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Ernest Grenet-Dancourt
Ernest Louis Antoine Grenet called Ernest Grenet-Dancourt ( 21 February 1854 – 10 February 1913) was a French playwright, poet and songwriter. Life Born in the 10th arrondissement of Paris, after studying at the Lycée Saint-Louis, Grenet became a maître d'études, then a bank clerk, before embarking on a career as an actor at the Théâtre de l'Odéon, which he abandoned for good in 1881 to devote himself exclusively to writing. His plays were performed on the greatest Parisian stages of the 19th century: Théâtre de Cluny, Théâtre des Nouveautés, Théâtre de l'Ambigu-Comique, Théâtre de l'Odéon, etc. Vice-president of the of 1879 and 1884, he was also responsible for some songs: ''Fleur d'amour'', music by (1910), ''La Kraquette'', song written with (music by Justin Clérice), ''Tristesse de la mer'', music by Alfredo Barbirolli (1912)... Grenet died in the 9th arrondissement of Paris aged 66. Awards * Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur (décret du ministre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M Dancourt (i E Grenet-Dancourt) (
M, or m, is the thirteenth Letter (alphabet), letter in the Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''em'' (pronounced ), plural ''ems''. History The letter M is derived from the Phoenician alphabet, Phoenician Mem, via the Greek alphabet, Greek Mu (letter), Mu (Μ, μ). Semitic alphabets, Semitic Mem is most likely derived from a "Proto-Sinaitic script, Proto-Sinaitic" (Bronze Age) adoption of the N-water ripple (n hieroglyph), "water" ideogram in Egyptian hieroglyphs, Egyptian writing. The Egyptian sign had the acrophonic value , from the Egyptian word for "water", ''nt''; the adoption as the Semitic letter for was presumably also on acrophonic grounds, from the Semitic languages, Semitic word for "water", '':wikt:Reconstruction:Proto-Semitic/maʾ-, *mā(y)-''. Use in writing systems The letter represents the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
