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Dr. Ox's Experiment
Dr. Ox's Experiment (french: Une fantaisie du docteur Ox, "A Fantasy of Doctor Ox") is a humorous science fiction short story by the French writer Jules Verne, published in 1872.A Fantasy of Dr Ox, Jules Verne, trans. Andrew Browne, Hesperus Press, 2003Jules Verne, Le Docteur Ox'. Re-edited by J. Hetzel, 1920.Pierre Schoentjes (2000): "Rhétorique de l'argumentation et rhétorique de la fiction dans ''Une fantaisie du docteur Ox''". in ''Récits de la pensée : études sur le roman et l'essai'', edited by Philippe Gilles. Sédès, Paris.Volker Dehs (2015): "L'Abécédaire du ''Docteur Ox''". ''Bulletin de la Société Jules Verne'' volume 188, pages 34-67.Pierre-André Touttain (1978): "Une cruelle fantaisie : Le Docteur Ox". ''Revue des Lettres Modernes. Jules Verne 2 : l'écriture vernienne''. Minard. Paris. It describes an experiment by one Dr. Ox, and is inspired by the real or alleged effects of oxygen on living things. Plot The setting of the story is the imaginary villa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lorenz Frølich
Lorenz Frølich (25 October 182025 October 1908) was a Danish painter, illustrator, graphic artist and etcher. Early life and education Frølich was born into a wealthy bourgeouis family in Copenhagen. The son of Johan Jacob Frølich (1777-1858) and Pouline Wilhelmine Tutein (1789-1881). His father owned a successful trading firm in partnership with his brother. His mother was the daughter of Friederich Tutein, another wealthy whole-seller and the Prussian consul in Copenhagen. Frølich's father and uncle owned the building at Store Kongensgade 81. He lived with his parents in the apartment on the first floor. The uncle lived with his wife in the ground-floor apartment. The family belonged to the city's German reformed congregation. Frølich was fond of drawing from an early age. Another early influence was his father's maternal uncle, Johan Conrad Spengler, who in his capacity of inspector of Kunstkammeret was able to give him access to the royal galleries in Christiansborg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Ox
''Doctor Ox'' (french: Le Docteur Ox) is a collection of short stories by Jules Verne, first published in 1874 by Pierre-Jules Hetzel. It consists of four varied works by Verne: *" Une fantaisie du Docteur Ox" ("Dr. Ox's Experiment," 1872), illustrated by Lorenz Froelich *" Maître Zacharius" ("Master Zacharius," 1854), illustrated by Théophile Schuler *" Un drame dans les airs" ("A Drama in the Air," 1851), illustrated by Émile-Antoine Bayard *" Un hivernage dans les glaces" ("A Winter Amid the Ice," 1855), illustrated by Adrien Marie and Barbant The collection also includes a preface by Pierre-Jules Hetzel Pierre-Jules Hetzel (15 January 1814 – 17 March 1886) was a French editor and publisher. He is best known for his extraordinarily lavishly illustrated editions of Jules Verne's novels, highly prized by collectors today. Biography Born in Ch ... and a story, "Quarantième ascension au mont Blanc" ("Fortieth Ascent of Mont Blanc"), written by Verne's brother Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ballet
Ballet () is a type of performance dance that originated during the Italian Renaissance in the fifteenth century and later developed into a concert dance form in France and Russia. It has since become a widespread and highly technical form of dance with its own vocabulary. Ballet has been influential globally and has defined the foundational techniques which are used in many other dance genres and cultures. Various schools around the world have incorporated their own cultures. As a result, ballet has evolved in distinct ways. A ''ballet'' as a unified work comprises the choreography and music for a ballet production. Ballets are choreographed and performed by trained ballet dancers. Traditional classical ballets are usually performed with classical music accompaniment and use elaborate costumes and staging, whereas modern ballets are often performed in simple costumes and without elaborate sets or scenery. Etymology Ballet is a French word which had its origin in Italian ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pierre Max Dubois
Pierre Max Dubois, sometimes given as Pierre-Max Dubois (1 March 1930 – 29 August 1995) was a French composer of classical music, conductor, and music educator. He was a student of Darius Milhaud, and though not widely popular, was respected. He brought the ideas of Les Six, of which his instructor was a member, into the mid-1900s. This group called for a fresh artistic perspective on music. The music of Dubois is characteristically light hearted with interesting harmonic and melodic textures. American Record Guide; May/Jun2005, Vol. 68 Issue 3, p105-106, 2p. Life and career Born in Graulhet in the Tarn department of Southern France, Pierre Max Dubois studied at the Paris Conservatoire from 1949 through 1953 where he was a pupil of Jean Doyen (piano) and Darius Milhaud (composition). His first professional commission, ''Suite humouristique'' (a piece for French radio), happened while he was a student at the age of 19. He was awarded the Prix de Rome in 1955 for the can ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Annibale Bizzelli
Annibale Bizzelli (23 April 1900, in Arezzo – 12 July 1967, in Rome) was an Italian composer. Selected filmography * '' Men of the Mountain'' (1943) * ''The Lovers of Ravello ''The Lovers of Ravello'' (Italian: ''Gli amanti di Ravello'') is a 1951 Italian melodrama film directed by Francesco De Robertis and starring Lida Baarova, Gabriele Ferzetti and Carlo Ninchi.Lancia & Poppi p.319 The film's sets were designed by ...'' (1951) External links *https://www.discogs.com/artist/1786587-Annibale-Bizzelli *http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0084717/ Italian film score composers Italian male film score composers 20th-century Italian composers 1900 births 1967 deaths People from Arezzo 20th-century Italian male musicians {{Italy-music-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Philippe Gille
Philippe Emile François Gille (10 December 1831 – 19 March 1901) was a French dramatist and opera librettist, who was born and died in Paris. He wrote over twenty librettos between 1857 and 1893, the most famous of which are Massenet's ''Manon'' and Delibes' ''Lakmé''. Although Gille studied law and was a clerk for a time at the Préfecture de la Seine, he became secretary of the Théâtre Lyrique then from 1869 an art and music critic for ''Le Figaro''.Smith C. Philippe Gille. In: ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. Gille was elected to the Académie des beaux-arts in 1899. Librettos by Philippe Gille *Jacques Offenbach **''Vent du soir, ou L'horrible festin'' (1857) **''Le carnaval des revues'' (1860) **''Jeanne qui pleure et Jean qui rit'' (1864) **''Les bergers'' (1865) **''Pierrette et Jacquot'' (1876) **''Le docteur Ox'' (1877) *Léo Delibes **''Monsieur de Bonne-étoile'' (1860) **''Le serpent à plumes'' (1864) **'' Jean de ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Arnold Mortier
Arnold Mortier (1843 – 2 January 1885) was a 19th-century French journalist, playwright, and librettist. Arnold Mortier was responsible for the drama column at ''Le Figaro'', gathered in a collection entitled ''Les soirées parisiennes de 18NN par un Monsieur de l'orchestre''. Mortier cosigned the libretto of the opéra-bouffe ''Le Docteur Ox'' by Jacques Offenbach, created in 1877. He also participated to the writing of the following: * ''Le voyage dans la lune'', opéra-féerie in four acts and 23 scenes by Jacques Offenbach (1875) * ''L'arbre de Noël'' (with Georges Jacobi Georges Jacobi (3 February 1840 –13 September 1906) was a German violinist, composer and conductor who was musical director of the Alhambra Theatre in London from 1872 to 1898. His best-known work was probably ''The Black Crook'' (1872) writt ...) (1880) Works * Arnold Mortier, ''Les Soirées parisiennes de 18NN : par un Monsieur de l'orchestre'', Paris, E. Dentu, 1875-188Read online on Gallica ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Docteur Ox
''Le docteur Ox'' is an opéra bouffe in three acts and six tableaux of 1877 with music by Jacques Offenbach. The French libretto was by Arnold Mortier and Philippe Gille, adapted from the 1872 short story '' Une fantaisie du docteur Ox'' by Jules Verne. Background Offenbach had already set a libretto based closely on a work by Verne with the opéra féerie ''Le voyage dans la lune'' in 1875. Verne had been a co-librettist for several operas presented at the Théâtre Lyrique, as well as for ''Monsieur de Chimpanze'' for the Bouffes-Parisiens between 1853 and 1855.Walsh TJ. ''Second Empire Opera – The Théâtre-Lyrique Paris 1851-1870.'' John Calder Ltd, London, 1981. For ''Le Docteur Ox'' the novelist collaborated more closely with Offenbach and his librettists, and attended several of the later rehearsals at the Variétés. A first read-through took place on 18 November 1876 and during the course of rehearsals the number of scenes was increased from four to six. In chang ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jacques Offenbach
Jacques Offenbach (, also , , ; 20 June 18195 October 1880) was a German-born French composer, cellist and impresario of the Romantic period. He is remembered for his nearly 100 operettas of the 1850s to the 1870s, and his uncompleted opera ''The Tales of Hoffmann''. He was a powerful influence on later composers of the operetta genre, particularly Johann Strauss Jr. and Arthur Sullivan. His best-known works were continually revived during the 20th century, and many of his operettas continue to be staged in the 21st. ''The Tales of Hoffmann'' remains part of the standard opera repertory. Born in Cologne, the son of a synagogue cantor, Offenbach showed early musical talent. At the age of 14, he was accepted as a student at the Paris Conservatoire but found academic study unfulfilling and left after a year. From 1835 to 1855 he earned his living as a cellist, achieving international fame, and as a conductor. His ambition, however, was to compose comic pieces for the musical the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Journey Through The Impossible
''Journey Through the Impossible'' (french: Voyage à travers l'impossible) is an 1882 fantasy play written by Jules Verne, with the collaboration of Adolphe d'Ennery. A stage spectacular in the ''féerie'' tradition, the play follows the adventures of a young man who, with the help of a magic potion and a varied assortment of friends and advisers, makes impossible voyages to the center of the Earth, the bottom of the sea, and a distant planet. The play is deeply influenced by Verne's own ''Voyages Extraordinaires'' series and includes characters and themes from some of his most famous novels, including ''Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea'', ''Journey to the Center of the Earth'', and ''From the Earth to the Moon''. The play opened in Paris at the Théâtre de la Porte Saint-Martin on 25 November 1882, and achieved a financially successful run of 97 performances. Contemporary critics gave the play mixed reviews; in general, the spectacular staging and the use of ideas from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes
Saint-Ferréol-des-Côtes (; Auvergnat: ''Sent Ferriòu'') is a commune in the Puy-de-Dôme department in Auvergne in central France. See also *Communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department The following is a list of the 464 communes of the Puy-de-Dôme department of France. Intercommunalities The communes cooperate in the following intercommunalities (as of 2020):Saintferreoldescotes {{PuyDôme-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
