Songs
Montparnasse
FP 127
Montparnasse
Ô porte de l'hôtel avec deux plantes vertesVertes qui jamaisNe porteront de fleursOù sont mes fruits? Où me planté-je?Ô porte de l'hôtel un ange est devant toiDistribuant des prospectusOn n'a jamais si bien défendu la vertuDonnez-moi pour toujours une chambre à la semaineAnge barbu vous êtes en réalitéUn poète lyrique d'AllemagneQui voulez connaître ParisVous connaissez de son pavéCes raies sur lesquelles il ne faut pas que l'on marcheEt vous rêvezD'aller passer votre Dimanche à GarchesIl fait un peu lourd et vos cheveux sont longsÔ bon petit poète un peu bête et trop blondVos yeux ressemblent tant à ces deux grands ballonsQui s'en vont dans l'air purÀ l'aventure
Montparnasse
O hotel door with two green plantsGreenery which neverShall bear any flowersWhere are my fruits Where did I plant myselfO hotel door an angel stands before youDistributing leafletsVirtue has never been so well defendedGive me for ever a room by the weekBearded angel you are in realityA lyric poet from GermanyWho wants to get to know ParisYou know its pavements’Cracks where you must not step And you dreamOf spending your Sunday at GarchesIt is somewhat sultry and your hair is longO good little poet rather stupid and too blondYour eyes so resemble those two big balloonsWhich float away in the pure airRandomly
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Composer
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (F7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodies, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music.
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Poet
Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish-Belarusian descent.
Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism. He is credited with coining the term "cubism" in 1911 to describe the emerging art movement and the term "surrealism" in 1917 to describe the works of Erik Satie. The term Orphism (1912) is also his. Apollinaire wrote one of the earliest Surrealist literary works, the play The Breasts of Tiresias (1917), which became the basis for the 1947 opera Les mamelles de Tirésias.
Apollinaire was active as a journalist and art critic for Le Matin, L'Intransigeant, L'Esprit nouveau, Mercure de France, and Paris Journal. In 1912 Apollinaire cofounded Les Soirées de Paris, an artistic and literary magazine.
Two years after being wounded in World War I, Apollinaire died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918; he was 38.
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- 11 Oct 2021: 23. French Connections
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Montparnasse
Montparnasse
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Composer
Francis Jean Marcel Poulenc (F7 January 1899 – 30 January 1963) was a French composer and pianist. His compositions include mélodies, solo piano works, chamber music, choral pieces, operas, ballets, and orchestral concert music.
Read the full Wikipedia article here.
See Full Entry
Poet
Guillaume Apollinaire (26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish-Belarusian descent.
Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism. He is credited with coining the term "cubism" in 1911 to describe the emerging art movement and the term "surrealism" in 1917 to describe the works of Erik Satie. The term Orphism (1912) is also his. Apollinaire wrote one of the earliest Surrealist literary works, the play The Breasts of Tiresias (1917), which became the basis for the 1947 opera Les mamelles de Tirésias.
Apollinaire was active as a journalist and art critic for Le Matin, L'Intransigeant, L'Esprit nouveau, Mercure de France, and Paris Journal. In 1912 Apollinaire cofounded Les Soirées de Paris, an artistic and literary magazine.
Two years after being wounded in World War I, Apollinaire died in the Spanish flu pandemic of 1918; he was 38.
Taken from Wikipedia. Read more here.
Click here to read some of his poetry.
See Full Entry
Sorry, no further description available.
Previously performed at:
- 11 Oct 2021: 23. French Connections