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"Douce Dame Jolie", sometimes referred to only as 'Douce Dame', is a song from the 14th century, by the French composer Guillaume de Machaut. The song is a virelai , belonging to the style ars nova , and is one of the most often heard medieval tunes today.
Joé Dwèt Filé is a French-haitian [1] singer. He was involved in music from a very young age through his church. He later moved to sing with Afro-Caribbean influenced songs of mainly zouk and konpa songs.
Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre. Marie-Rose Astié de Valsayre (pen names, Jehan des Etrivières and la mère Marthe; 1846–1915) was a French violinist, feminist, nurse and writer, who is remembered for attempting to overturn legislation prohibiting women from wearing trousers and for a fencing duel she had with an American woman.
This is a list of characters from The Rose of Versailles, a shōjo manga created by Riyoko Ikeda which centers on the main character, Marie Antoinette, while the anime is about Oscar François de Jarjayes. Most of the characters are based on French historical personages. Main characters Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette (マリー・アントワネット, Marī Antowanetto) is the main ...
Le Rosier de Madame Husson. Le Rosier de Madame Husson is a novella by Guy de Maupassant, published in 1887. The hero is a young virtuous boy, the equivalent of a Rose Queen. The story was adapted by the English composer Benjamin Britten for his comic opera Albert Herring with a libretto by Eric Crozier who transposed it entirely to an English ...
Jolie has previously been candid about how she felt connected to Callas — whose life is known as somewhat tragic — and fully submerged herself in the world of opera to understand her character.
'Portrait of Marie-Françoise Rivière by Ingres, 1805, oval, 115.5 x 90.2 cm. Louvre, Paris. Portrait of Marie-Françoise Rivière (also known as Portrait of Madame Rivière, or la Femme au châle) is a c. 1805 oil-on-canvas painting by the French Neoclassical artist Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres.
La jolie parfumeuse (French pronunciation: [la ʒɔli paʁfymøz]) is an opéra comique in three acts of 1873 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Hector Crémieux and Ernest Blum .