In the wake of the terrible attacks in Paris, I found myself listening to a lot of French music and thinking about the Leonard Bernstein quote going around on Facebook: "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." This list came to seem like my natural response. A very small response, I know. This list is chronological and leaves off people I should probably include. The forty [note: now forty-one] composers listed below are merely a start.
Léonin Aka Leoninus (c.1135-c.1201)
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 1100s was a major musical center, and Léonin (the first named composer from whom we have notated polyphonic music) was a crucial figure for defining the liturgical use of organum, the first polyphony. Earlier organum was fairly simple, involving parallel intervals and later contrary motion, but the mid-12th century brought...
Léonin Aka Leoninus (c.1135-c.1201)
The Cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris in the 1100s was a major musical center, and Léonin (the first named composer from whom we have notated polyphonic music) was a crucial figure for defining the liturgical use of organum, the first polyphony. Earlier organum was fairly simple, involving parallel intervals and later contrary motion, but the mid-12th century brought...
- 11/15/2015
- by SteveHoltje
- www.culturecatch.com
January Jones took a morning stroll in Manhattan today with her son Xander. The duo have been calling NYC home for the past two weeks as she makes the promotional rounds for Mad Men's fifth season. January was absent from the show's two-hour premiere, but she'll be back on soon reprising her role as the former Mrs. Don Draper. Don's new wife Megan, played by Jessica Paré, generated a lot of buzz following Sunday night's debut - what did you think of Megan Paré's Zou Bisou Bisou rendition? January was back in the spotlight at the NYC premiere of Jules Massenet's "Manon" at the Metropolitan Opera last night. January wore a sexy, backless Ysl gown and Cartier jewels to join Amber Heard, Emily Rossum, Chloë Moretz, and Emma Roberts at the formal soirée. View Slideshow ›...
- 3/27/2012
- by Katie Henry
- Popsugar.com
January Jones, Emma Roberts, and Amber Heard all donned Ysl last night to attend the NYC premiere of Jules Massenet's Manon at the Metropolitan Opera. The ladies picked different styles from the design house, with January looking stunning in a backless number, Emma in a jumpsuit, and Amber in a slinky silk gown. Who's your pick for best dressed on the Met Opera red carpet? Also in Ysl for the event were Chloë Moretz and Emmy Rossum. Emma tweeted about her fun times catching up with Chloë and her brother Trevor Moretz. January, meanwhile, broke from promoting the season debut of Mad Men to attend the musical evening. January headed to the Big Apple nearly two weeks ago with her young son Xander Jones. Sunday's premiere of Mad Men set ratings records for AMC, and made an instant star of Jessica Paré, who plays Don Draper's young wife Megan.
- 3/27/2012
- by Allie Merriam
- Popsugar.com
Experimenting with bright shadow colors is fun and can produce great results, but don't buy an expensive shade that you may never wear again. Play around with drugstore favorite before you decide that you love a color enough to have months worth of product on your hands. L'Oreal Infallible Eyeshadow comes in 12 different shades, each for less than ten dollars! Perpetual Purple is a great color to try if you're interesting in copying January Jones' purple shadow look from the Metropolitan Opera gala premiere Of Jules Massenet's 'Manon' at The Metropolitan Opera House on March 26. For $7.92 you can buy one or more shades to try and each product will last for months! Do you love January's bright pop of shadow color or are you more into neutrals? Eden Univer [polldaddy poll=6082105]...
- 3/27/2012
- by Eden Univer
- HollywoodLife
Are sombre colors a thing at the opera? Jules Massenet’s Manon had its gala premiere at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York last night, and there was a lot of black fashion to match the black carpet. January Jones led the way in a severe Yves Saint Laurent gown which she pulled off even though she was covered from head to toe. Since Ysl sponsored the evening, most of the lovely ladies who attended wore the designer. These included Amber Heard who was very sexy in black with a cutaway back, and Chloe Moretz who looked far older than her years in a navy-and-black strapless gown with a choker.
Amber’s gown Fyi, was deceptively simple from the front, as you can see in the photograph below. Like Chloe, Emmy Rossum also wore a choker, and provided relief from all the black wearing a hot pink strapless gown.
Amber’s gown Fyi, was deceptively simple from the front, as you can see in the photograph below. Like Chloe, Emmy Rossum also wore a choker, and provided relief from all the black wearing a hot pink strapless gown.
- 3/27/2012
- by Ambika Muttoo
- TheFabLife - Movies
Today's celebrity pictures include Mad Men's January Jones, Rum Diaries actress Amber Heard and Hugo starlet Chloe Moretz attending the Metropolitan Opera's premiere of Jules Massenet's Manon in New York. Also in the Big Apple, Hollywood actress Chloe Sevigny and Sports Illustrated model Kate Upton visit the Jeffrey Fashion Cares 2012 show, and Sam Worthington and Liam Neeson go to their Wrath of The Titans premiere. (more)...
- 3/27/2012
- by By Naomi Gordon
- Digital Spy
Increasingly shown in 3D, classic stage works including Madam Butterfly are winning new audiences
If there is a queue around the block leading into the local cinema this month, it might not be for the next in a chain of blockbuster action sequels. Should the cinema be a smaller, independent venture, people may be lining up to watch an opera or a ballet.
The growth of live and recorded opera and ballet performance for cinema audiences is providing a bankable boost for many cinemas. This spring, there is an added attraction: more productions will be screened in 3D, bringing audiences even closer to the theatrical experiences at a fraction of the cost of tickets.
Tomorrow, the Royal Opera House will release its new feature film, Madam Butterfly 3D, and the team behind the production argue it is not just a cheaper option for opera fans, but also a good way...
If there is a queue around the block leading into the local cinema this month, it might not be for the next in a chain of blockbuster action sequels. Should the cinema be a smaller, independent venture, people may be lining up to watch an opera or a ballet.
The growth of live and recorded opera and ballet performance for cinema audiences is providing a bankable boost for many cinemas. This spring, there is an added attraction: more productions will be screened in 3D, bringing audiences even closer to the theatrical experiences at a fraction of the cost of tickets.
Tomorrow, the Royal Opera House will release its new feature film, Madam Butterfly 3D, and the team behind the production argue it is not just a cheaper option for opera fans, but also a good way...
- 3/4/2012
- by Vanessa Thorpe
- The Guardian - Film News
'In The city, it is only acceptable for a man to wear flip-flops if he has just come from a pedicure and he's still damp. But seriously, folks, flip-flops are for the beach or maybe for washing the car or spaniel. They are not the next big thing. They are the last sad thing on the road to stylistic surrender," writes GQ's Glenn O'Brien.
Now We don't want to be telling the Victoria's Secret folks how to run their amazing business, but it wouldn't hurt if they took some thin, snazzy, young models and put them into Queen Victoria's bloomers.
Now We don't want to be telling the Victoria's Secret folks how to run their amazing business, but it wouldn't hurt if they took some thin, snazzy, young models and put them into Queen Victoria's bloomers.
- 7/29/2008
- by By LIZ SMITH
- NYPost.com
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