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Voiles is a musical composition for solo piano by French composer Claude Debussy that was composed in 1909. It is the second piece in Debussy's first book of préludes , published in 1910. The title may be translated as either veils or sails ; both meanings can be connected to the musical structure (see below).
Literature. v. t. e. Jacques Perret (September 8, 1901, Trappes, Yvelines – December 10, 1992, Paris) was a French writer best known for his novel Le Caporal Épinglé (1947), which tells the story of his captivity in Germany and of his escape attempts. This novel would later be adapted into a film by famous French director Jean Renoir in 1962.
3. Le vent dans la plaine: Animé (The Wind in the Plain) 3. La puerta del Vino: Mouvement de Habanera The title refers to one of the gates of the Alhambra in Granada (a city previously evoked in La soirée dans Grenade) 4. «Les sons et les parfums tournent dans l'air du soir»: Modéré ("The sounds and fragrances swirl through the evening ...
Le poids des êtres, short-story collection (1987) English translation "Lakshmi's Gift" by D.S. Blair in The Heinemann Book of African Women's Writing (1993) Rue la Poudrière, novel (1988) Le Voile de Draupadi, novel (1993) La fin des pierres et des âges, short-story collection (1993) L'Arbre-fouet, novel (1997) Moi, L'Interdite, novel (2000)
Vin jaune (French for "yellow wine") is a special and characteristic type of white wine made in the Jura region in eastern France. It is similar to dry fino Sherry and gets its character from being matured in a barrel under a film of yeast, known as the voile, on the wine's surface. Vin jaune shares many similarities with Sherry, including some ...
Originally formed under the Ancien Régime and re-established in 1934, [3] the Chevaliers du Tastevin are based at the 12th-century château of the Clos de Vougeot in the Côte d'Or region of Burgundy, France. With chapters worldwide, called Sous-Commanderies, in view of its Gallic heritage, the name and ceremonial titles are usually styled in ...
Giraudeau first appeared on film in Deux hommes dans la ville (1973), and his first film as director was in 1987, though he continued to work as an actor. As a writer, wrote the text of books of photography as well as publishing children's stories (Contes d'Humahuaca, 2002) and several novels.
The Voiles de Saint-Tropez is a regatta that takes place once a year in the gulf of Saint-Tropez, Var, France. Sailboats during the 2007 regatta.