Is There Parnassian Music? (A Brief Look at the Six Pieces for Flute & Piano by Eduardo Calcaño)
Parnassianism was a French poetry movement that developed during the second half of the 19th century. It’s located chronologically after Romanticism and before Symbolism. Theophile Gautier, Leconte de Lisle and José María de Heredia were Parnassian poets; also, Stephane Mallarme and Charles Baudelaire wrote some Parnassian poetry before becoming Symbolists. Parnassians declared art for art’s …