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Désert (Émilie Simon Song)
Désert may refer to: * "Désert" (Émilie Simon song), 2002 * ''Désert'' (novel), a 1980 novel by J. M. G. Le Clézio * '' Le désert'', an 1844 "ode-symphonie" by Félicien David with words by Auguste Colin * Le Désert, a former commune in Calvados, France People * Alex Désert (born 1968), American actor and musician * Claire Désert (born 1967), French classical pianist * Solen Désert-Mariller (born 1982), French Olympic sprinter See also * ''Déserts ''Déserts'' (1950–1954) is a musical composition, piece by Edgard Varèse for 14 winds (brass instrument, brass and woodwind instrument, woodwinds), 5 percussion players, 1 piano, and electronic audiotape, tape."Blue" Gene Tyranny (2010). " D� ...'', a 1954 composition by Edgard Varèse * Desert (other) {{disambiguation, surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Désert (novel)
''Désert'' is a 1980 novel written by French Nobel laureate writer J. M. G. Le Clézio, considered to be one of his breakthrough novels. It won the Académie française's Grand Prix Paul Morand in 1980. Plot summary Two stories are interwoven. The shorter, which begins and ends the book, is specifically set in 1909–1910 and later 1912, and tells of the wanderings of North African desert tribes chased from their lands by French colonial invaders, mostly as observed by a small boy, Nour. The beginning is set in the Saguia el-Hamra region in the Western Sahara, around the town of Smara, and the story follows the tribe on their gruelling journey across the desert to Tiznit. The story tells of Nour’s encounter with the religious leader Ma al-'Aynayn, whom he worships and follows. The longer, the story of Lalla, is set in an unspecified contemporary time. It describes her early life in a shanty town on the edge of an unnamed Moroccan coastal town, and particularly her friend ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Le Désert
''Le désert'' is an "ode-symphonie" in three parts by the French composer Félicien David with words by fellow Saint-Simonien Auguste Colin, written after the composer's stay in Egypt and the Holy Land.Macdonald H. Félicien David. In : ''The New Grove Dictionary of Opera.'' Macmillan, London and New York, 1997. The work was first performed to great acclaim at the Paris Conservatoire on 8 December 1844, conducted by Théophile Tilmant, and taken up at the Théâtre-Italien and by Berlioz. At its premiere the work was played alongside two other Saint-Simonien works also by David; ''Chant du Soir'' and ''Le Sommeil de Paris''.Locke, Ralph P. ''Music, Musicians and Saint-Simonians.'' The University of Chicago Press, Chicago and London, 1986, p209-210. David had needed to borrow 1,200 francs to pay for the orchestra and hall. David's friends and colleagues Charles Duveyrier (half brother of Mélesville) and Barthélemy Prosper Enfantin took it upon themselves to challenge a co ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alex Désert
Alex Désert is an American actor and musician, known for his roles in the TV series ''The Flash'', '' The Heights'' with Jamie Walters, ''Becker'' with Ted Danson, and Mr. Williams on ''Boy Meets World'', as well as the voice of Nick Fury for '' The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes'' and '' Wolverine and the X-Men''. Désert has been seen in '' Mom'' and ''Grey's Anatomy''. Other television credits include '' Tyler Perry's House of Payne'', ''House'', ''A League of Their Own'', ''Reno 911!'', and ''The Sarah Silverman Program''. In 2020, he started voicing Carl Carlson and Lou on ''The Simpsons'', replacing Hank Azaria. Career His motion picture credits include the independent hit '' Swingers'', '' Playing God'', ''High Fidelity'', ''Bob Funk'' and '' PCU'' with Jeremy Piven, David Spade and Jon Favreau, and '' Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day'', from Disney Studios. Désert has lent his voice to various animated series and video games, including ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Claire Désert
Claire Désert (born 1967) is a French classical pianist. Biography Born in Angoulême, Désert began learning the piano at the age of five. At fourteen, she joined the Conservatoire de Paris (CNSMDP), where she was awarded the premier prix in piano by unanimous decision of the jury in the class of Vensislav Yankoff. A student of French composer Jean Hubeau, she also won the First prize for chamber music. In 1985, she was unanimously awarded the first piano prize by the jury. She then enrolled in the class of the Bulgarian pianist Ventsislav Yankov. In the same year, she was admitted into the piano improvement cycle. She obtained a scholarship from the French government and went to study for one year at the Tchaïkovski Conservatory of Moscow, in the class of Yevgeny Malinin. Back in France, she joined the class of cellist Roland Pidoux and further perfected her chamber music skills. Career Since the early 1990s, the musician has performed on stages such as the Wigmore ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Solen Désert-Mariller
Solen Désert-Mariller (born 2 August 1982) is a French sprinter who specializes in the 400 metres. She was born in Brest. She competed in the 200 metres at the 2003 World Indoor Championships, and then in the 400 metres at the 2003 World Championships, the 2005 World Championships, the 2006 European Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2009 World Championships without reaching the final. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Jeux de la Francophonie. In the 4 x 400 metres relay she finished fifth at the 2002 European Championships, seventh at the 2006 European Championships and seventh at the 2009 World Championships, and also competed at the 2003 World Championships, the 2007 World Championships and the 2008 Olympic Games. Her personal best times are 23.02 seconds in the 200 metres, achieved in June 2005 in Lamballe; and 51.42 seconds in the 400 metres, achieved in August 2007 in Niort Niort (; Poitevin: ''Niàu''; ; ) is a commune in the Deux-Sèv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Déserts
''Déserts'' (1950–1954) is a musical composition, piece by Edgard Varèse for 14 winds (brass instrument, brass and woodwind instrument, woodwinds), 5 percussion players, 1 piano, and electronic audiotape, tape."Blue" Gene Tyranny (2010). "[ Déserts for brass, percussion, piano & tape]", ''AllMusic.com''. The piece is scored for 2 flutes (both doubling piccolo), 2 clarinets (one doubling E-flat clarinet and one doubling bass clarinet), 2 Horn (instrument), horns, 3 trumpets, 3 trombones, 2 tubas, and a percussion section of 5 players: # timpani, vibraphone, cymbals, tenor drum, claves # glockenspiel, snare drum, snare, field drum, field, and tenor drums, 2 timbales or tom-toms, cymbals, cencerro, tambourine, woodblock (instrument), Chinese blocks # bass drums, cymbals, field drum, field and tenor drums, cencerro, guiro, claves, tambourine, Tubular bells, chimes # vibraphone, 3 gongs, anvil#use in music, lathes, guiro, tambourine # xylophone, Woodblock (instrument), chinese bloc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |