, given by the SMI [Société Musicale Independante], to hear Tzigane which is quite the most artifical thing Ravel has ever put his name to. It is poor - very unexciting indeed. The principles that motivate those pages are so out-of-date that I am astonished anyone can still believe in them. Wildly successful, of course, with the lorgnetted ladies and the portly gents. As a whole, the works that were played last night seemed very antiquated to me. Especially the Quartet. I understand more and more why Ravel has no time for … more >>
Francis Poulenc, and Sidney Buckland (ed.), Selected correspondence 1915-1963 / Francis Poulenc (:London, 1991), p. 74. https://led.kmi.open.ac.uk/entity/lexp/1482320794407 accessed: 4 March, 2025
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'Tzigane'
written by Maurice Ravel |
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| Date/Time | 15 October, 1924 |
| Medium | live |
| Listening Environment | in the company of others, indoors, in public |
Notes
Letter from Henri Sauguet to Francis Poulenc, Paris, 16 October 1924.