My student years in Paris
The Swiss composer Walter Furrer (1902-1978) was a student at the Ecole Normale de Musique in the 1920s. In an autobiographical text, he describes his career, the narrow understanding of music at the time and gives an insight into musical life in the French metropolis.
At the beginning of the seventies of the 20th century, the Swiss composer Walter Furrer wrote a piece entitled My student years in Paris a 13-page autobiographical text that was broadcast as a two-part series by Radio DRS, Studio Bern, in 1972 on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
In their November issue 2014 published the Swiss Music Newspaper from the last third of this essay, a few passages that show outstanding musical personalities.
The film authentically sheds light on Paris in the 1920s from the perspective of a student at the Ecole Normale de Musique at the time.
The complete text as pdf: My student years in Paris
Caption: In the fall of 1965, Walter Furrer (in front of the window, in profile) and Nadia Boulanger (2nd from left) meet again at Willi Gohl's house.
