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In Ancient Rome, declamation was a genre of ancient rhetoric and a mainstay of the Roman higher education system. It was separated into two component subgenres, the controversia, speeches of defense or prosecution in fictitious court cases, and the suasoria, in which the speaker advised a historical or legendary figure as to a course of action.
Paris, France. Occupations. Music teacher. Conductor. Composer. Juliette Nadia Boulanger (French: [ʒyljɛt nadja bulɑ̃ʒe] ⓘ; 16 September 1887 – 22 October 1979) was a French music teacher, conductor and composer. She taught many of the leading composers and musicians of the 20th century, and also performed occasionally as a pianist and ...
The Conservatoire de Paris (French: [kɔ̃sɛʁvatwaʁ də paʁi]), also known as the Paris Conservatory, is a college of music and dance founded in 1795.Officially known as the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique et de Danse de Paris (CNSMDP), it is situated in the avenue Jean Jaurès in the 19th arrondissement of Paris, France.
Eugène Louis-Marie Jancourt (15 December 1815 – 29 January 1901) was a French bassoonist, composer, and pedagogue. A virtuoso bassoonist and teacher at the Paris Conservatoire, Jancourt is mostly known for his method books and the system innovations he made to the “Buffet” style bassoon. He, along with his contemporary and fellow ...
France entered a political crisis after the 2024 French legislative election organized by the French president Emmanuel Macron in June 2024. The results placed the left-wing coalition New Popular Front (NFP) in first place (193 MPs) above the presidential party, Renaissance (RE) (166 MPs), in second place, and the far-right party National Rally (RN) (142 MPs) in third place.
2002 : baroque declamation of Sermon sur la mort by Jacques-Bénigne Bossuet at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont. 2003 : Présences: Essai sur la nature du cinéma (spoken word) 2007 : baroque declamation of Charles Perrault, six tales from Contes de ma mère l'Oye, Alpha 922.
Born Constant-Victor-Désiré Pierre in Passy, near Paris, he entered the Conservatoire de Paris in 1878 and studied bassoon, winning certificates of merit in 1880 (second) and 1881 (first). From 1878 to 1879 he played with the orchestras of the Folies Bergère, the Skating-Théâtre, and the Théâtre-Lyrique (at the Ventadour and the Gaîté ).
In the comprehensive Histoire de France contemporaine in twelve volumes, directed by Ernest Lavisse, known as the "teacher of the Republic", whose works significantly influenced the development of the national narrative, [108] the day of September 4 is mentioned in a brief paragraph of eighteen lines, with only five providing a summary of the ...