Posts tagged France
Camille Pissarro
Pont Boieldieu in rainy weather, 1896.
A mill at Saint Laurent bridge
From Chalon-sur-Saône pittoresque et démoli (Chalon-sur-Saône, picturesque and demolished), written and illustrated by Jules Chevrier, Paris, 1883.
(Source: archive.org)
THE HEROINE OF FRANCE
They love you and will never forget you,
Beautiful heroine!
You have saved France,
O shepherd’s daughter!
But—who else could have done such glorious things?You vanquished the English barbarians;
You have the admiration of all of France.
Your blond hair hangs about your knees;
It is so beautiful.
You are so well-loved
That even the Archangel Michael came to see you.
The famous think only on you,
And the wicked forget themselves.
Translation of a French-language poem written by Tchaikovsky, age seven, after reading about Joan of Arc in Masson’s Les Enfants célèbres. Thirty years later he would compose the opera The Maid of Orleans based on Schiller’s account of her victories.
In this photograph from 1906:
Pablo Casals, cellist, composer, & Mme Casals (far left)
Léon Blum, French socialist, future prime minister (third from left)
Alfred Cortot, pianist (third from right)
Jacques Thibaud, violinist (far right)
(Archives d’histoire contemporaine, Centre d’histoire de Sciences Po)
Paul Gauguin - La rue Jouvenet à Rouen, 1884
Camille Corot - Ville d’Avray (1867)
Cloister of the convent of the celestines, in Paris.
From Antiquités nationales vol. 1, by Aubin Louis Millin, Paris, 1790.
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Marin Marais
Sarabande à 2 violes (Livre I)
Josh Cheatham, viola da gamba
Julien Léonard, viola da gamba
Skip Sempé, harpsichord
French aviator and author, Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was born June 29, 1900. He was shot down by the Germans in 1944 and killed. His fine novella The Little Prince is still widely read, as are some of his lyrical non-fiction books about flying…
“It is only with the heart that one can see rightly; what is essential is invisible to the eye.”
“Waiting for the lunch crowd.” Restaurant in Orange, France. Photo by sooboy.
40 plays
François Poulenc - Suite française, Op. 80
V. Bransle de Champagne
Michael Murray, organ; Empire Brass et al.
François Poulenc and Jean Cocteau.
J. J. Quantz - Concerto No. 292 in B-flat major
Marc Zuili, flute; Martin Barral Orch.
Filmed at Chateau de Champs-sur-Marne
Sarlat, Aquitaine, France (by Ela2007)
