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Adolphe Deslandres
Adolphe Édouard Marie Deslandres (22 January 1840 – 30 July 1911) was a French composer and organist. Life Born in the former village of , Adolphe Deslandres was the son of Laurent Deslandres, who was for a long time the Maître de chapelle and organist of . At the Conservatoire de Paris, he studied counterpoint and fugue with Aimé Leborne and pipe organ with François Benoist. In 1860, he won the Prix de Rome, Second Grand Prix de Rome with his cantata ''Ivan IV''. In 1862, he succeeded his father as organist of the Sainte-Marie church. He played on an organ of the Stoltz Frères company, and on a choir organ of the Joseph Merklin, Merklin firm. In addition to his extensive works of sacred music such as the ''Messe de Saint-André'', premiered at Notre Dame de Paris, and his ''Messe solennelle'', Deslandres composed several successful Opéra comique, opéras comiques. In 1872, his opera ''Dimanche et Lundi'' was premiered at the Théâtre national de l'Opéra-Comique, Opé ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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''Adolphe'' is a classic French novel by Benjamin Constant, first published in 1816. It tells the story of an alienated young man, Adolphe, who falls in love with an older woman, Ellénore, the Polish mistress of the Comte de P***. Their illicit relationship serves to social isolation, isolate them from their friends and from society at large. The book eschews all conventional descriptions of exteriors for the sake of detailed accounts of feelings and states of mind. Constant began the novel on 30 October 1806, and completed it some time before 1810. While still working on it he read drafts to individual acquaintances and to small audiences, and after its first publication in London and Paris in June 1816 it went through three further editions: in July 1816 (new preface), July 1824 in Paris (restorations to Ch. 8, third preface), and in 1828. Many variants appear, mostly alterations to Constant's somewhat archaic spelling and punctuation. Plot summary Adolphe, the narrator, i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
