Paris, ENS/EHESS/CNSMDP
recherches sur la vie musicale sous Vichy, le néoclassicisme et l’œuvre de Francis Poulenc
(The public adopts "yesterday" only as a weapon with which to hit "now".)
(The public adopts "yesterday" only as a weapon with which to hit "now".)
(Enough hammocks, garlands and gondolas! I want music to be built where I can live like in a house.)
(Enough hammocks, garlands and gondolas! I want music to be built where I can live like in a house.)
(The public is seduced by lies; it is disappointed by truth that is too simple, too naked, too unseemly. (about Wagner))
(The public is seduced by lies; it is disappointed by truth that is too simple, too naked, too unseemly. (about Wagner))
(The ear rejects but tolerates certain types of music; transport them to the nose, and they'll force us to flee.)
(The ear rejects but tolerates certain types of music; transport them to the nose, and they'll force us to flee.)
(The emotion that results from a work of art only really counts if it's not obtained through sentimental extortion.)
(The emotion that results from a work of art only really counts if it's not obtained through sentimental extortion.)
(An artist can fumble open a secret door and never understand that it was hiding a world.)
(An artist can fumble open a secret door and never understand that it was hiding a world.)
(The tact of boldness is knowing how far to go too far.)
(The tact of boldness is knowing how far to go too far.)