Henri Sauguet's music remains little known outside his native France and portions of Belgium. Even there a younger generation of listeners and practitioners only vaguely associate his name with the ballet Les Forains, the popular song Le Chemin des forains, and a handful of other minor masterworks. Yet, during his lifetime, impresarios, poets, stage directors, choreographers, and film directors eagerly sought his collaboration on important projects. "Henri Sauguet: A Bio-Bibliography" is the first English-language book to treat Sauguet not only as a composer, but as a music critic and...
Henri Sauguet's music remains little known outside his native France and portions of Belgium. Even there a younger generation of listeners and prac...