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In the spotlight
On that day 17 May
Works
Uthal
“On 17 May 1806, the Opéra-Comique gave the first performance of a curious opera by Méhul, Uthal, uniquely Romantic in flavour, on a libretto inspired by Ossian.” Lionel de La Laurencie was not wrong ...
Persons
Henri BLAZE DE BURY
Homme de lettres. Fils de Castil-Blaze. Utilise le pseudonyme "F. de Lagenevais" pour signer ses articles dans la Revue des deux mondes.
Persons
Erik SATIE
Artiste insaisissable, mystique flirtant avec la folie, créateur iconoclaste, Erik Satie laisse derrière lui une œuvre fascinante et une légende intense. Issu de la petite bourgeoisie d’Honfleur, il e...
Persons
Fernande de LYSLE
Femme de lettres. Geneviève Aimée Vandertaelen, épouse du Perré de Lisle, dite Fernande de Lysle.
Persons
Jean CHANTAVOINE
Musicologue e critique musical. A collaboré à La Revue hebdomadaire et à Excelsior. Fils d'Henri Chantavoine (1850-1918).
Focus
The "ode-symphonie"
Although the “ode-symphonie” is little known today, it was one of the many expressions of Romanticism in music, and much in vogue after 1850.
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