Les Six"Les Six" (le sis) is a name given to a group of six composers, five of them French and one Swiss, who lived and worked in Montparnasse. The name has its origins in two 1920 articles by critic Henri Collet in Comœdia (see Bibliography). Their music is often seen as a neoclassic reaction against both the musical style of Richard Wagner and the impressionist music of Claude Debussy and Maurice Ravel. The members were Georges Auric (1899–1983), Louis Durey (1888–1979), Arthur Honegger (1892–1955), Darius Milhaud (1892–1974), Francis Poulenc (1899–1963), and Germaine Tailleferre (1892–1983).
Les Barricades MystérieusesLes Barricades Mystérieuses (The Mysterious Barricades) is a piece of music that François Couperin composed for harpsichord in 1717. It is the fifth piece in his "Ordre 6ème de clavecin" in B-flat major, from his second book of collected harpsichord pieces (Pièces de Clavecin). It is emblematic of the style brisé characteristic of French Baroque keyboard music. The work is in rondeau form, employing a variant of the traditional romanesca in the bass in quadruple time rather than the usual triple time.
Werner LambersyWerner Lambersy (16 November 1941 – 18 October 2021) was a Belgian poet. Lambersy was born in Antwerp to a Jewish mother and Flemish father. During World War II, his father was involved with the Schutzstaffel and went to prison after the war. Therefore, Lambersy grew up without a father figure in his life. This family background influenced much of his poetic work. Throughout his career, Lambersy wrote nearly seventy books and was considered a major player in French literature.
Laurent ParienteLaurent Pariente (born May 4, 1962 in Oran, French Algeria) is a French sculptor One-man exhibitions 2006 – Musée Antoine Bourdelle, Paris. – Galerie Frank, Paris 2005 – Stellan Holm Gallery, New York 2004 – Galerie Frank, Paris. 2003 – « Quelques cabinets d’amateurs » Fonds régional d'art contemporain de Picardie, Amiens 2001 – Galerie Saint-Séverin, Paris. 2000 – Galerie Cent8, Paris. 1999 – Salle de Bains, alternative space, Lyon. 1998 – Galerie Cent8, Paris. 1997 – Le Creux de l'enfer, Centre d'art contemporain, Thiers.
Château d'Azay-le-RideauThe Château d'Azay-le-Rideau (azɛ lə ʁido) is located in the town of Azay-le-Rideau in the French département of Indre-et-Loire. Built between 1518 and 1527, this château is considered one of the foremost examples of early French renaissance architecture. Set on an island in the middle of the Indre river, this picturesque château has become one of the most popular of the châteaux of the Loire valley. The current château of Azay-le-Rideau occupies the site of a former feudal castle.
Charles Le BrunCharles Le Brun (ʃaʁl lə bʁœ̃; baptised 24 February 1619 – 12 February 1690) was a French painter, physiognomist, art theorist, and a director of several art schools of his time. He served as a court painter to Louis XIV, who declared him "the greatest French artist of all time". Charles was a dominant figure in 17th-century French art and was influenced by Nicolas Poussin. Born in Paris, Le Brun attracted the notice of Chancellor Séguier, who placed him at the age of eleven in the studio of Simon Vouet.
Lê Dũng TrángLê Dũng Tráng, (born 1947 in Saigon) is a Vietnamese-French mathematician. At the end 1949, Lê Dũng Tráng came to France, where he attended the Lycée Louis-le-Grand in Paris. He obtained a Ph.D. degree at the University of Paris in 1969 and 1971 under the supervision of Claude Chevalley and Pierre Deligne. From 1975 to 1999, he was professor at the University of Paris VII and research director of the CNRS. From 1983 to 1995 he was also a professor at the École Polytechnique.
Histoire NaturelleThe Histoire Naturelle, générale et particulière, avec la description du Cabinet du Roi (istwaʁ natyʁɛl; Natural History, General and Particular, with a Description of the King's Cabinet) is an encyclopaedic collection of 36 large (quarto) volumes written between 1749–1804, initially by the Comte de Buffon, and continued in eight more volumes after his death by his colleagues, led by Bernard Germain de Lacépède.
Réseau AlbertThe Réseau Albert was a set of railway lines in France from 1889–1955, part of the Chemins de fer départementaux de la Somme. There were four lines in the Réseau Albert system:- Albert - Doullens, Albert - Ham, Fricourt - Montdidier and Offoy - Ercheu. All lines were built to , metre gauge. The entire system extended to . History of rail transport in France In France, the building of railways was controlled by the Government. This avoided the duplication of routes that was seen in the United Kingdom and meant that the large cities and towns were connected.
Les Mystères de l'amourLes Mystères de l'amour (English Title: Love in Paris) is a French television series originally broadcast by TMC. It was created by Jean-Luc Azoulay. The original French title literally translates to The Mysteries of Love. This is the third spin-off from the series Hélène et les Garçons, which ran from 1992–1994 and was followed by Le Miracle de l'amour (1994–1996), Les vacances de l'amour (1996–2004) and finally Les Mystères de l'amour (2011–present). The series begins six years after the events of Les vacances de l'amour.
