E. Robert Schmitz

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Elie Robert Schmitz (born February 8, 1889, died September 5, 1949) was a Franco-American pianist and composer. He studied 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.

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• The Schmitz Collection at Yale University [1]
• Wiecki, Ronald V. “A chronicle of Pro Musica in the United States (1920-1944): with a biographical sketch of its founder, E. Robert Schmitz.” Ph.D. diss., University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992.