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The first three of the Préludes flasques (pour un chien) were completed in Paris between July 11 and July 23, 1912; the fourth was finished by the end of the month. Satie informed his friend Claude Debussy he was going to name the concluding piece Sous la futaille ("Bottom of the Barrel"), a title Debussy found so offensive that Satie changed ...
The Véritables Préludes flasques (pour un chien) (True Flabby Preludes for a Dog) is a 1912 piano composition by Erik Satie. The first of his published humoristic piano suites of the 1910s, it signified a breakthrough in his creative development and in the public perception of his music. [1] [2] In performance it lasts about 5 minutes.
Le Festif! is a three-day annual event held in Baie-Saint-Paul in the province of Quebec, in Canada. The event is held on the last weekend of July, one week before the opening of the Symposium of Contemporary Art. It takes its name from the French word "festif" meaning "festive".
The Village Fête, by Rubens (c. 1635). In the United Kingdom and some of its former colonies, a fête or fete is a public festival organised to raise money for a charity, typically held outdoors.
The Dog Meat Festival (Chinese: 狗肉节), also known as the Yulin Dog Meat Festival or Lychee and Dog Meat Festival, is an annual festival held in Yulin, Guangxi, China, during the summer solstice from 21 June to 30 June in which festival observers consume dog meat accompanied by lychees or other plants.
"Alouette" (pronounced) is a popular Quebecois children's song, commonly thought to be about plucking the feathers from a lark. Although it is in French, it is well known among speakers of other languages; in this respect, it is similar to "Frère Jacques".
In France, Alaunts were separated into three main categories, based on physical appearance and the duties they performed. The lightest type was the alant gentil, a greyhound-like dog. The original mastiff variety, known as the alant de boucherie, may have contributed to the development of the fighting and baiting dogs of France.
Composers who have written pieces for the festival include Dominique Le Gendre, Fred Onovwerosuoke, Jonathan Grimbert-Barré, Jamshed Turel and Jérome Pfister. [ 5 ] The festival's artists do various outreach programs around the world as part of the festival's mission to spread the music of Saint-Georges. [ 6 ]