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Émile Guimet: Les Palmiers (Alicante)

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Channel: PSearPianist · 2017 · Music

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Phillip Sear plays a folksong-like evocation of palm trees - the fifth number from 'Croquis Espagnols' (Spanish Sketches) by the French polymath Émile Guimet (1836-1918).
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Émile Guimet (1836-1918) was a well-known French industrialist, philanthropist, traveller and art-collector, remembered today by the Paris museum that bears his name, and holds items collected by him on his extensive travels, especially in the Far East.  Less well-known is that Guimet (whose mother was a musician) was a choral conductor and amateur composer, who (in 1894) wrote an opera based on the life of the Chinese emperor Tang Taizong.  The 'Croquis Espagnols' from 1863 predate his worldwide travels, but presumably reflect first-hand knowledge of the music of the places invoked.  They eschew the flamenco style so associated with Spanish music.  For more information on Guimet, see: http://bit.ly/2phHnwR (the French Wikipedia site).  The thumbnail shows beachside palm trees in Alicante, Spain.
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