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Espérance Hippolyte Lassagne
Espérance Hippolyte Lassagne (c. 1786 – 1854) was a French chansonnier and playwright during the first half of the 19th century. Biography An employee at the Palais-Royal (1823) in the administration of the Duke of Orleans (Louis Philippe I) in Paris, he had under him Alexandre Dumas then hired as a copyist, whom he introduced into the literary life.Claude Schopp, ''Dictionnaire Alexandre Dumas'', 2010, He wrote with him the play '' La Noce et l'Enterrement'' which would be presented at the Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin in 1826. His plays were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of his fifetime: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de l'Odéon, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Works *1824: ''La Pièce de circonstance, ou le Théâtre dans la caserne'', à-propos-vaudeville *1824: ''La Rue du Carrousel, ou le Musée en boutique'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Théodore Anne *1825: ''Dansera-t-on ? ou les Deux adjoints'', à-propos vaudeville in 1 act, with ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chansonnier (singer)
A ''chansonnier'' (female: ''chansonnière'') was a poet songwriter, a solitary singer, who sang his or her own songs (''chansons'') with a guitar, prominent in francophone countries during the 1960s and 1970s. Unlike popular singers, ''chansonniers'' need no artifice to sing their soul poetry. They performed in "''Les Boites à Chansons''" which flourished during those years. The themes of their songs varied but included nature, love, simplicity and a social interest to improve their world. Canada In Canada, the ''chansonnier'' tradition played a prominent role in the development of Quebec's social and political awareness during the Quiet Revolution, (''la Révolution tranquille'') that led to the affirmation of Quebecers' national identity. One prominent ''chansonnier'', Robert Charlebois, transformed the province's musical culture when he moved from traditional ''chansonnier'' pop to a more rock-oriented sound with his fourth album, ''Lindberg'', in 1968.Bob Mersereau, ''The His ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vaudeville
Vaudeville (; ) is a theatrical genre of variety entertainment born in France at the end of the 19th century. A vaudeville was originally a comedy without psychological or moral intentions, based on a comical situation: a dramatic composition or light poetry, interspersed with songs or ballets. It became popular in the United States and Canada from the early 1880s until the early 1930s, but the idea of vaudeville's theatre changed radically from its French antecedent. In some ways analogous to music hall from Victorian Britain, a typical North American vaudeville performance was made up of a series of separate, unrelated acts grouped together on a common bill. Types of acts have included popular and classical musicians, singers, dancers, comedians, trained animals, magicians, ventriloquists, strongmen, female and male impersonators, acrobats, clowns, illustrated songs, jugglers, one-act plays or scenes from plays, athletes, lecturing celebrities, minstrels, and movies. A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French Chansonniers
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19th-century French Dramatists And Playwrights
The 19th (nineteenth) century began on 1 January 1801 ( MDCCCI), and ended on 31 December 1900 ( MCM). The 19th century was the ninth century of the 2nd millennium. The 19th century was characterized by vast social upheaval. Slavery was abolished in much of Europe and the Americas. The First Industrial Revolution, though it began in the late 18th century, expanding beyond its British homeland for the first time during this century, particularly remaking the economies and societies of the Low Countries, the Rhineland, Northern Italy, and the Northeastern United States. A few decades later, the Second Industrial Revolution led to ever more massive urbanization and much higher levels of productivity, profit, and prosperity, a pattern that continued into the 20th century. The Islamic gunpowder empires fell into decline and European imperialism brought much of South Asia, Southeast Asia, and almost all of Africa under colonial rule. It was also marked by the collapse of the la ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Dupeuty
Charles Désiré Dupeuty (6 February 1798 – 20 October 1865), was a 19th-century French librettist and playwright. Biography After he studied at the Lycée Impérial, he enrolled in the army during the Hundred Days then worked as an employee. He made his debut in the theatre in 1821, and in 1825 founded the opposition newspaper ''La nouveauté''. He is famous for being one of the founders of the Société des auteurs dramatiques of which he was vice-président for six years. Many of his plays were performed on the most important Parisians stages of the 19th century: Théâtre des Folies-Dramatiques, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre du Palais-Royal, Théâtre de la Gaîté, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Théâtre des Variétés etc. Adolphe Dupeuty was his son. Works * ''La Fête au village'', 1821 * ''L'Arracheur de dents'', folie-parade in 1 act, mingled with couplets, with Villeneuve, 1822 * ''Fille et garçon, ou la Petite orpheline'', comédie en vaudev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frédéric De Courcy
Frédéric de Courcy, born Frédéric Charlot de CourcyThus he is not part of the Norman Courcy family, contrary to his entry in ''Dictionnaire de biographie française'' (16 August 1796, Paris – 6 May 1862, Paris) was a French dramatist, poet and chansonnier. Life The son of Augustin Charlot de Courcy and Adélaïde Vallet, in 1826 he became sous-chef of La Poste's personnel department (under Jean-Baptiste Tenant de Latour). He was the author of several comédies en vaudevilles, often in collaboration, including : *1817: ''L'Heureuse Moisson, ou le Spéculateur en défaut'', one-act comédie en vaudevilles mingled with couplets by Jean-Toussaint Merle, Pierre Carmouche and Frédéric de Courcy, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, (September) *1820: ''La Cloyère d'huitres, ou les Deux Briquebec'', onr-act comédie en vaudevilles by Pierre Carmouche, Frédéric de Courcy and Jean-Toussaint Merle, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, (25 January) *1820: ''La Petite Corisand ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marc-Antoine Désaugiers
Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (1742 – 10 September 1793) was a French composer of numerous operas as well as a cantata on the storming of the Bastille and several pieces of sacred music. He was born in Fréjus. He studied music there but was largely an autodidact. Désaugiers settled in Paris in 1774 where he first came to prominence with his French translation of Giovanni Battista Mancini's ''Pensieri e riflessioni pratiche sopra il canto figurato''. His translation, published in 1776 under the title ''L'Art du chant figuré'', was much admired by Gluck who became his close friend. Désaugiers died in Paris. His son, Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers Marc-Antoine Madeleine Désaugiers (17 November 1772 – 9 August 1827) was a French composer, dramatist, and songwriter. Désaugiers is easily confused in historical writings with his father, Marc-Antoine Désaugiers (b. Fréjus, 1742 – d. Pari ... was also a composer. References 1742 births 1793 deaths People from Fréjus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edmond Rochefort
Edmond Rochefort, full name Claude-Louis-Marie de Rochefort-Luçay (Évaux-les-Bains, 1790 – Paris, April 1871), was a French writer, dramatist, vaudevillist and songs writer. His only play that was met with some success is ''Jocko ou le Singe du Brésil'', presented at the Théâtre du Vaudeville in Paris. He was son of Lieutenant-Colonel François-Louis, comte de Rochefort, and his wife, Catherine-Françoise le Bel de la Voreille. Rochefort wrote a book, ''Mémoires d'un vaudevilliste'' in which he recounts his adventures in La Réunion and the literary relationships he had with some writers of his time. In 1819 he was private secretary of Monsieur Millius, Governor of the Reunion Island. But lacking the necessary training, he returned to France in 1822 to marry Marie-Nicole Morel. He also authored a report ''Sur l'Ile de Bourbon et de Madagascar'' which was delivered to the Minister of the Navy and the original of which is in the O.M Archives in Aix-en-Provence. He had 4 chi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mathurin-Joseph Brisset
Mathurin-Joseph Brisset (22 November 1792 – 7 June 1856) was a French writer, poet, political journalist and playwright of the first half of the 19th century. Biography A bodyguard attached to the company of Havré, then an infantry officer during the reigns of Louis XVIII and Charles X, he took part to the Spanish campaign (1823) where he was awarded the cross of first class knight of the Order of Saint Ferdinand. He left the army after the July Revolution of 1830 and landed as political critic by the '' Gazette de France''. He also held there theatrical criticism and devoted himself entirely to writing. Thus, he published a considerable number of historical novels and his plays were presented on the most famous Parisian stages of his time: Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Porte-Saint-Martin, Gymnase dramatique etc. Works *1816: ''Les Dames du Lis'', poem *1818: ''La Statue de Henri IV'', ode *1818: ''La Salle des Maréchaux'' *1820 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théodore Anne
Théodore Anne (7 April 1797 – 12 August 1869) was a French playwright, librettist, and novelist. Engaged in the army in 1814, until the July Revolution of 1830 he was a member of the compagnie de Noailles then, still faithful to the Bourbons, he resigned. An editor at the journal '' La France'', a drama critic for the ''L'Union'' journal and a collaborator with ''Revue et gazette des théâtres'', he authored numerous plays which were presented on the most significant Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre du Vaudeville, Théâtre de la Gaité, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Académie royale de musique, Théâtre des Nouveautés etc. Works *1818: ''Le Fureteur, ou l'Anti-Minerve'' *1820: ''Éloge historique du duc de Berri'' *1822: ''Le Coq de village'', tableau-vaudeville in 1 act, by Charles-Simon Favart, given to the theatre with modifications, with Eugène Hyacinthe Laffillard *1824: ''Alfred, ou la Bonne Tête ! !'', vaudeville in 1 act, with Achille d'Arto ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Théâtre Des Variétés
The Théâtre des Variétés is a theatre and "salle de spectacles" at 7–8, boulevard Montmartre, 2nd arrondissement, in Paris. It was declared a monument historique in 1974. History It owes its creation to the theatre director Mademoiselle Montansier (Marguerite Brunet). Imprisoned for debt in 1803 and frowned upon by the government, a decree of 1806 ordered her company to leave the Théâtre du Palais-Royal which then bore the name of "Variétés". The decree's aim was to move out Montansier's troupe to make room for the company from the neighbouring Théâtre-Français, which had stayed empty even as the Variétés-Montansier had enjoyed immense public favour. Strongly unhappy about having to leave the theatre by 1 January 1807, the 77-year-old Montansier gained an audience with Napoleon himself and received his help and protection. She thus reunited the "Société des Cinq", which directed her troupe, in order to found a new theatre, the one which stands at the side of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Playwright
A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays. Etymology The word "play" is from Middle English pleye, from Old English plæġ, pleġa, plæġa ("play, exercise; sport, game; drama, applause"). The word "wright" is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder (as in a wheelwright or cartwright). The words combine to indicate a person who has "wrought" words, themes, and other elements into a dramatic form—a play. (The homophone with "write" is coincidental.) The first recorded use of the term "playwright" is from 1605, 73 years before the first written record of the term "dramatist". It appears to have been first used in a pejorative sense by Ben Jonson to suggest a mere tradesman fashioning works for the theatre. Jonson uses the word in his Epigram 49, which is thought to refer to John Marston: :''Epigram XLIX — On Playwright'' :PLAYWRIGHT me reads, and still my verses damns, :He says I want the tongue of epigrams ; :I have no salt, no bawdry he doth mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
