L'homme et son désir, 1917.

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L'homme et son désir, 1917.

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This is a maquette of the ballet L'homme et son désir, based on a text by Paul Claudel, with choreography by Claudel, music by Darius Milhaud, and sets and costumes by Audrey Parr. A decorative cover houses the maquette, which consists of a handmade leporello (album folded à la japonaise) of seven double-sided panels. The recto side contains pasted panels of text, hand-written by Claudel and comprising the ballet's scenic and choreographic directions and libretto. Along side the text panels are cut-out designs of nude and clothed dancers, with hand-drawn ornamental additions in blue ink, by Parr. The entire verso is a semi-abstract collage, by Hélène Hoppenot, of black cut-out figures of musicians with gold sashes and holding instruments, placed above a band of plain commercial music paper with hand-cut geometricized black musical notes from the score of the ballet.

1 album (7 panels) : collage, pen and ink, and ink or pigment ; 32 cm.

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Milhaud, Darius, 1892-1974

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Milhaud was born in Aix-en-Provence on September 4, 1892. As a child he improvised melodies at the piano and soon took up the violin. He entered the Paris Conservatoire in 1909, studying the violin with Berthelier, ensemble with Lefèvre, harmony with Leroux, counterpoint with André Gédalge, composition and fugue with Charles-Marie Widor, and conducting with Vincent d'Indy. He received first "accessit" in violin and counterpoint, and second in fugue, winning the Prix Lepaulle for composition. Mil...

Hoppenot, Hélène.

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Claudel, Paul, 1868-1955

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French diplomat, poet and dramatist. From the description of L'homme et son désir, 1917. (Getty Research Institute). WorldCat record id: 80272306 The ballet L'homme et son desir, based on a text by Paul Claudel, was created for Nijinsky, with music by Darius Milhaud, choreography by Claudel, and sets and costumes by Audrey Parr. The ballet was composed in 1917 while Claudel was French minister to Brazil and Darius Milhaud served as his secretary. From the descri...

Parr, Audrey

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