Polignac, Armande de
Polignac, Armande de
Polignac, Armande de , French composer; b. Paris, Jan. 8, 1876; d. Neauphle-le-Vieux, Seine-et-Oise, April 29, 1962. She studied with Fauré and d’Indy. She composed the operas Morgane and L’Hypocrite sanctifie, Judith de Béthulie, dramatic scene (Paris, March 23, 1916), La Source lointaine, Persian ballet (Paris, 1913), Les 2, 002 Nuits, Arabian ballet (Paris, 1914), Chimères, Greek ballet (Paris, June 10, 1923), Urashima, Japanese ballet, La Recherche de la verité, Chinese ballet for Small Orch., and Petite suite pour le clavecin (1939).
—Nicolas Slonimsky/Laura Kuhn/Dennis McIntire
More From encyclopedia.com
Reynaldo Hahn , Hahn, Reynaldo
Hahn, Reynaldo
Hahn, Reynaldo, Venezuelan-born French conductor, music critic, and composer; b. Caracas, Aug. 9, 1874; d. Paris, Jan.… Olivier Messiaen , Messiaen, Olivier (Eugène Prosper Charles) (b Avignon, 1908; d Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, 1992). Fr. composer, organist, and teacher. In his youth he st… Ambroise Thomas , Thomas, (Charles Louis) Ambroise
Thomas, (Charles Louis) Ambroise
Thomas, (Charles Louis) Ambroise, noted French composer and teacher; b. Metz, Aug.… Gaston Bachelard , philosophy of science, epistemology.
Bachelard became a philosopher late in life. He had previously taught physics and chemistry in the collège of hi… Bosse, Abraham , Bosse, Abraham
(b. Tours, France, 1602; d. Paris, France, 14 February 1676)
geometry, graphic techniques.
The son of Louis Bosse, a tailor, and Marie… Jacques Prevert , Prévert, Jacques
PRÉVERT, Jacques
Writer. Nationality: French. Born: Jacques Henri Marie Prévert in Neuilly-sur-Seine, 4 February 1900. Military Serv…
You Might Also Like
NEARBY TERMS
Polignac, Armande de