Alfred Louis Charles de Musset-Pathay (; 11 December 1810 – 2 May 1857) was a French dramatist, poet, and novelist.His names are often reversed "Louis Charles Alfred de Musset": see "(Louis Charles) Alfred de Musset" (bio), Biography.com, 2007, webpage
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. Along with his poetry, he is known for writing the

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''La Confession d'un enfant du siècle'' (''The Confession of a Child of the Century'').

Biography

Plaque Alfred de Musset, 6 rue du Mont-Thabor, Paris 1

Musset was born in Paris. His family was upper-class but poor; his father worked in various key government positions, but never gave his son any money. Musset's mother came from similar circumstances, and her role as a society hostess – for example her drawing-room parties, luncheons and dinners held in the Musset residence – left a lasting impression on young Alfred. An early indication of his boyhood talents was his fondness for acting impromptu mini-plays based upon episodes from old romance stories he had read. Years later, elder brother Paul de Musset would preserve these and many other details, for posterity, in a biography of his famous younger brother. Alfred de Musset entered the

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at the age of nine, where in 1827 he won the Latin essay prize in the

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. With the help of

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's brother-in-law, he began to attend, at the age of 17, the Cénacle, the literary salon of

Charles Nodier Jean Charles Emmanuel Nodier (29 April 1780 – 27 January 1844) was a French author and librarian who introduced a younger generation of Romanticists to the ''conte fantastique'', gothic literature, and vampire tales. His dream related writings ...

at the

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. After attempts at careers in medicine (which he gave up owing to a distaste for dissections), law, drawing, English and piano, he became one of the first Romantic writers, with his first collection of poems, ''Contes d'Espagne et d'Italie'' (1829, Tales of Spain and Italy). By the time he reached the age of 20, his rising literary fame was already accompanied by a sulphurous reputation fed by his dandy side. He was the librarian of the French Ministry of the Interior under the

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. His politics were of a

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stamp, and he was on good terms with the family of King

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. During this time he also involved himself in polemics during the

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of 1840, caused by the French prime minister

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, who as Minister of the Interior had been Musset's superior. had demanded that France should own the left bank of the

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(described as France's "natural boundary"), as it had under Napoleon, despite the territory's German population. These demands were rejected by German songs and poems, including

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's ''Rheinlied'', which contained the verse: ''"Sie sollen ihn nicht haben, den freien, deutschen Rhein ..."'' (''They shall not have it, the free, German Rhine''). Musset answered to this with a poem of his own: ''"Nous l'avons eu, votre Rhin allemand"'' (''We've had it, your German Rhine''). The tale of his celebrated love affair with

George Sand Amantine Lucile Aurore Dupin de Francueil (; 1 July 1804 – 8 June 1876), best known by her pen name George Sand (), was a French novelist, memoirist and journalist. One of the most popular writers in Europe in her lifetime, bein ...

in 1833–1835 is told from his point of view in his autobiographical novel ''La Confession d'un Enfant du Siècle'' (''The Confession of a Child of the Century'') (1836), which was made into a 1999 film, '' Children of the Century'', and a 2012 film, '' Confession of a Child of the Century'', and is told from her point of view in her ''Elle et lui'' (1859). Musset's ''Nuits'' (Nights) (1835–1837) traces the emotional upheaval of his love for Sand from early despair to final resignation. He is also believed to be the anonymous author of '' Gamiani, or Two Nights of Excess'' (1833), a lesbian

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also believed to be modeled on Sand. Outside of his relationship with Sand he was a well-known figure in brothels, and is widely accepted to be the anonymous author-client who beat and humiliated the author and courtesan Céleste de Chabrillan, also known as ''La Mogador''. Paris Tombe Musset 2013

Musset was dismissed from his post as librarian by the new minister

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after the revolution of 1848. He was, however, appointed librarian of the Ministry of Public Instruction in 1853. On 24 April 1845, Musset received the

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at the same time as Balzac, and was elected to the

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in 1852 after two failed attempts in 1848 and 1850. Alfred de Musset died in his sleep in Paris in 1857. The cause was heart failure, the combination of alcoholism and a longstanding

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. One symptom that had been noticed by his brother was a bobbing of the head as a result of the amplification of the pulse; this was later called de Musset's sign. He was buried in

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in Paris.

Reception

The French poet

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was highly critical of Musset's work. Rimbaud wrote in his ''Letters of a Seer'' (''Lettres du Voyant'') that Musset did not accomplish anything because he "closed his eyes" before the visions (letter to Paul Demeny, May 1871). Director

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's ''

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'' (''The Rules of the Game'') was inspired by Musset's play ''

Les Caprices de Marianne ''Les caprices de Marianne'' is a two-act opéra comique by Henri Sauguet with a French libretto by Jean-Pierre Gredy after Alfred de Musset. It was first performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1954, with the Orchestre de la Société des C ...

''.

Henri Gervex Henri Gervex (Paris 10 December 1852 – 7 June 1929 Paris) was a French painter who studied painting under Alexandre Cabanel, Pierre-Nicolas Brisset, and Eugène Fromentin. Biography Early years He was the son of Joséphine Peltier and Félix ...

's 1878 painting ''Rolla'' was based on a poem by De Musset. It was rejected by the jury of the

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for immorality, since it features suggestive metaphors in a scene from the poem, with a naked prostitute shown after having sex with her client, but the controversy helped Gervex's career. Jean Anouilh's ''Eurydice'' (1941) employs an intertextually salient quote of Musset's play ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'' II.5 (1834), "The Tirade of Perdican" — Vincent and Eurydice's Mother rekindle the glorious days of their earlier acting careers and their own amours, when once his on-stage performance of Perdican's tirade instigated their first dressing-room love scene.

Music

Numerous (often French) composers wrote works using Musset's poetry during the 19th and early 20th century. ; Opera

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's opera ''

Djamileh ''Djamileh'' is an ''opéra comique'' in one act by Georges Bizet to a libretto by Louis Gallet, based on an oriental tale, ''Namouna'', by Alfred de Musset. Composition history De Musset wrote ''Namouna'' in 1832, consisting of 147 verses in thr ...

'' (1871, with a libretto by

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) is based on Musset's story ''Namouna''. In 1872 Offenbach composed an

opéra comique ''Opéra comique'' (; plural: ''opéras comiques'') is a genre of French opera that contains spoken dialogue and arias. It emerged from the popular '' opéras comiques en vaudevilles'' of the Fair Theatres of St Germain and St Laurent (and to a l ...

'' Fantasio'' with a

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closely based on the 1834 play of the same name by his brother Alfred. Dame

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composed an opera based on the same work, that premiered in Weimar in 1898. The play ''La Coupe et les lèvres'' was the basis of

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's opera ''

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'' (1889). '' Fortunio'', a four-act

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is based on Musset's 1835 comedy ''

Le Chandelier ''Le Chandelier'' is an 1835 play in three acts by French dramatist Alfred de Musset. The play was first published in 1835 in ''Revue des deux Mondes''. It was first staged at the Théâtre Historique in August 1848 with Mademoiselle Maillet a ...

''. ''

Les caprices de Marianne ''Les caprices de Marianne'' is a two-act opéra comique by Henri Sauguet with a French libretto by Jean-Pierre Gredy after Alfred de Musset. It was first performed at the Aix-en-Provence Festival in 1954, with the Orchestre de la Société des C ...

'', a two-act

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(1954) is based on the play by Musset. The opera ''Andrea del Sarto'' (1968) by French composer Daniel-Lesur was based on Musset's play ''André del Sarto''. ''Lorenzaccio'', which takes place in Medici's Florence, was set to music by the musician

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in 1972. ; Song Bizet set Musset's poems "À une fleur" and "Adieux à Suzon" for voice and piano in 1866; the latter had previously been set by

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in 1862.

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set Musset's poem "Madrid" for voice and piano as part of her 6 Mélodies (1884). The Welsh composer

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wrote song settings for Musset's "La Tristesse" and "Chanson de Fortunio".

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's ''Pour les funérailles d'un soldat'' for baritone, mixed chorus and orchestra is a setting of several lines from Act IV of Musset's play ''La Coupe et les lèvres''. ; Instrumental music

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's symphonic poem ''La Nuit de Mai'' (1886) was based on Musset's poetry.

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's ''Cielo di settembre'', op. 1 for solo piano (1910) takes its name from a line of Musset's poem "A quoi rêvent les jeunes filles". The score, in the original publication, is preceded by that line, "Mais vois donc quel beau ciel de septembre…" Rebecca Clarke's ''Viola Sonata'' (1919) is prefaced by two lines from Musset's ''La Nuit de Mai''. ; Other

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played Alfred de Musset in one episode of a 1974 TV drama series, ''Notorious Woman''. In 2007,

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recorded a song called "Lettre de George Sand à Alfred de Musset" for her album ''D'elles''.

Quotations

* ''"How glorious it is – and also how painful – to be an exception."'' * ''"Man is a pupil, pain is his teacher."'' * ''"Verity is nudity."''Ballou, Maturin Murray (1881)
''Pearls of Thought.''
Boston: Houghton, Mifflin & Company, p. 266.

Works

Poetry

* ''À Mademoiselle Zoé le Douairin'' (1826) * ''Un rêve'' (1828) * ''Contes d'Espagne et d'Italie'' (1830) * ''La Quittance du diable'' (1830) * ''La Coupe et les lèvres'' (1831) * ''Namouna'' (1831) * ''Rolla'' (1833) * ''Perdican'' (1834) * ''Camille et Rosette'' (1834) * ''L'Espoir en Dieu'' (1838) * ''La Nuit de mai'' (1835) * ''La Nuit de décembre'' (1835) * ''La Nuit d'août'' (1836) * ''La Nuit d'octobre'' (1837) * ''La Nuit d'avril'' (1838) * ''Chanson de Barberine'' (1836) * ''À la Malibran'' (1837) * ''Tristesse'' (1840) * ''Une Soirée perdue'' (1840) * ''Souvenir'' (1841) * ''Le Voyage où il vous plaira'' (1842) * ''Sur la paresse'' (1842) * ''Après une lecture'' (1842) * ''Les Filles de Loth'' (1849) * ''Carmosine'' (1850) * ''Bettine'' (1851) * ''Faustine'' (1851) * ''Œuvres posthumes'' (1860)

Plays

* ''La Quittance du diable'' (1830) * '' La Nuit vénitienne'' (1830) ** a failure; from this time until 1847, his plays were published but not performed * ''La Coupe et les lèvres'' (1831) * ''À quoi rêvent les jeunes filles'' (1832) * '' André del Sarto'' (1833) * ''

'' (1833) * ''

Lorenzaccio ''Lorenzaccio'' is a French play of the Romantic period written by Alfred de Musset in 1834, set in 16th-century Florence, and depicting Lorenzino de' Medici, who killed Florence's tyrant, Alessandro de' Medici, his cousin. Having engaged in de ...

'' (1833) * ''Fantasio'' (1834) * ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'' (1834) * '' La Quenouille de Barberine'' (1835) * ''

'' (1835) * '' Il ne faut jurer de rien'' (1836) * ''Faire sans dire'' (1836) * '' Un Caprice'' (1837) ** first performed in 1847, and a huge success, leading to the performance of other plays * '' Il faut qu'une porte soit ouverte ou fermée'' (1845) * ''L'Habit vert'' (1849) * ''Louison'' (1849) * '' On ne saurait penser à tout'' (1849) * '' L'Âne et le Ruisseau'' (1855)

Novels

*''La Confession d'un enfant du siècle'' (''The Confession of a Child of the Century'', 1836) * ''Histoire d'un merle blanc'' (''The White Blackbird'', 1842)

Short stories and novellas

* ''Emmeline'' (1837) * ''Le Fils du Titien'' (1838) * ''Frédéric et Bernerette'' (1838) * ''Margot'' (1838) * ''Croisilles'' (1839) * ''Les Deux Maîtresses'' (1840) * ''Histoire d'un merle blanc'' (1842) * ''Pierre et Camille'' (1844) * ''Le Secret de Javotte'' (1844) * ''Les Frères Van Buck'' (1844) * ''Mimi Pinson'' (1845) * ''La Mouche'' (1853)

In English translation

* ''A Good Little Wife'' (1847) * ''Selections from the Prose and Poetry of Alfred de Musset'' (1870) * ''Tales from Alfred de Musset'' (1888) * ''The Beauty Spot'' (1888) * ''Old and New'' (1890) * ''The Confession of a Child of the Century'' (1892) * ''Barberine'' (1892) * ''The Complete Writings of Alfred de Musset'' (1907) * ''The Green Coat'' (1914) * ''Fantasio'' (1929) * ''Camille and Perdican'' (1961) * ''Historical Dramas'' (1997) * ''Lorenzaccio'' (1998) * ''Twelve Plays'' (2001)

Selected filmography

*''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'', directed by

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and Tony Lekain (France, 1924, based on the play ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'') *'' Mimi Pinson'', directed by Théo Bergerat (France, 1924, based on the poem ''Mimi Pinson'') *', directed by

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(Sweden, 1926, based on the play ''Il ne faut jurer de rien'') *''

One Does Not Play with Love ''One Does Not Play with Love'' (german: Man spielt nicht mit der Liebe) is a 1926 silent film, silent German drama film directed by G. W. Pabst. The film is an adaptation of the 1834 play by Alfred de Musset, ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour''. ...

'', directed by

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(Germany, 1926, based on the play ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'') *''

The Rules of the Game ''The Rules of the Game'' (original French title: ''La règle du jeu'') is a 1939 French Satire, satirical comedy-drama film directed by Jean Renoir. The ensemble cast includes Nora Gregor, Paulette Dubost, Mila Parély, Marcel Dalio, Julien ...

'', directed by

(France, 1939, inspired by the play ''

'') *''

'', directed by Raffaello Pacini (Italy, 1951, based on the play ''

'') *'' Mimi Pinson'', directed by

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(France, 1958, based on the poem ''Mimi Pinson'') *''

No Trifling with Love ''No Trifling with Love'' (french: On ne badine pas avec l'amour) is a 1977 French drama film directed by Caroline Huppert. It is based on the theatrical work of Alfred de Musset of the same name. Plot The piece takes place in the castle of t ...

'', directed by

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(France, 1977, TV film, based on the play ''On ne badine pas avec l'amour'') *', directed by

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(France, 1974, TV film, based on the novel ''Confession d'un enfant du siècle'') *', directed by

(France, 1977, TV film, based on the play ''

'') *', directed by (France, 2005, based on the play ''Il ne faut jurer de rien'') *'' Confession of a Child of the Century'', directed by

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(France, 2012, based on the novel ''Confession d'un enfant du siècle'') *'' Two Friends'', directed by

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(France, 2015, loosely based on the play ''

'')

References

Bibliography

* Affron, Charles (2015). ''A Stage For Poets: Studies in the Theatre of Hugo and Musset''. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. * Bishop, Lloyd (1987). ''The Poetry of Alfred de Musset. Styles and Genres''. New York City: Peter Lang. * Croce, Benedetto (1924)
"De Musset."
In: ''European Literature in the Nineteenth Century''. London: Chapman & Hall, pp. 252–266. * Gochberg, Herbert S. (1967). ''Stage of Dreams: The Dramatic Art of Alfred de Musset (1828-1834)''. Geneva: Librairie Droz. * Majewski, Henry F. (1989). ''Paradigm & Parody: Images of Creativity in French Romanticism''. Charlottesville, VA: University Press of Virginia. * Rees, Margaret A. (1971). ''Alfred de Musset''. New York City: Twayne Publishers. * Sedgewick, Henry D. (1931). ''Alfred de Musset, 1810–1857''. Indianapolis, IN: Bobbs–Merrill Company. * Sices, David (1974). ''The Theatre of Solitude. The Drama of Alfred de Musset''. Hanover, NH: University Press of New England.

External links

* * * * Sand and Musset at the Theater to Paris
"Sand et Musset, les Amants du siècle"
* The New Student's Reference Work/Musset, Alfred de *
'Lorenzaccio' – at Athena
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