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Alexandre Dumas et la musique

10/23/2020, 17 Tracks, 1:07:24

Featuring

  • Kaëlig Boché
  • Raphaël Jouan
  • Alphonse Cemin
  • Karine Deshayes
  • Marie-Laure Garnier
  • Jules Massenet
  • Hector Berlioz
  • Franz Liszt
  • Henri Duparc
  • Benjamin Godard
  • Alexandre Pierre Joseph Doche
  • Gilbert Duprez
  • Hippolyte Monpou
  • Alphone Varney
  • André Messager
  • Edmond Guion
  • César Franck
  • Napoléon Henri Reber
  • Francis Thomé

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Composer's Artistic Vision

Alexandre Dumas felt that poetry and music were rivals, not sisters, because poetry is itself a form of music.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Alexandre Dumas had promised to write an opera libretto for Vincenzo Bellini, a renowned bel canto composer, but Bellini died before Dumas could return from Italy to fulfill his promise.

Source: Booklet

Recording & Production

This album was created to commemorate the 150th anniversary of Alexandre Dumas's death, featuring vocal works based on his texts and performed by artists associated with Jeunes Talents.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

Despite his reservations about music, Alexandre Dumas collaborated with composers by writing opera librettos, songs for his plays, and allowing his verses to be set as salon romances.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Alexandre Dumas's 'Chant des Girondins' from Le chevalier de Maison-rouge, set to music by Alphonse Varney, rivaled 'La Marseillaise' in popularity during the 1848 revolution.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

Alexandre Dumas, despite claiming to be unmusical and unable to reproduce a melody, believed his "soul sings in tune" and could hear "inner music."

Source: Booklet

Historical Context

The 'romance' in 19th-century French music, initially defined by its simplicity and nostalgic themes, eventually declined in popularity due to overproduction and clichés.

Source: Booklet

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