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Après moi, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ mwa lə delyʒ]; lit. ' After me, the flood ') is a French expression attributed to King Louis XV of France, or in the form "Après nous, le déluge" (pronounced [apʁɛ nu lə delyʒ]; lit. ' After us, the flood ') to Madame de Pompadour, his favourite. [1]
Cendres de lune is the first album by the French singer/songwriter Mylène Farmer, released on 1 April 1986.The album was preceded by the hit single "Libertine".The album was rereleased in 1987, preceded by the song "Tristana".
Trois mélodies is a set of mélodies for solo voice and piano, by Gabriel Fauré. It consists of "Après un rêve" (Op. 7, No. 1), one of Faure's most popular vocal pieces, "Hymne" (Op. 7, No. 2), and "Barcarolle" (Op. 7, No. 3). The songs were written between 1870 and 1877, and published in 1878. [ 1] They were not, however, originally ...
Stéphane Mallarmé as a faun, cover of the literary magazine Les hommes d'aujourd'hui, 1887. L'après-midi d'un faune (or " The Afternoon of a Faun ") is a poem by the French author Stéphane Mallarmé. It describes the sensual experiences of a faun who has just woken up from his afternoon sleep and discusses his encounters with several nymphs ...
Conductor. Gustave Doret. Performers. Georges Barrère (flute) Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune ( L. 86), known in English as Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun, is a symphonic poem for orchestra by Claude Debussy, approximately 10 minutes in duration. It was composed in 1894 and first performed in Paris on 22 December 1894, conducted by ...
The Afternoon of a Faun (French: L'Après-midi d'un faune) is a ballet choreographed by Vaslav Nijinsky for the Ballets Russes, and was first performed in the Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris on 29 May 1912. Nijinsky danced the main part himself. The ballet is set to Claude Debussy 's symphonic poem Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune.
Albert Gleizes (French pronunciation: [albɛʁ ɡlɛz]; 8 December 1881 – 23 June 1953) was a French artist, theoretician, philosopher, a self-proclaimed founder of Cubism and an influence on the School of Paris.
Two volumes of a catalogue of the remaining works were published by Erich Hermann Mueller von Asow (1892–1964) in 1959. After von Asow's death, Franz Trenner (d. 1993) and Alfons Ott (d. 1976) published the third volume, based on von Asow's notes; this catalogue lists 323 titles, including Strauss's literary writings.