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Les achats comprennent une adhésion à l'essai gratuite au club de livres de l'éditeur, dans lequel vous pouvez choisir parmi plus d'un million d'ouvrages, sans frais. Le livre consiste d'articles Wikipedia sur : Dialogues Des Carmélites, La Voix Humaine, Les Mamelles de Tirésias, Sonate Pour Clarinette et Piano de Poulenc, Sonate Pour Hautbois et Piano, Les Biches, Concert Champêtre, Fiançailles Pour Rire. Non illustré. Mises à jour gratuites en ligne. Extrait : Dialogues des carmélites est un texte de Georges Bernanos qui a inspiré l'opéra en trois actes de Francis Poulenc. Le texte de Bernanos est lui-même inspiré de La Dernière à l'échafaud (Die letzte am Schafott) de Gertrud von Le Fort. L'opéra fut créé le 26 janvier 1957 à la Scala de Milan dans une version italienne de Flavio Testi. La première en version française eut lieu à l'Opéra de Paris, le 21 juin de la même année. L'action se situe à Paris et à Compiègne. Elle débute en avril 1789. Blanche de la Force annonce à son père son intention d'entrer au Carmel. La mère supérieure du couvent de Compiègne la reçoit et lui demande d'exposer les raisons qui la poussent à rejoindre cet ordre religieux. Devenue novice, Blanche va vivre les derniers jours de la congrégation mise à mal par la Révolution française. La troupe envahit le couvent, mais Blanche réussit à s'échapper. Les ordres religieux sont supprimés et les religieuses sont condamnées à mort. Elles montent à l'échafaud en chantant le Salve Regina. Après bien des hésitations, des doutes sur sa raison d'être, Blanche les rejoint. La nouvelle de Gertrud von Le Fort avait donné l'idée d'un scénario aux cinéastes Philippe Agostini et Raymond Leopold Bruckberger en 1947. Georges Bernanos en conçut les dialogues juste avant sa mort, mais le projet fut finalement abandonné. Jacques Hébertot décide néanmoins de porter à la scène le travail de Bernanos et crée les Dialogues des carmélites le 23 mai 1952 au théâtre Hébertot. ...http://booksllc.net/?l=fr ... Read more

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Written for the NMC Songbook, this homage to Francis Poulenc rejoices in the bitter sweet harmony that he used to relish. Of a romantic, wistful nature, the words are concocted by Berkeley and also have a slightly French, Apollinaire-like sensibility with a deliberate use of elliptical contradiction: 'I hear your silent voice' etc. An indulgent gem for any good soprano. ... Read more

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Includes: Mouvement Perpetuel No. 1, Presto from Suite In C, Impromptu No. 3, Francaise, Novelette No. 1 In C, and A Pied Promenade No. 1. ... Read more

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The revised edition (2000) contains the music as well as a historical and biographical introduction by Millan Sachania. ... Read more

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Poulenc Sonata Clarinet
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Chapters: Clarinet Sonata, List of Compositions by Francis Poulenc, Gloria, Organ Concerto in G Minor, Flute Sonata, Concert Champêtre, Stabat Mater, Oboe Sonata, Trois Novelettes, Cello Sonata, Sinfonietta, Piano Suite. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 41. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Francis Poulenc's Sonata for clarinet and piano dates from 1962 and is one of the last pieces he completed. The piece is dedicated to the memory of an old friend, the Swiss composer Arthur Honegger, who like Poulenc had belonged to the group of "Les Six." A typical performance takes about 13 minutes. The sonata is in three movements: 1. Allegro tristamente (Allegretto - Très calme - Tempo allegretto)2. Romanza (Très calme)3. Allegro con fuoco (Très animé)The structure differs somewhat from the fast-slow-fast pattern of a traditional sonata in that the first movement is itself split into three sections in the pattern fast-slow-fast. It bears the somewhat paradoxical subtitle "Allegro tristamente": accordingly, the piece is always in motion, but proceeds with a sense of grieving. After a brief fortissimo introduction consisting of angry spurts of figuration in the clarinet punctuated by piano chords, the piano quiets to a murmur. The clarinet's lines are built of a self-perpetuating series of arcs that leave a shape but not a tune in our ears. At one point the clarinet seems stuck in a motivic rut, sadly leaping up and down between octave B tones over a shifting harmonic background. As the movement ends, the lingering memory is a fuzzy one of melancholy gestures and moods. The second movement, "Romanza," is both clearer in its melodic makeup and more cathartic, perhaps, in its emotional expression. The clarinet melody is simple and somber throughout, but is elaborately embroidered in a few places, ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=656536 ... Read more

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Chapters: Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent, Francis Poulenc, Isadora Duncan, Philippe I, Duke of Orléans, Rudolf Nureyev, Pierre Seel, Reynaldo Hahn, Jean-Claude Brialy, Prince Edmond de Polignac, Jean-Baptiste Lully, Peter Wyngarde, Louis Joseph, Duke of Vendôme, Jean-Paul Gaultier, Chevalier D'eon, François Ozon, Chevalier de Lorraine, Nicolas de Gunzburg, Christine and Lea Papin, Julie D'aubigny, Thierry Paulin, François Sagat, Fabrice Emaer, Pierre Bergé, Marie France, Adolph de Meyer, Vincent Fourcade, Jean Marais, Marc Allégret, Denise Restout, Electrosexual, Marcel Carné, Emmanuel Moire, Pierre et Gilles, Louise Abbéma, Bella Darvi, Fernand Legros, Fabrice Neaud, Henri Sauguet, Marie Dorval, Laurent Ruquier, Céline Bara, Suzy Solidor, Nicole Stéphane, Alain-Philippe Malagnac D'argens de Villèle, Michel Teychenné, Daniel Emilfork, Daniel Defert, Sébastien Lifshitz, Joseph Doucé, Christian Bérard, Tender Forever, Suzanne Malherbe, Philippe Besson, Christian Marquand, Marie-Pier Ysser, Éric Jourdan, Michel Journiac. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 254. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Philippe de France, fils de France, Duke of Orléans (21 September 1640 9 June 1701) was the second surviving son of Louis XIII of France and Anne of Austria, and thus the younger brother of the future Louis XIV of France. As son of a king of France, he was a Fils de France and bore the surname de France. Philippe married twice. With his second wife, as Duke of Orléans, he founded the House of Orléans, a cadet branch of the House of Bourbon, and established its wealth, which was confiscated during the French Revolution of 1789. Philippe bore the title of Duke of Anjou before 1660, and that of Duke of Orléans when he was given the appanage of his uncle Gaston d'Orléans upon the latter's death. Ph...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=394583 ... Read more

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Chapters: Dialogues of the Carmelites, Les Mamelles de Tirésias, La Voix Humaine. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 20. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Les mamelles de Tirésias (1947)Dialogues of the Carmelites (1957)La voix humaine (1959) Dialogues of the Carmelites (in French, Dialogues des carmélites), is an opera in two acts by Francis Poulenc. In 1953, M. Valcarenghi approached Poulenc to commission a ballet for La Scala in Milan; when Poulenc found the proposed subject uninspiring, Valcarenghi suggested instead a screenplay by Georges Bernanos, based on the novella, Die Letzte am Schafott (The Last on the Scaffold), by Gertrud von Le Fort. Von Le Fort's story was based, in turn, on historical events which took place at a monastery of Carmelite nuns in Compiègne during the French Revolution (see Martyrs of Compiegne). Some sources credit Emmet Lavery as librettist or co-librettist, but others only say, "With the permission of Emmet Lavery." The libretto is unusually deep in its psychological study of the contrasting characters of Mère Marie de l'Incarnation and Blanche de la Force. Dialogues contributes to Poulenc's reputation as a composer especially of fine vocal music. The dialogues are largely set in recitative, with a melodic line that closely follows the text. The harmonies are lush, with the occasional wrenching twists that are characteristic of Poulenc's style. Poulenc's deep religious feelings are particularly evident in the gorgeous a cappella setting of Ave Maria in Act II, Scene II, and the Ave verum corpus in Act II, Scene IV. During the final tableau of the opera, which takes place in the Place de la Révolution, the distinct sound of the guillotine's descending blade is heard repeatedly over the orchestra and the singing of the nuns. The opera was first performe...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=1253275 ... Read more

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Richard Burton explores the fascinating world of early to mid-twentieth century artistic gay Paris and in particular the links between Poulenc's sexuality, his music and his relgious beliefs, with extensive reference to other artists in his circle, including Cocteau and Radiguet. ... Read more

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Latin/English. Cantata for chorus, soprano solo and orchestra (piano reduction). ... Read more

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Over 40 songs in one collection, all in the original keys only. Includes several complete song groupings. Contents: Airs ChantesCe Doux Petit VisageCinq Poèmes de Max JacobColloqueDeux Poèmes de G. ApollinaireDeux Poèmes de Louis AragonEpitapheFiancailles poure rireHuit Chansons PolonaisesHymneLa GrenouillereLe DisparuMain dominee par le coeurMetamorphosesMiroirs BrulantsParisianaPortraitPriez Pour PaixQuatre Poèmes de G.ApollinaireToreador SongTrois Poèmes de Louise Lalanne. ... Read more