Sorbonne Nouvelle
TODESSA SEASON #3, EPISODE #2
PRIME TIMES PASSATI
Prime Times Passati
Episode #2
Livestream from Todessa
Camera: Tman
Cast: Totleb & Co.
Editor: Todito
Soundmix: Todonsky Junior
Directed by: T.L.
TOPICS
Sorbonne Nouvelle, Un grand sommeil noir, Non consumiamo Marx, Giraffa gracilis, Résistance, Fine Arts Eschatology, Paideia
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PAIDEIA / Etymology
From Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “rearing of a child, education”), from παιδεύω (paideúō, “rear a child”) + -ίᾱ (-íā), from παῖς (paîs, “child”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /paɪˈdeɪ.ə/
Noun
paideia (uncountable)
- (Ancient Greece,historical, education) An Athenian system of education designed to give students a broad cultural background focusing integration into the public life of the city-state with subject matter including gymnastics, grammar, rhetoric, music, mathematics,geography,natural history and philosophy
- (Ancient Greece,historical, education) The epitome of physical and intellectual achievement to which an Ancient Greek citizen could aspire; societal and cultural perfection.
Synonyms
- (model of Christian higher learning): humanitas
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PAUL VERLAINE / UN GRAND SOMMEIL NOIR
Un grand sommeil noir
Tombe sur ma vie :
Dormez, tout espoir,
Dormez, toute envie !
Je ne vois plus rien,
Je perds la mémoire
Du mal et du bien…
Ô la triste histoire !
Je suis un berceau
Qu’une main balance
Au creux d’un caveau :
Silence, silence !
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NON CONSUMIAMO MARX / Luigi Nono
The monolithic Non Consumiamo Marx, composed 1969, is based on readings from slogans used during the May 1968 Paris riots, along a background of recordings made during the 1968 Venice Biennale protestations. The music consists of a noisy electroacoustic montage of protestation sounds with dense electronic drones, mixed in a rather aggressive way.
During the 1960s, in addition to his boycott of official, bourgeois concert venues, Luigi Nono (1924-1990) abandoned orchestral music in favor of works for magnetic tape, supposedly easier to set up in the streets or in factories on light PA systems, as the composer wanted to connect with workers directly. Accordingly, in 1968, Nono decided to boycott the Venice Biennale, which was considered by leftists a “fortress of bourgeois art”. The 1968 Biennale was marked by student protest, gallery occupation and violent riot police confrontations. In 1969, Nono used audio recordings from these events in Non Consumiamo Marx, or Don’t Consume Marx, to protest against the compulsory Biennale. Both Un Volto, Del Mare and Non Consumiamo Marx were premiered at Fête de l’Huma in 1969, the annual French Communist Party festival, where Nono was invited as a member of the Central Committee of the Italian Communist Party.
NON CONSUMIAMO MARX ( 1969) / Text
1 Ouvrez les fenêtres de votre coeur
2 Le vent se lève il faut tenter de vivre
3 Ne consommons pas Marx
4 Seul la vérité est révolutionnaire
5 L’immagination prend le pouvoir
6 Aimez-vous les uns sur les autres
7 Jeunes femmes rouges toujours plus belles
8 La poésie est dans la rue
9 Il faut du rouge pour sortir du noir
10 La revolution doit cesser d’être pour exister
11 Dessous les pavés c’est la plage
12 Je t’aime! Oh! Dites-le avec des pavés!!!
13 Embrasse ton amour sans lâcher ton fusil
14 Quand le doigt montre la lune l’imbecile regarde le doigt
15 L’action ne doit pas être une réaction mais une création
16 Si besoin était de recourir à la force ne restes pas au milieu
17 Ici, on spontane
18 Plus je fais l’amour plus j’ai envie de faire la révolution
Plus je fais la révolution plus j’ai envie de faire l’amour
19 La barricade ferme la rue mais ouvre la voie
20 Mao Tse Tung wan wan suyn
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SPEAKERS
BARTHES
Roland Gérard Barthes (1915–1980) was a French literary theorist, philosopher, linguist, critic, and semiotician. His ideas explored a diverse range of fields and he influenced the development of schools of theory including structuralism, semiotics, social theory, anthropology and post-structuralism.
LACAN
Jacques Marie Émile Lacan (April 13, 1901 to September 9, 1981) was a major figure in Parisian intellectual life for much of the twentieth century. Sometimes referred to as “the French Freud,” he is an important figure in the history of psychoanalysis. His teachings and writings explore the significance of Freud’s discovery of the unconscious both within the theory and practice of analysis itself as well as in connection with a wide range of other disciplines. Particularly for those interested in the philosophical dimensions of Freudian thought, Lacan’s oeuvre is invaluable. Over the course of the past fifty-plus years, Lacanian ideas have become central to the various receptions of things psychoanalytic in Continental philosophical circles especially.
DELEUZE
Gilles Deleuze (January 18, 1925–November 4, 1995) was one of the most influential and prolific French philosophers of the second half of the twentieth century. Deleuze conceived of philosophy as the production of concepts, and he characterized himself as a “pure metaphysician.” In his magnum opus Difference and Repetition, he tries to develop a metaphysics adequate to contemporary mathematics and science—a metaphysics in which the concept of multiplicity replaces that of substance, event replaces essence and virtuality replaces possibility. Deleuze also produced studies in the history of philosophy (on Hume, Nietzsche, Kant, Bergson, Spinoza, Foucault, and Leibniz), and on the arts (a two- volume study of the cinema, books on Proust and Sacher-Masoch, a work on the painter Francis Bacon, and a collection of essays on literature.) Deleuze considered these latter works as pure philosophy, and not criticism, since he sought to create the concepts that correspond to the artistic practices of painters, filmmakers, and writers. In 1968, he met Félix Guattari, a political activist and radical psychoanalyst, with whom he wrote several works, among them the two-volume Capitalism and Schizophrenia, comprised of Anti-Oedipus (1972) and A Thousand Plateaus (1980). Their final collaboration was What is Philosophy? (1991).
Deleuze is noteworthy for his rejection of the Heideggerian notion of the “end of metaphysics.” In an interview, he once offered this self-assessment: “I feel myself to be a pure metaphysician…. Bergson says that modern science hasn’t found its metaphysics, the metaphysics it would need. It is this metaphysics that interests me.”
DEBORD
Guy Louis Debord (28 December 1931, Paris – 30 November 1994, Bellevue-la-Montagne, Haute-Loire) was a French writer, theoretician, filmmaker, poet and revolutionary. He was one of the founders of Lettrist International from 1952 to 1957, then of the Situationist International from 1957 to 1972, of which he edited the French magazine. He is the author of Society of the Spectacle.
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UN GRAND SOMMEIL NOIR / Composers
Originally titled Berceuse (Cellulairement, no. 8).
Authorship
by Paul Verlaine (1844 – 1896), no title, written 1873, appears in Sagesse, in Sagesse III, no. 5, first published 1880
Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive)
- by José André (1881 – 1944), “Un grand sommeil noir “, 1905, published 1928 [ voice and piano ], from Mélodies et chansons, no. 1, Paris, Sénart
- by Georges Antoine (1892 – 1918), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1875-77 [ medium voice and piano ], from Deux poèmes de Verlaine, no. 2, Éd. Muraille
- by Max Arham , “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Douze mélodies, 3e série, no. 54, Paris, Sénart
- by Louis Aubert (1877 – 1968), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1949 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Durand
- by H. Baston-Couat, Madame , “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1929 [ medium voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Roudanez
- by Armand Bernaert (1888 – 1950), “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1920] [ voice and piano ]
- by François Berthet (1873 – 1956), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 14 no. 6 [ medium voice and piano ], Éd. Rouart-Lerolle
- by Serge Bortkiewicz (1877 – 1952), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 23 no. 3, published 1925 [ medium voice and piano ], from Sept Poésies de Paul Verlaine = Sieben Gedichte von Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Leipzig, Milan: Éd. Elite No. 205 Edition D. Rahter (4408), also set in German (Deutsch)
- by Nadia Boulanger (1887 – 1979), “Désespérance”, 1902 [ voice and piano ]
- by Nadia Boulanger (1887 – 1979), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1906 [ voice and piano ], lost (a different version from the one of 1902)
- by Félix Bousquet , “Un grand sommeil noir”, published [1921] [ voice and piano ], Paris, Jamin
- by Marguerite Canal (1890 – 1978), “Un grand sommeil noir” [ voice and piano ]
- by Joseph Canteloube de Malaret (1879 – 1957), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1903 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle
- by Pierre Chépélov (b. 1979), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 2005, from Zweisprachstück, no. 1
- by Suzanne Coquelin , “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1910, published 1911 [ medium voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. Édouard Jouve
- by André-Marie Cuvelier , “Un grand sommeil noir” [ low voice and piano ], from Chansons pour Hélène, 4ème recueil, no. 2
- by Lucien Darras (b. 1922), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published [1945] [ voice and piano ], Paris, J. Rousselot
- by Fidès Devriès (1852 – 1941?), “Tristesse”, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Choudens
- by Albert Doyen (1882 – 1935), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1912 [ voice and piano ], from Sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 2, Paris, Leduc
- by Blair Fairchild (1877 – 1933), “Sommeil noir”, published c1908 [ voice and piano ], Firenze, Bratti, Lavilla et Cie
- by Georges Flé , “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1898 [ medium voice and piano ], from Poésies mises en musique, no. 11, Édition du Mercure de France
- by Dirk Foch (1886 – 1940), “Silence, silence”, op. 13 no. 3, published 1921 [ voice and piano ], from Trois chants, no. 3, New York, Fischer
- by Gérard Frasca , “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 4 no. 2 (1946) [ soprano and piano ], from Deux mélodies pour soprano, no. 2
- by Marius-François Gaillard (1900 – 1973), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1918 [ voice and piano ], from Six mélodies, no. 3, Paris, Costallat
- by Eduardo García Mansilla (1871 – 1930), “Silence, silence” [ voice and piano ], from Cinq poèmes, no. 5, Paris, Grus
- by Gabriel Grovlez (1879 – 1944), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1909, published 1910 [ voice and piano ], from Sagesse, no. 4, Paris, Schott
- by Arthur Honegger (1892 – 1955), “Un grand sommeil noir“, alternate title: “Un grand sommeil noir”, H. 184 no. 3 (1944), published 1947 [ low voice and piano ], from Romances choisies, quatre chansons pour voix grave, no. 3, Paris, Éd. Salabert
- misattributed to André Jolivet (1905 – 1974), “Un grand sommeil noir”, note: this setting does not exist – Varèse’s song was once erroneously included in a CD of complete Jolivet songs, so the misattribution has multiplied across the internet
- by Léo Kok (b. 1914), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1935 [ voice and piano ], from Sept mélodies retrouvées, no. 2, éd. G.L.M.
- by Pavel Ivanovich Kovalev (1889 – 1951), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 19 no. 1, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Six chansons sur des poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Moscow
- by Philippe Krawczyk , “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1956] [ voice and piano ]
- by Guillaume Landré (1905 – 1968), “Un grand sommeil noir” [ voice and piano ]
- by Raoul Laparra (1876 – 1943), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle
- by Charles-Hilaire Laurent (1877 – 1941), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1909 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Siéver
- by Narcisse Prosper Zacharie Lavenant (1877 – 1946), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1908 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Éd. E. Moullé
- by Arthur Vincent Lourié (1891 – 1966), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1917 [ voice and piano ], from Verlaine, no. 3, Petrograd / Moscow, Государственное музыкальное издательство (Gosudarstvennoe muzykal’noe izdatel’stvo )
- by Mathilde Martinon , “Chansons tristes II”, published [1929] [ medium voice and piano ], from Chansons tristes, no. 3, Éd. B. Roudanez
- by Alberto Mazzuoli , “Romance” [ medium voice and piano ], from Pagine d’Album, Otto Melodie per Canto e Pianoforte, no. 2, Milan, Ricordi
- by Frédéric Michel , “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1923 [ voice and piano ], from Dix mélodies, no. 8, Paris, Sénart
- by Michel-Francou , “Un grand sommeil noir” [ voice and piano ]
- by Klaus Miehling , “Berceuse”, op. 85 no. 1 (2001), published 2002 [ eight-part chorus (SSAATTBB chorus) ], from Sieben Chansons zu acht Stimmen nach Texten von Paul Verlaine, no. 1, Goldbach
- by Eugeniusz de Morawski (1876 – 1948), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1920 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rouart, Lerolle et Cie.
- by Georges (Jerzy) Nawrocki , “Un grand sommeil noir”, <<1971 [ voice and piano ]
- by Carolus Dietmar Oberstadt (1871 – 1940), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 7 no. 3, published 1916 [ voice and piano ], from Chansons âpres et douces, no. 3, Paris, Sénart
- by Norman Houston O’Neill (1875 – 1934), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 26 no. 1, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], from Two French Songs, no. 1, London, Avison, also set in English
- by Héctor (or Ettore) Panizza (1875 – 1967), “Sagesse, III”, op. 24 no. 9, published 1899 [ voice and piano ], from Neuf poésies de Paul Verlaine, no. 9, Milan, Ricordi
- by Bernard Panouillot , “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1952] [ voice and piano ]
- by Antonio Parera (1890 – ?), “Un grand sommeil noir” [ voice and piano ]
- by Paule Perrin (1906 – 1959), “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1959] [ voice and piano ]
- by Jeanne-Eugénie Philippon , “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1927] [ voice and piano ]
- by André Pollonnais (d. 1932), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Vve Richault mère
- by Marta Ptaszyńska , “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1977, published 1979 [ female voice, flute and harp ], Krakow, PWM Édition ; with English text by K. Flores – text a mix of French and English
- by René Rabey (1878 – 1958), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1904 [ voice and piano ]
- by Maurice Ravel (1875 – 1937), “Un grand sommeil noir”, M. 6 (1895), published 1953, Paris, Durand ; later published by Salabert, 1975
- by Léo Sachs (1856 – 1930), “Mélancolie”, published 1902 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Hamelle
- by Lazare Saminsky (1882 – 1959), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 5 no. 3, published 1914 [ voice and piano ], from Cycle Verlaine, no. 3, Moscow ; Paris, Sénart ; also in German and Russian
- by Gustave Sandré (1843 – 1916), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 56 no. 2, published 1897 [ voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine, no. 2, Paris, Leduc
- by Sebastian Benson Schlesinger (1837 – 1917), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 74 no. 1, published 1901 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Quinzard
- by Paul-Louis-Camille Schlosser , “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1940] [ voice and piano ]
- by Martha Helen Schmidt (b. 1956), “Un grand sommeil noir”, copyright © 2008 [ high voice and piano ], from Trois mélodies for high voice and piano, no. 1
- by Hélène-Azuna Semama, dit H. Servoz (1885 – 1939), “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1932] [ voice and piano ]
- by Ludwig-Wolfgang Simoni , “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1961 [ voice and piano ], from Trois poèmes tristes
- by Igor Stravinsky (1882 – 1971), “La bonne chanson”, op. 9 no. 2 (1910), published 1911, orchestrated 1951 [ bass and orchestra ], from Dva stikhotvorenija Verlena, no. 2, Moscow, Jurgenson, also set in Russian (Русский)
- by Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc (1875 – 1956), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 83 (Dix mélodies sur des poésies de Verlaine) no. 3, published 1907 [ voice and piano ], Paris, Rouart Lerolle
- by Paul Tortelier (1914 – 1990), “Un grand sommeil noir”, [1942] [ voice and piano ]
- by Edgard Varèse (1883 – 1965), “Un grand sommeil noir”, 1906, published 1906, Paris, Salabert (Roudanez)
- by Louis Vierne (1870 – 1937), “Un grand sommeil noir”, op. 38 no. 2 (1916), published 1924 [ medium voice and piano or orchestra ], from Spleens et Détresses, no. 2, Paris, Salabert
- by Axel Raoul Wachtmeister (1865 – 1947), “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1925 [ voice and piano ], from Trois (puis Quatre) Mélodies sur des poèmes de Paul Verlaine, no. 3, Paris, Heugel
- by Pierre Zeppilli , “Un grand sommeil noir”, published 1920 [ high voice and piano ], from Deux mélodies, no. 2, Paris, Éd. F.D. Marchetti
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Roland Barthes, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Lacan, Guy Debord, Paul Verlaine, Maurice Ravel, Edgard Varèse, Nadia Boulanger, Luigi Nono, Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau, Hartmut Höll, Mireille Delunsch, Riccardo Chailly, Concertgebouw Orchestra, Edwin Crossley-Mercer, Lucy Mauro, freesound.org, Monoskop, Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy
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LINKS
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