|
Une Saison En Enfer (album)
''Une saison en enfer'' (English: A Season in Hell) is Léo Ferré's last studio album. It sets into music the whole eponymous poem written in 1873 by French poet Arthur Rimbaud. The album was released in 1991 by EPM Musique (982 181), for the 100th anniversary of Rimbaud's death, both as double LP and CD. It was reissued in 2000 by Ferré's son's label La Mémoire et la Mer, under a new cover. Unlike his previous musical works on poets such as Apollinaire (1954), Baudelaire (1957, 1967, 1977, 1987), Louis Aragon Louis Aragon (, , 3 October 1897 – 24 December 1982) was a French poet who was one of the leading voices of the surrealist movement in France. He co-founded with André Breton and Philippe Soupault the surrealist review ''Littérature''. He ... (1961), or Verlaine and Rimbaud (1964), Ferré chose here bareness in the arrangements (piano, whistling, claps of hands, and nothing more but the voice declaiming, whispering or chanting) to provide the illusion of a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Album
An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early 20th century as individual Phonograph record#78 rpm disc developments, 78 rpm records collected in a bound book resembling a photograph album; this format evolved after 1948 into single vinyl LP record, long-playing (LP) records played at revolutions per minute, rpm. The album was the dominant form of recorded music expression and consumption from the mid-1960s to the early 21st century, a period known as the album era. Vinyl LPs are still issued, though album sales in the 21st-century have mostly focused on CD and MP3 formats. The 8-track tape was the first tape format widely used alongside vinyl from 1965 until being phased out by 1983 and was gradually supplanted by the cassette tape during the 1970s and early 1980s; the populari ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Apollinaire
Guillaume Apollinaire) of the Wąż coat of arms. (; 26 August 1880 – 9 November 1918) was a French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist, and art critic of Polish descent. Apollinaire is considered one of the foremost poets of the early 20th century, as well as one of the most impassioned defenders of Cubism and a forefather of Surrealism. He is credited with coining the term "Cubism" in 1911 to describe the emerging art movement, the term Orphism in 1912, and the term "Surrealism" in 1917 to describe the works of Erik Satie. He wrote poems without punctuation attempting to be resolutely modern in both form and subject. Apollinaire wrote one of the earliest Surrealist literary works, the play '' The Breasts of Tiresias'' (1917), which became the basis for Francis Poulenc's 1947 opera ''Les mamelles de Tirésias''. Influenced by Symbolist poetry in his youth, he was admired during his lifetime by the young poets who later formed the nucleus of the Surrealist group ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
French-language Albums
French ( or ) is a Romance language of the Indo-European family. It descended from the Vulgar Latin of the Roman Empire, as did all Romance languages. French evolved from Gallo-Romance, the Latin spoken in Gaul, and more specifically in Northern Gaul. Its closest relatives are the other langues d'oïl—languages historically spoken in northern France and in southern Belgium, which French (Francien) largely supplanted. French was also influenced by native Celtic languages of Northern Roman Gaul like Gallia Belgica and by the ( Germanic) Frankish language of the post-Roman Frankish invaders. Today, owing to France's past overseas expansion, there are numerous French-based creole languages, most notably Haitian Creole. A French-speaking person or nation may be referred to as Francophone in both English and French. French is an official language in 29 countries across multiple continents, most of which are members of the ''Organisation internationale de la Francophonie'' (OI ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Ferré Albums
Léo is a proper noun in French, meaning lion". Its etymological root lies in the Latin word Leo. Léo is used as a diminutive or variant of the names Léon, Léonard, Léonardon, Leonardo, Léonid, ''Léonor'', '' Léonore'', ''Eléonore'', Léopold and Léonie, and in recent times has been adopted as a fully-fledged given name on its own. The feminine variant is Léa. The following people have the name Léo: In music * Léo Arnaud (1904–1991), French-American film score composer * Léo Chauliac (1913–1977), French jazz pianist, composer and conductor * Léo Daniderff (1878–1943), French composer * Léo Delibes (1836–1891), French composer * Léo Ferré (1916–1993), French poet and singer-songwriter * Léo Marjane (1912–2016), French singer * Léo Missir (1925–2009), French composer * Léo Rispal (born 2000), French singer * Léo Souris (1911–1990), Belgian composer, arranger, planner and conductor * Léo Stronda (born 1992), Brazilian singer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Verlaine Et Rimbaud
''Verlaine et Rimbaud'' (English: "''Verlaine and Rimbaud''") is an album by Léo Ferré. It was released in December 1964 by Barclay Records. This album is one of the first studio double albums in popular music history (before Bob Dylan's or Frank Zappa's). Background ''Verlaine et Rimbaud'' is Ferré's third LP entirely dedicated to a poet, after Baudelaire's ''Les Fleurs du mal'' ("''Flowers of Evil''") in 1957 and ''Les Chansons d'Aragon'' ("''Songs of Aragon''") in 1961. Here, Ferré sets into music 10 poems from Arthur Rimbaud and 14 from Paul Verlaine. He considers their two different kind of poetry as a whole and mixes them in the track listing, to underline their mythical love affair. The way classical music 'soundscape' tastefully fits into tuneful and straightforward songs is something of an achievement here. Track listing All songs composed by Léo Ferré. ;Original LP Personnel * – backing vocals (uncredited) * Lionel Gali – violin solo (uncredited ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Chansons D'Aragon
''Les Chansons d'Aragon'' (English: "''Songs of Aragon''") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1961 by Barclay Records. It is his second album dedicated to a poet, after Baudelaire's '' Les Fleurs du mal'' in 1957. Here, Ferré focuses on former surrealist Louis Aragon, but the body of work he chooses (poetry collection '' Le Roman inachevé'', mostly) is not surrealistic. This album had much more impact than Ferré's first Baudelaire effort, maybe because when it was published Ferré was gaining both success and critical acclaim on stage, and Aragon was an active poet and a controversial committed communist figure in the French intellectual field. History Léo Ferré began to set Louis Aragon's poems to music in the fall of 1958Alain Raemackers, album ''La Mauvaise Graine'' booklet, La Mémoire et la Mer, 2006. and completed the task in March 1959. At that time, Ferré was not under contract to a record label. After several refusals, Ferré ended up signing with Eddie Bar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Fleurs Du Mal (suite Et Fin)
''Les Fleurs du mal (suite et fin)'' (English: "''The Flowers of Evil (last and final)''") is an album by Léo Ferré, posthumously released in 2008 by La Mémoire et la Mer. It is his third musical effort dedicated to Charles Baudelaire's poetry, after the seminal ''Les Fleurs du mal'' in 1957 and the expanding double LP ''Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire'' in 1967. History This posthumous album brings together all the demo versions Léo Ferré recorded by himself, at home in Tuscany, between the summer of 1976 and winter 1977.Alain Raemackers, liner notes of the album. The French singer-songwriter initially aimed to record a new baudelairian double album in 1977, as it was both anniversary dates of ''Les Fleurs du mal'' first publication (1857) and Baudelaire's death (1867). For unknown reasons, Ferré never completed this project. It remains a piano and a voice, bare and intimate. Nevertheless, Ferré orchestrated and recorded twos demos here in 1986 (''Je te donne ces vers ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Ferré Chante Baudelaire
''Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire'' (English: "''Léo Ferré sings Baudelaire''") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1967 by Barclay Records. It is his fourth LP dedicated to a poet, after a first Baudelaire effort in 1957 (''Les Fleurs du mal''), ''Les Chansons d'Aragon'' in 1961, and '' Verlaine et Rimbaud'' in 1964. It is also his second studio double album. Track listing Texts by Charles Baudelaire. Music composed by Léo Ferré. ;Original LP Personnel * The orchestra consists of session musicians hired for the recording Credits * Arranger & orchestra conductor: Jean-Michel Defaye * Director of engineering: Gerhard Lehner Gerhard is a name of Germanic origin and may refer to: Given name * Gerhard (bishop of Passau) (fl. 932–946), German prelate * Gerhard III, Count of Holstein-Rendsburg (1292–1340), German prince, regent of Denmark * Gerhard Barkhorn (1919†... * Executive producer: Jean Fernandez * Artwork: Vanni Tealdi (first edition), Charle ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Les Fleurs Du Mal (Léo Ferré Album)
''Les Fleurs du mal'' (English: "''The Flowers of Evil''") is an album by Léo Ferré, released in 1957 by Odeon Records. It is his first LP dedicated to a poet and this is the first time in popular music history a whole album is dedicated to a dead poet. Léo Ferré has set Baudelaire into music two more times : in 1967 with double album ''Léo Ferré chante Baudelaire'', and with unfinished project ''Les Fleurs du mal (suite et fin)'', recorded in 1977 but posthumously released in 2008. History Track listing Texts by Charles Baudelaire. Music composed by Léo Ferré. ;Original LP Personnel * Léo Ferré - voice, piano * Jean-Michel Defaye - piano * Jean Cardon - accordion * Barthélémy Rosso - guitar * Pierre Gossez - tenor saxophone * Janine de Waleyne - ondes Martenot The ondes Martenot ( ; , "Martenot waves") or ondes musicales ("musical waves") is an early electronic musical instrument. It is played with a keyboard or by moving a ring along a wire, creatin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charles Baudelaire
Charles Pierre Baudelaire (, ; ; 9 April 1821 – 31 August 1867) was a French poetry, French poet who also produced notable work as an essayist and art critic. His poems exhibit mastery in the handling of rhyme and rhythm, contain an exoticism inherited from Romantics, but are based on observations of real life. His most famous work, a book of lyric poetry titled ''Les Fleurs du mal'' (''The Flowers of Evil''), expresses the changing nature of beauty in the rapidly industrializing Paris during the mid-19th century. Baudelaire's highly original style of prose-poetry influenced a whole generation of poets including Paul Verlaine, Arthur Rimbaud and Stéphane Mallarmé, among many others. He is credited with coining the term modernity (''modernité'') to designate the fleeting, ephemeral experience of life in an urban metropolis, and the responsibility of artistic expression to capture that experience. Marshall Berman has credited Baudelaire as being the first Modernism, Modernis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
EPM Musique
EPM Musique is a French record label that was created in 1986 by François Dacla, former president of RCA France. The label specializes in Chanson and its legacy. It is also dedicated to poetry, theater, and children's music. "EPM is a French label whose interests include classic American jazz from the '30s through '50s." The label reissued earlier jazz recordings. Memphis Minnie's recordings were particularly reissued. Most of its catalog is distributed by Universal Music Group. Artists * Léo FerréRobert Wangermée. Dictionnaire de la chanson en Wallonie et à Bruxelles'. Editions Mardaga. 1995. P.231. * Anne Sylvestre * Michèle Bernard * Georges Chelon * Marc Ogeret * Marc Robine * Francis Lemarque * Monique Morelli * Hélène Martin * Julos Beaucarne * Diane Dufresne * Anna Prucnal * Anne Vanderlove * Claudine Lebègue * Francesca Solleville * Marcel Dadi * Pierre Dac * Michel Buhler * Jean Vasca * Pierre Meige Pierre is a masculine given name. It is a Frenc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Léo Ferré
Léo Ferré (24 August 1916 – 14 July 1993) was a French-born Monégasque poet and composer, and a dynamic and controversial live performer, whose career in France dominated the years after the Second World War until his death. He released some forty albums over this period, composing the music and the majority of the lyrics. He released many hit singles, particularly between 1960 and the mid-seventies. Some of his songs have become classics of the French chanson repertoire, including " Avec le temps", "C'est extra", "Jolie Môme" and "Paris canaille". Early life Son of Joseph Ferré, French staff manager at Monte-Carlo Casino, and Marie Scotto, a Monégasque dressmaker of Italian descent from Piedmont, he had a sister, Lucienne, two years older. Léo Ferré had an early interest in music. At the age of seven, he joined the choir of the Monaco Cathedral and discovered polyphony through singing pieces by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina and Tomás Luis de Victoria. His un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
