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Tag Archives: Claude Debussy
Topher and “The French Connection”
I couldn’t help understanding Topher Mokrzewski’s concert today at the Richard Bradshaw Auditorium (the intimate concert space in the upper lobby of the Four Seasons Centre) as a goodbye. As is usual, the introduction told us a bit of the … Continue reading
U-Carmen eKhayelitsha
Last weekend I was fortunate to see U-Carmen eKhayelitsha, a 2005 adaptation of Bizet’s opera Carmen. The score is a mix of Bizet & South African music, which is only natural considering that the adaptation is set in a South … Continue reading
Debussy and the writers
Every now and then life gives us a glimpse of hidden meanings. Maybe it’s all in our head, but even so one can’t help wondering. Coincidences can seem like more than mere chance. In the 1990s I spent a few … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Arthur Wenk, Axel Crochet, Banville, Claude Debussy, Mallarme, Monsieur Croche, Pierre Louÿs, Verlaine
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Debussy Sesqui
“Sesquicentennial” –a word we don’t hear too often –means 150th anniversary. On August 22nd 1862, Claude-Achille Debussy came into the world. In response I’m going to post a few times over the next week in my own personal sesquicentennial commemoration. … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Cathedrale Engloutie, Clair de lune, Claude Debussy, En bateau, jeu de vagues
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The Descent of Psycho
I don’t know very much about Charles Darwin, but have always been fascinated by the profound reverberations set off in my head by the title The Descent of Man. I am not a naturalist. I understood that Darwin meant “descent” … Continue reading
The Tree of Life
At one point during class this week,we started to discuss The Tree of Life. I asked if anyone else had seen it. Yes, one person said, and they were not impressed. I recall last week reading a comment online from … Continue reading
Louÿs the poet
I am following up yesterday’s post on Aphrodite and Mary Garden because of something I found via Google books. I made an assertion yesterday off the top of my head; upon further reflection i realized i had no idea, but … Continue reading
Posted in Essays
Tagged Aphrodite, Camille Erlanger, Chansons de Bilitis, Claude Debussy, Mary Garden, Pierre Louÿs
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