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  • Étienne Decroux to the Théâtre de l'Ange Fou

    A Legacy of Corporeal Mime

    by Corinne Soum, Natasha Steinberg ...
    Series series Theatre Makers
    This book affords a rare first-hand insight into the dramaturgy, technique and aesthetic of the father of modern mime from a pupil/practitioner perspective and thereby offers a better understanding of much 20th century physical theatre and its place todayin general.In this book, we are given unprecedented access to working with the father of modern mime Étienne Decroux. Through the first-hand ... Read more

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  • Erik Satie Three Piece Suite

    by Ian Penman ...
    Series series Semiotext(e) / Native Agents
    A masterful study of the elusive French composer, on the centenary of his death.Composer, pianist, and writer Erik Satie was one of the great figures of Belle Époque Paris. Known for his unvarying image of bowler hat, three-piece suit, and umbrella, Satie was a surrealist before surrealism and a conceptual artist before conceptual art. Friend of Cocteau and Debussy, Picabia and Picasso, Satie was ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • A History of Silence

    From the Renaissance to the Present Day

    by Alain Corbin ...
    Translated by Jean Birrell ...
    Silence is not simply the absence of noise. It is within us, in the inner citadel that great writers, thinkers, scholars and people of faith have cultivated over the centuries.It characterizes our most intimate and sacred spaces, from private bedrooms to grand cathedrals – those vast reservoirs of silence. Philosophers and novelists have long sought solitude and inspiration in mountains and ... Read more

    $16.00 USD

  • Erik Satie

    by Mary E. Davis ...
    Series Book 14 - Critical Lives
    A musical composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian ‘gymnopédiste’ of fin-de-siècle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as ‘The Velvet Gentleman’ for his sartorial choices, Erik Satie was nearly unprecedented in technique, style and philosophy among European composers in the early twentieth century. Yet his legacy has largely languished in the shadows of Stravinsky, Debussy and ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • Claude Vivier

    A Composer's Life

    by Bob Gilmore ...
    Claude Vivier's haunting and expressive music has captivated audiences around the world. But the French-Canadian composer is remembered also because of the dramatic circumstances of his death: he was found murdered in his Paris apartment at the age of thirty-four. Given unrestricted access to Vivier's archives and interviews with Vivier's family, teachers, friends, and colleagues, musicologist and ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Historical Dictionary of Surrealism

    by Keith Aspley ...
    Series series Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts
    Surrealism was a broad movement, which attracted many adherents. It was organized and quite strictly disciplined, at least until the death of its leader, André Breton, in 1966. As a consequence, its membership was in a constant state of flux: persons were constantly being admitted and excluded, and often the latter continued to regard themselves as Surrealists. The wide-ranging nature of the ... Read more

    $166.09 USD

  • The Belle Époque

    A Cultural History, Paris and Beyond

    by Dominique Kalifa ...
    Translated by Susan Emanuel ...
    Series series European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism
    The years before the First World War have long been romanticized as a zenith of French culture—the “Belle Époque.” The era is seen as the height of a lost way of life that remains emblematic of what it means to be French. In a vast range of texts and images, it appears as a carefree time full of joie de vivre, fanfare and frills, artistic daring, and scientific innovation. The Moulin Rouge shared ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Jacques Demy

    by Darren Waldron ...
    Series series French Film Directors Series
    Saccharine for some, poignant for others, Jacques Demy’s ‘enchanted’ world is familiar to generations of French audiences accustomed to watching Christmas repeats of his fairytale Peau d’âne (1970) or seeing Catherine Deneuve and Françoise Dorléac prance and pirouette in Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (1966). Demy achieved international recognition with Les Parapluies de Cherbourg (1963), which was ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Debussy's Paris

    Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque

    by Catherine Kautsky ...
    Claude Debussy’s exquisite piano works have captivated generations with their dreamlike atmosphere and mysterious soundscapes.Written in Paris at the height of the Belle Époque, the music creates a soundtrack for Parisians’ enjoyment of such delights as clowns, mermaids, eccentric dances, and the dark tales of Edgar Allan Poe. Debussy’s Paris: Piano Portraits of the Belle Époque explores how key ... Read more

    $28.39 USD

  • Jean Cocteau

    by James S. Williams ...
    Series Book 17 - Critical Lives
    From the magical Beauty and the Beast to the surreal Orpheus films, Jean Cocteau is renowned as a leading figure in European cinema as well as a creative force collaborating with artists as diverse as Picasso, Diaghilev and Edith Piaf. Yet Cocteau’s work and life have rarely been examined together. Evaluating Cocteau’s career and his fascinating personal life on equal terms, James S. Williams ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

  • 75 Years on 4 Strings

    The Life and Music of François Rabbath

    by Hans Sturm ...
    75 Years on 4 Strings is the authoritative biography of the legendary self-taught double bassist François Rabbath. The much-beloved artist-teacher sat for countless hours of interviews and shared candid stories from throughout his illustrious career, from his earliest memories of his childhood in 1930s Syria to his ninetieth-birthday virtual recital in Paris in 2021. Highlights, such as ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Dramatic Concepts of Antonin Artaud

    by Eric Sellin ...
    Antonin Artaud (1896-1948) conceived and inaugurated the 'Theater of Cruelty,' a dramatic movement that has had a profound influence on the avant-garde theater in Europe and the United States. The movement is exemplified by the Peter Brook production of Marat-Sade. This book, the first to analyze Artaud's theories, their sources, and the extent to which he succeeded in implementing them in his own ... Read more

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