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Léoville L'Homme, the son of Pierre L'Homme and Eliza Denny, was of European, African and Indian descent. He grew up in Port Louis, in the waterfront area Les Salines, [2] and married Jeanne Eva Dupuy in Plaines Wilhems on 21 May 1885. [6] They had two sons, Maurice and France, and three daughters, Jeanne, Edith and Louise. [4]
"It Must Be Him" is a popular song with music written by Gilbert Bécaud, originally with French lyrics by Maurice Vidalin and recorded by Bécaud as "Seul Sur Son Étoile". [2] The English version recorded by Vikki Carr, with lyrics by Mack David, was a hit around the world, reaching No. 3 in the United States, No. 2 in the UK, and No. 1 in ...
Maurice Béjart. Maurice Béjart (French: [beʒaʁ]; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, tackling vast themes. [1] He was awarded Swiss citizenship posthumously.
Maurice Marie Émile Leblanc (/ ləˈblɑːn /; French: [ləblɑ̃]; 11 December 1864 [2] – 6 November 1941) was a French novelist and writer of short stories, known primarily as the creator of the fictional gentleman thief and detective Arsène Lupin, often described as a French counterpart to Arthur Conan Doyle 's creation Sherlock Holmes. [3]
de Sully memorial on Collégiale Saint-Ythier church in Sully-sur-Loire, France; Notre-Dame de Paris is depicted at the bishop's feet. Maurice de Sully (pronounced [mɔʁis də syli]; died 11 September 1196) was Bishop of Paris from 1160 until his retirement in 1196. He was responsible for the construction of the Cathedral of Notre-Dame.
Quatre poèmes hindous. The Quatre poèmes hindous ("Four Hindu poems") are a cycle of mélodies by the French composer Maurice Delage for soprano and chamber ensemble of two flutes, oboe, two clarinets, harp, and string quartet. Delage composed it in 1912 while he was visiting India. It is considered his first masterwork, and it remains the ...
Trois Chansons, M 69, is a composition by Maurice Ravel for a cappella choir, set to his own texts. Ravel began the composition in December 1914 in response to the outbreak of World War I, in which he hoped to be enlisted to fight for France. While he waited for months, he wrote text and music of the three songs in the tradition of 16th-century ...
Maurice Sixto. Maurice Alfrédo Sixto (May 23, 1919, Gonaïves, Haiti – May 12, 1984, Philadelphia, USA) was a pioneer of a Haitian oral literary genre known as Lodyans, and distributed his works widely through the audio technology of his time, including LP's and cassettes . [1][2] To this day Sixto remains the best known author in the genre.