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Charpentier Brut
Charpentier () is the French word for "carpenter", and it is also a French surname; a variant spelling is Carpentier. In English, the equivalent word and name is "Carpenter"; in German, "Zimmermann"; in Dutch, " Timmerman". The origin of the name dates to 900–1000, when the Old French "Charpentier" derived from the Late Latin ''carpentarius artifex'' ("carpenter" or "wainwright"), equivalent to Latin ''carpent(um)'', meaning "two-wheeled carriage" (perhaps ultimately derived from Celtic—consider Old Irish ''carpad'', "chariot"), suffixed with ''arius'' ("-ary"); see ER2.Combined from several sources including: "Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary" 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books and "Concise Oxford Dictionary - 10th Edition by Oxford University Press. Persons with the surname Visual arts * Alexandre Charpentier (1856–1909), French sculptor * Constance Marie Charpentier (1767–1849), French painter * Elisa Beetz-Charpentier (1859-1949), French sculptor * Jean-Marie Ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carpenter (surname)
Carpenter is a surname. Its use as a forename or middle name is rare. Within the United States, it is ranked as the 231st-most common surname as of the 2010 Census. The English meaning of ''carpenter'' is from the occupation of one who makes wooden objects and structures by shaping wood.Combined from several sources including: ''Webster's New Universal Unabridged Dictionary'', 1996 by Barnes & Noble Books, and ''Concise Oxford Dictionary – 10th Edition'' by Oxford University Press. Origin Common use of the Carpenter surname in the English language is seen circa 1275–1325 in Middle English. Its use prior to this time as a surname has roots in the Anglo-Norman French introduced into England about the time of the Norman conquest of England of 1066. The earliest attested use as a surname in English is from 1121, though its use as a secondary name or description in the ''Domesday Book'' of 1086 might have precedence. In Old French, the surname was commonly written as "Carpentie ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marguerite Charpentier
Marguerite Charpentier (1 March 1848 – 30 November 1904) was a French salonist and art collector who was one of the earliest champions of the Impressionists, especially Pierre-Auguste Renoir. Biography She was born Marguerite Louise Lemonnier in Paris to Alexandre-Gabriel Lemonnier, the court jeweler, and Sophie Raymonde (née Duchâtenet). In 1871, she married the publisher Georges Charpentier and they had four children: Georgette, Marcel, Paul, and Jeanne. On Fridays from the mid 1870s to the early 1890s, Charpentier ran a political and literary salon at her house to which she invited writers, artists, musicians, actors, and politicians. Among those who attended were writers represented by her husband, including Gustave Flaubert, Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant, Théodore de Banville, Joris-Karl Huysmans, and Émile Zola. Artists who came ranged from traditional realists like Carolus-Duran and Jean-Jacques Henner to Impressionists such as Édouard Manet, Claude Monet, Ed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Augustin Charpentier
Augustin Charpentier (1852 – 4 August 1916) was a French physician. In 1891 he carried out the first experiment providing evidence of the size-weight illusion. He carried out a various number of procedures comparing what people thought was the heaviness of lifted weights. He realized that lifters thought that larger objects were lighter than smaller objects of the same mass. See also * Size–weight illusion External links * http://www.professeurs-medecine-nancy.fr/Charpentier_A.htm (in French) 19th-century French physicians 1852 births 1916 deaths {{France-med-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Domingue
Saint-Domingue () was a French colony in the western portion of the Caribbean island of Hispaniola, in the area of modern-day Haiti, from 1659 to 1804. The name derives from the Spanish main city in the island, Santo Domingo, which came to refer specifically to the Spanish-held Captaincy General of Santo Domingo, now the Dominican Republic. The borders between the two were fluid and changed over time until they were finally solidified in the Dominican War of Independence in 1844. The French had established themselves on the western portion of the islands of Hispaniola and Tortuga by 1659. In the Treaty of Ryswick of 1697, Spain formally recognized French control of Tortuga Island and the western third of the island of Hispaniola. In 1791, slaves and some Dominican Creoles took part in the Vodou ceremony Bois Caïman and planned the Haitian Revolution. The slave rebellion later allied with Republican French forces following the abolition of slavery in the colony in 1793, althoug ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léon Charpentier
Léon Hubert Charpentier (22 August 1859 – 12 May 1945) was a French politician who represented Ardennes in the French Senate from 1920 to 1930. Family His grandson Gilles Charpentier was Socialist Member of Parliament A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members of ... for Ardennes's 3rd constituency from 1981 to 1986. See also * List of senators of Ardennes References 1859 births 1945 deaths 20th-century French politicians Members of the 11th Chamber of Deputies of the French Third Republic Members of Parliament for Ardennes Senators of Ardennes (department) {{Ardennes-politician-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilles Charpentier
Gilles Albert Célestin Joël Charpentier (born 1 September 1927) is a French retired politician. He served as Socialist Member of Parliament for Ardennes's 3rd constituency from 1981 to 1986. His grandfather was Léon Charpentier Léon Hubert Charpentier (22 August 1859 – 12 May 1945) was a French politician who represented Ardennes in the French Senate from 1920 to 1930. Family His grandson Gilles Charpentier was Socialist Member of Parliament A member of parliam ..., a former senator. References Living people 1927 births Deputies of the 7th National Assembly of the French Fifth Republic 20th-century French politicians Members of Parliament for Ardennes Socialist Party (France) politicians Place of birth missing (living people) {{France-politician-Socialist-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Charpentier
Jacques Charpentier (born 18 October 1933 in Paris, France, died 15 June 2017 in Lézignan-Corbières) was a French composer and organist. He is unrelated to either of two other eminent French musicians with the same surname (Marc-Antoine Charpentier and Gustave Charpentier). Biography As a child he taught himself to play the piano. From 1950 to 1953 he worked with Jeanine Rueff, then left for India, acquainting himself with traditional Hindu music in Bombay and Calcutta. Charpentier stayed there for 18 months, a period that would prove decisive for his musical evolution. Upon returning to France in 1954, he studied composition with Tony Aubin and the philosophy of music with Olivier Messiaen at the Conservatoire de Paris. He joined the Jeunesses musicales de France in 1959, then was named principal inspector of music in 1966 and general inspector of music in 1975 at the Secrétariat d’État à la Culture. In 1974 the organ of Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet in Paris was named af ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Louise (opera)
''Louise'' is a “musical novel,” or “,” in four acts and five scenes by Gustave Charpentier. It can be considered an opera. The composer himself penned the French libretto with contributions from Saint-Pol-Roux, a symbolist poet and inspiration of the surrealists. It is an atmospheric story of working-class life in Paris, with the city itself invoked along the way: young Louise, a seamstress living with her parents, loves Julien, an artist; she desires freedom, associated in her mind with him and the city. (Charpentier would later write a sequel, the opera ''Julien'', describing the artist's aspirations.) Musically the work is ''verismo'', it marks the beginning of naturalism in French opera. Performance history ''Louise'' was premiered on 2 February 1900 at the Salle Favart by the Opéra-Comique conducted by André Messager in a production by Albert Carré. It was successful, reaching its 100th performance just over a year later; the 500th performance at the Opéra-Comiqu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gustave Charpentier
Gustave Charpentier (; 25 June 1860 – 18 February 1956) was a French composer, best known for his opera ''Louise''.Langham Smith R., "Gustave Charpentier", ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Life and career Charpentier was born in Dieuze, Moselle, the son of a baker, and with the assistance of a rich benefactor he studied violin at the conservatoire in Lille before entering the Paris Conservatoire in 1881. There he took lessons in composition under Jules Massenet (from 1885) and had a reputation of wanting to shock his professors. In 1887 he won the Prix de Rome for his cantata ''Didon''. During the time in Rome that the prize gave him, he wrote the orchestral suite ''Impressions d'Italie'' and began work on the libretto and music for what would become his best-known work, the opera ''Louise''. Charpentier returned to Paris, settling in Montmartre, and continued to compose, including songs on texts by Charles Baudelaire and Voltaire. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier
Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier (31 July 1766 – 7 September 1834) was a French organist and composer.. Biography Born in Lyon, Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier succeeded his father Jean-Jacques Beauvarlet Charpentier at the pipe organ of the Église Saint-Paul. After the French Revolution, he got the incumbent position at Saint-Germain-des-Prés, and in 1815, that of Saint-Eustache. In addition to vocal works on patriotic and sacred texts, he is also responsible for ''Pièces pour piano-forte'', ''Romances'', 6 ''Magnificat'', 2 ''Te Deum'', 6 ''Hymnes pour les principales fêtes de l'année'', 15 noëls, organ masses, a ''Journal d'orgue'' published from 1822. The best known piece of Jacques-Marie Beauvarlet-Charpentier is ''Victoire de l’Armée d’Italie'' [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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