Exegetical Works
Exegetical Works
Left for a long time in the shadows, the exegetical side of Claudel’s work is the most voluminous, however, and in many ways the most fascinating.
Exegetical Works
Left for a long time in the shadows, the exegetical side of Claudel’s work is the most voluminous, however, and in many ways the most fascinating.
Arrangement based on Molière’s “Les Fourberies de Scapin”
Claudel wanted to tackle Les Fourberies de Scapin after seeing it at the Théâtre Marigny in February 1949,
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The publication of A Hundred Phrases for Fans is in reality the final point of a process in which one can distinguish four stages during which the spirit of the collection evolved considerably.
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Paul Claudel learned about sculpture at a very young age with his elder sister Camille. The artist offers him a concrete view of his art born from the “need to touch”
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If Claudel owes much to music, composers in return have been inspired on a regular basis by the writings of Claudel.
Incidental Music
In the same vein as the collaborations with Darius Milhaud,
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[…] An arrangement in imminent danger of disintegration, it is easy to prove that that is the whole explanation of the Night Watch. The entire composition from front to back is arranged on the principle of an ever increasing movement like a sandbank beginning to crumble.
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Historical Background of Stage Productions
Claudel quickly understood the advantage and benefits of linking drama with music. His very first plays often contain stage directions that make specific reference to sound effects and musical accompaniment.
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“Sentimental and dramatic testament”, both “summation” and “reflection” of previous dramas, The Satin Slipper is the “opus mirandum”, the major work in which the author affirmed that he had brought together the essential matter of his life,
During the years between the World Wars, Claudel’s language was the object of violent attacks that came essentially from the neoclassical camp. We quote, for example, this remark from Joseph de Tonquéduc in 1917:
What is much more intolerable are the willful liberties that Claudel takes with grammar.
Conversations dans le Loir-et-Cher — Japanese Dialogues
Conversations dans le Loir-et-Cher
These imaginary conversations, casually organized, four in number, each have the name of a day of the week: Thursday,
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