1906
San Francisco earthquake
Short digital story about the San Francisco earthquake of 1906
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La statue de la Liberté au Luxembourg
La Statue de la Liberté la plus représentée dans le monde et la plus symbolique est située sur l'île de Liberty Island au sud de Manhattan. Elle fut offerte par la France aux Etats-Unis pour commémorer le centenaire de l'indépendance américaine et en signe d'amitié entre les deux nations. Elle est due au sculpteur français Bartholdi et sa structure interne est l'oeuvre de l'ingénieur Gustave Eiffel. On compte plusieurs de ses répliques en France : A Paris, sur l'île des Cygnes, à Colmar, à St Cyr-sur-Mer, et bien sûr au Jardin du Luxembourg de Paris. En effet, à l'occasion de l'exposition universelle de 1900, le sculpteur français Frédéric Auguste BARTHOLDI (1834-1904), né à Colmar, a offert au Musée du Luxembourg le modèle en bronze qui lui servit en fait à réaliser la Statue de la Liberté de New York. Cette statue a été placée en 1906 dans le jardin du Luxembourg... Cette statue (symbole fort des Etats-Unis, au sein de ce jardin parisien, laisse clairement apparaître une sorte de décalage; mais nous rappelle aussi les origines de La Liberté Eclairant le Monde (autre nom de la statue).J'ai créé une ambiance sonore basée sur la notion de liberté se rapprochant de la culture américaine.Cette atmosphère bascule vers une autre, qui est clairement représentante de la culture française et même parisienne.Selon vous, de quelle nationalité est "mademoiselle liberté"? Laurie COSENZA
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Maurice Renaud - Selections from Damnation of Faust (Berlioz)
One more Maurice Renaud posting. This time singing two selections from Berlioz' Damnation of Faust: Voici Des Roses and Devant La Maison. Both recorded for G&T in 1906. This posting benefits from the fact that I used a circa 1950 HMV repressing which is in vastly superior sound compared to the original pressings. I know that there are run out grooves here which were missing on the originals but its obvious that they were grafted on. A spectacular pair of records. See my Renaud Wagner posting for pictures and more info.
Gerard Souzay: Abschied D.957 (Schubert's Schwanengesang)
Gerard Souzay: Abschied D.957 (Schubert's Schwanengesang) Gérard Souzay's public appearances began in 1945 with recitals and concerts, including a performance of Fauré's Requiem in a centenary tribute to the composer at the Royal Albert Hall in London. He rapidly established an international career as a recitalist, admired not only in French music but also for his command of the German repertoire, especially Schubert and Schumann. In recital, his first accompanist was Jacqueline Bonneau (who had been his contemporary at the Paris Conservatoire), but she was reluctant to travel and from 1954 onwards he formed a close partnership with the American pianist Dalton Baldwin which continued for the rest of his career. Souzay's exceptional linguistic gifts enabled him to sing convincingly in 13 different languages including Hebrew, Portuguese and Russian. In contemporary music he performed in Honegger's La danse des morts and in the world première of Stravinsky's Canticum sacrum. The composer Jacques Leguerney (1906-1997) wrote many songs for Souzay and for his sister. His operatic career began in 1947 in Cimarosa's Il matrimonio segreto at the Festival d'Aix-en-Provence, but it was not until the late 1950s that he extended his stage work - though even then it did not take precedence over his recitals. His roles included Monteverdi's Orfeo, Mozart's Don Giovanni and Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Lescaut in Massenet's Manon, and Méphistophélès in Berlioz's La damnation de Faust. One of his favorite and most successful roles was Golaud in Debussy's Pelléas et Mélisande. He did little operatic work after the 1960s, but continued his recital career, finally retiring from performance in the late 1980s. He spent the last years of his life giving master classes in the United States, Europe and Japan: he was an inspiring teacher, preferring to work on phrasing and the mood of a song rather than French diction. He was a keen abstract painter, and in 1983 he...
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