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Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux was born Lucie Frederica Marguerite Jourdain on 9 May 1850 in Louviers, into a prominent family of drapers. [1] Her father was Frédéric-Joseph Jourdain. [ 2 ] She was the half-sister of the painter Roger Joseph Jourdain .
During World War I, the Opéra de Paris director Jacques Rouché asked Colette, whom he met at one of Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux's salons, to provide the text for a fairy ballet. Colette originally wrote the story under the title Divertissements pour ma fille. After Colette chose Ravel to set the text to music, a copy was sent to him in 1916 ...
In 1892, he married Marguerite Jourdain Baugnies and adopted her three children from her prior marriage. [2] Saint-Marceaux was also a medallist, and a collector of Ancient Greek coins. In 1907 he was commissioned to execute the plaquette for the Société française des Amis de la Médaille. [3]
She also wrote plays and a novel. Her musical compositions were performed by Paul Dukas, Maurice Ravel, and Gabriel Fauré frequently at the Salon of Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux, where she and her husband were regulars (he starting in 1908, she in 1913). [1] After the first World War, Charlotte Sohy's pieces were performed less often. [3]
Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux; Constance de Salm; George Sand; Agathe-Sophie Sasserno; Pauline Savari; France Darget Savarit; Anaïs Ségalas; Countess of Ségur; Virginie de Senancour; Louisa Siefert; Valérie Simonin; Renée Suzanne de Soucy; Gabrielle Soumet; Adelaide Filleul, Marquise de Souza-Botelho; Germaine de Staël; Amélie Suard
Simple English; Slovenčina; Slovenščina; ... René de Saint-Marceaux; Marguerite de Saint-Marceaux; T. Marie Jeanne de Talleyrand-Périgord; V. Septimanie d'Egmont;
An abridged version of the book was read by Robert Glenister on BBC Radio 4 as Book of the Week between Monday 10 and Friday 14 January 2005. [5]The Last Duel, a drama documentary based on the book and including comments by Jager, was broadcast by BBC Four as part of a medieval-themed season on 24 April 2008.
Robin swims the chilly river, hobbles through enemy lines with his crutches, disguised as a simple-minded young shepherd, and alerts Go-in-the-Wynd, who at the time was staying with his elderly mother. John sends word to de Lindsay's cousin Sir Hugh, whose forces have the element of surprise and a blanket of fog to defeat the Welsh invaders.