Société nationale de musique française

Société nationale de musique française In 1871, partly as a nationalistic reaction to the humiliating defeat of the French by the Prussians, Romain Bussine and Camille Saint-Saëns (1835 – 1921) founded an organization to promote both the published and as yet unpublished music of French composers. »Ars gallica« was the motto. Composers associated with the Société nationale from its beginning were: Franck (1822 – 1890), d'Indy (1851 – 1931), Lalo (1823 – 1892), Massenet (1842 – 1912), Bizet (1838…