Wednesday, April 12, 2017

Fedor Chalipin, most famous Russian basso singer, died today in 1938 in Paris

Fédor Chaliapine (Фёдор Иванович Шаляпин) est un chanteur russe d'opéra, né le 13 février 1873 à Kazan et mort le 12 avril 1938 à Paris, est un chanteur d'opéra (basse) et acteur russe. Sa carrière internationale débute en 1901 à la Scala de Milan, puis au Metropolitan Opera de New York en 1907.
En 1922 il émigre à Paris.


Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Фёдор Иванович Шаляпин) was a Russian opera singer, born 13 Feb 1873 in Kazan. Possessing a deep and expressive bass voice, he enjoyed an important international career at major opera houses and is often credited with establishing the tradition of naturalistic acting in his chosen art form. He did not return to Russia after 1921. He initially moved to Finland and later lived in France. Cosmopolitan Paris, with its significant Russian émigré population, became his base, and ultimately, the city of his death on 12 April 1938. He was renowned for his larger-than-life carousing during this period, but he never sacrificed his dedication to his art. Chaliapin's attachment to Paris did not prevent him from pursuing an international operatic and concert career in England, the United States, and further afield.
Fédor Chaliapine
Fédor Chaliapine
Plaque: 22, avenue d'Eylau

Feodor Chaliapine
artiste lyrique russe
1873-1938
vécut et mourut
dans cette maison.

Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin,
Russian opera singer,
1873-1938,
lived and died
in this house.

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Tuesday, April 11, 2017

Attila József, Hungarian poet, was born today in 1905.

Attila József (ou József Attila dans l’ordre usuel en hongrois), poète de la révolte, à étudié à la Sorbonne en 1926-1927. Il était né le 11 avril 1905 à Budapest et est mort le 3 décembre 1937 à Balatonszárszó au bord du lac Balaton.


Attila József, Hungarian poet, was born 11 April 1905 in Budapest. With the help of a patron, he acquired a good education in Hungary, Austria (1925) and Paris (1926–27), where he studied French literature and discovered the work of François Villon. He died 3 December 1937 in Balatonszárszó.
Attila Jozsef
Attila Jozsef
Plaque: 6, rue du Vieux Colombier
Dans cette maison
vécut en 1926 le
poète hongrois
Attila Jozsef
(1905-1937)

In this house
lived in 1926
the Hungarian poet
Attila Jozsef
(1905-1937)

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Sunday, May 22, 2016

Richard Wagner, German composer, was born today in 1813

Wilhelm Richard Wagner (né le 22 mai 1813, Leipzig - mort le 13 février 1883, Venise) est un compositeur allemand, qui fit à Paris plusieurs séjours, comméorés par trois plaques.

Wagner doit son importance dans l'histoire de la musique occidentale à ses opéras, en particulier L'Anneau du Nibelung, festival scénique en un prologue et trois journées dont il a écrit lui-même les poèmes et dont la conception bouscule délibérément les habitudes de l'époque pour aller, selon ses propres termes, vers un « art total » : spectacle complet, mélodie continue et emploi du leitmotiv.
Richard Wagner (22 May 1813 – 13 February 1883) was a German composer, conductor, and theatre director, who made several stays in Paris, as three plaques remind the passer-by.

He is  primarily known for his operas (or "music dramas", as he later called them). Wagner's compositions, particularly those of his later period, are notable for their complex texture, rich harmonies and orchestration, and the elaborate use of leitmotifs: musical themes associated with individual characters, places, ideas or plot elements.
Richard Wagner
Richard Wagner
Plaque: 3, rue d'Aumale
Richard Wagner,
1813-1883,
vécut dans cet immeuble
d'octobre 1860
à
juillet 1861.

Les Cercles Wagner de France
Richard Wagner,
1813-1883,
lived here
from October 1860
to
July 1861.

Les Cercles Wagner de France
Plaque: 19, quai Voltaire
Ici
Charles Baudelaire
Jean Sibelius
Richard Wagner
Oscar Wilde
ont honoré Paris
de leur séjour
Charles Baudelaire
Jean Sibelius
Richard Wagner
Oscar Wilde
stayed here while in Paris
Plaque: 14, rue Jacob
Richard Wagner, 1813-1883, a vécu ici du 30 octobre 1841 au 7 avril 1842. "Les amis de Richard Wagner", Fondation L.Molina
Richard Wagner, 1813-1883, lived here from 30 October 1841 through 7 April 1842. "The Friends of Richard Wagner", L.Molina foundation.
Plaque: 58, rue de Courcelles
Lucienne Bréval, de l'Opéra, 1869-1935. L'immortelle interprète et créatrice des œuvres de Gluck, Wagner, Massenet, Vincent d'Indy, Gabriel Fauré, habita cet immeuble de 1919 à 1935.
Opera singer Lucienne Bréval, 1869-1935. The immortal interpreter et creator of works by Gluck, Wagner, Massenet, Vincent d'Indy, Gabriel Fauré, lived here , 1919 - 1935.

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Thursday, May 19, 2016

Ho Chi Minh, Vietnam head of state, was born today in 1890

Ho Chí Minh, né le 19 mai 1890 à Hoàng Trù et mort le 2 septembre 1969 à Hanoï, est un homme d'État vietnamien, fondateur de la République démocratique du Viêt Nam.
Né Nguyên Sinh Cung, il est également connu sous les noms de Nguyên Aï Quoc ou «oncle Hô».
Ho Chí Minh is the founder of the Democraic Republic of Vietnam. Born Nguyên Sinh Cung on 19 May 1890, he is also known as Nguyên Aï Quoc. He lived in Paris for a number of years, from 1917 or 1919, and joined a group of Vietnamese nationalists there. He travelled extensively under various names, including several stays in Paris.    
Ho Chi Minh | Ho Chi Minh, the face on the VND 500,000 banknote.
Ho Chi Minh | Ho Chi Minh, the face on the VND 500,000 banknote.
Plaque: 9, impasse Compoint
Ici de 1921 à 1923 a vécu
et milité pour l'indépendance
et la liberté du peuple
vietnamien et des autres
peuples opprimés
Nguyên Ái Quoc,
connu sous le nom de
Ho Chí Minh.
Janvier 1983
 
Between 1921 and 1923 here lived and campaigned for the freedom of the Vietnamese people of other oppressed peoples
Nguyên Ái Quoc,
known as
Ho Chí Minh.
January 1983

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Friday, May 13, 2016

The Society of The Cincinnati was founded today in 1783 by George Washington

La Société des Cincinnati (Society of the Cincinnati) est la plus ancienne société patriotique américaine, fondée par George Washington le 13 mai 1783 et composée de ceux qui s'étaient distingués pendant la Guerre d'indépendance des États-Unis.
La section française a été fondée en janvier 1784 à Paris.


The Society of the Cincinnati was founded by George Washingtion to preserve the ideals and fellowship of the American Revolutionary War officers. Its French branch was founded in January 1784 in Paris, to which a plaque near the Latin Quarter bears testimony.

   
Société des Cincinnati
Plaque: 40, rue du Cherche Midi
La section francaise
de la
société des Cincinnati
a été
fondée dans cet hôtel
7-16 janvier 1784
en souvenir de la guerre
de l'indépendance
américaine

The French branch of the Society of the Cincinnati was founded in this mansion, 7-16 January 1784, in remembrance of the American Independance War  

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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Tristan Tzara, poet and founder of Data, was born today in 1986

Tristan Tzara, né le 16 avril 1896 à Moinesti, Roumanie et mort le 25 décembre 1963 à Paris, est un écrivain, poète et essayiste de langue roumaine et française; il est l'un des fondateurs du mouvement Dada dont il sera par la suite le chef de file.

Tristan Tzara, a Romanian and French avant-garde poet, essayist and performance artist, one of the founders and central figures of the anti-establishment Dada movement, was born in Romania in 1896, moved to Paris in 1911, where he spent most of his life. He died in Paris on Christmas day, 1963. His house in Montmartre was designed by Austrian architect Adolf Loos.     
Tristan Tzara
Tristan Tzara
by Robert Delaunay
Plaque: 29, rue Campagne Première
Dans l'effervescence créatrice des années 1920 L'hôtel Istria accueillit entre autres artistes Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, Moïse Kisling, peintres; Man Ray, photographe; Kiki de Montparnasse, modèle et égérie; Eric Satie, compositeur; Rainer-Maria Rilke, Tristan Tzara, Vladimir Maïakovski, poètes; et Louis Aragon qui y rejoignait Elsa Triolet.

"Ne s'éteint que ce qui brilla... Lorsque tu descendais de l'hôtel Istria Tout était différent rue Campagne Première, En mil neuf cent vingt neuf, vers l'heure de midi...", Louis Aragon (Il ne m'est Paris que d'Elsa).

Association La Mémoire des Lieux

In the roaring 1920s this hotel Istria hosted numerous artists including Francis Picabia, Marcel Duchamp, Moïse Kisling, painters; Man Ray, photographer; Kiki de Montparnasse, model and égérie; Eric Satie, composer; Rainer-Maria Rilke, Tristan Tzara, Vladimir Maïakovski, poets; and Louis Aragon who joined Elsa Triolet.

"Only what has been bright can fade away… When you used to come to hôtel Istria every thing looked different in street Campagne Première, in nineteen hundred and twenty nine, around noon time…", Louis Aragon (Il ne m'est Paris que d'Elsa).

The Memory of Places Society
Plaque: 13, avenue Junot
Maison construite en 1926 par
l'architecte autrichien
Adolf Loos
1870 - 1933
pour l'écrivain Tristan Tzara

House built in 1926 by Austrian architect Adolf Loos (1870-1933) on behalf of writer Tristan Tzara.

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Saturday, January 9, 2016

Simone de Beauvoir was born today in 1908

Simone de Beauvoir, née le 9 janvier 1908 dans le 6e arrondissement de Paris, ville où elle est morte le 14 avril 1986, philosophe, romancière, épistolière, mémorialiste et essayiste française souvent considérée comme une théoricienne importante du féminisme, a participé au mouvement de libération des femmes dans les années 1970. Elle a partagé la vie du philosophe Jean-Paul Sartre.
 

Simone de Beauvoir (9 January 1908 – 14 April 1986) was a French writer, intellectual, existentialist philosopher, political activist, feminist and social theorist. She had a significant influence on both feminist existentialism and feminist theory. De Beauvoir wrote novels, essays, biographies, autobiography and monographs on philosophy, politics and social issues. She is known for her 1949 treatise The Second Sex, a detailed analysis of women's oppression and a foundational tract of contemporary feminism; and for her novels, including She Came to Stay and The Mandarins. She is also known for her open relationship with French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre.
Simone de Beauvoir | Beauvoir and Sartre arriving Israel, welcomed by Avraham Shlonsky and Leah Goldberg, 1967
Simone de Beauvoir | Beauvoir and Sartre arriving Israel, welcomed by Avraham Shlonsky and Leah Goldberg, 1967
Plaque: 24, rue Cels
Dans cet hôtel ont habité, entre 1937 et 1939 puis à diverses reprises durant la guerre, Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986), Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980). "Je trichais quand je disais: on ne fait qu'un. Entre deux individus, l'harmonie n'est jamais donnée, elle doit indéfiniment se conquérir." (S. de Beauvoir, La Force de l'âge) "Mais il est une chose qui ne change point, ni ne peut changer: c'est que quoi qu'il arrive et quoi que je devienne, je le deviendrai avec vous." (J.P. Sartre, Lettres au Castor). Soucieux de préserver leur liberté mutuelle, ils occupaient à l'hôtel deux chambres séparées dominant le cimetière du Montparnasse, où la mort les a réunis. Association La Mémoire des lieux.
Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) and Jean-Paul Sartre (1905-1980) stayed in this hotel in 1937-1939 and then again during WWII. "I was lying when I was saying: We are one. Between two individuals harmony is never given, it must be conquered endlessly.'(S. de Beauvoir, La Force de l'âge / The Prime of Life). "But one thing will never and cannot change: whatever happens, and whoever I become I will become it with you' (J.P. Sartre, Lettres au Castor / Witness to My Life & Quiet Moments in a War). Anxious to preserve their personal liberty, they stayed in two rooms, each with a view to the Montparnasse cemetery, where they are re-united.  Association La Mémoire des lieux.
Plaque: 11bis, rue Victor Schoelcher
Simone de Beauvoir, 1908-1986, auteur du Deuxième sexe, écrivain, philosophe, vécut dans cette maison de 1955 à 1986
Simone de Beauvoir, 1908-1986, writer and philosopher who authored The Second Sex, lived in this house 1955 - 1986.

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